Guess what some stores are calling BPs now?

over here they are $65

Same here. They are eighty plus at the pet stores. I saw a "fancy" ball python at petsmart for two forty five. it was not "fancy" in appearance and no one working there had ANY knowledge about bp's. I bought my adult girl for 125 from craigslist, but she came with a 55 gal enclosure. I still wasn't going to get her, but she was being abused, so I had to bring her home. I got a pastel female 08 for 150 from a local herp store. it just depends on where you go. High prices are good to keep away impulse buyers, but are bad for those of us who are good to our babies but don't have sums of money at once to purchase new ones.

I paid $79 for mine, but that is not where Petsmart really made the money.

I must have spent another $200 on supplies, and now since I buy frozen rats too (yes I will start buying them online from a better source once i have the space) I end up buying my Iams dog and cat food there too every couple of weeks.

I never really shopped there regularly before so they could have GIVEN me the BP and still turned a nice profit.

I wonder if the designation "premium" may mean CB and that the store has paid more for them, that they will eat and not have parasites as compared to an import? That would make sense to me.