Re: albino ball prices in few years
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Originally Posted by jglass38
I say base it on ANYTHING but KS.
See what the market is doing and go from their like pastels I think good looking males are still worth 250.00 and spider males are worth 750.-900 depending. But thats just me
Re: albino ball prices in few years
There is also the quality factor, most of the flippers are selling the lower quality animals from other breeders. So the price for a low quality animal is going to be significantly lower than what the breeder holds back to sell themselves. A good example is the reseller on fauna selling a 06 albino that is smaller than it should be at that age. It is priced cheaper than others but there is the risk that it will continue to be a problem feeder. You will also see the frequent "panic" sells by certain resellers when their credit card bills come due and they need to move animals. This makes it look like some morphs are dropping in price when they are actually holding pretty steady.
Re: albino ball prices in few years
Bingo!
I just saw on KS an 07 Albino for 650.00 it was like 58 grams and maybe had two meals in it.. Is that worth saving 350.00 if it dies or never eats???
Re: albino ball prices in few years
As always it comes down to, if you buy quality, you get quality. I'll spend the extra $ every single year to get quality animals.
Re: albino ball prices in few years
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Originally Posted by jglass38
As always it comes down to, if you buy quality, you get quality. I'll spend the extra $ every single year to get quality animals.
Like my dad always told me son..."You get what you pay for". If you pay for a 650.00 albino you'll get a 650.00 albino yes it will be an albino. If you pay for a 1500.00 Porsche you'll get a 1500.00 Porsche. Yea its a Porsche but will it look, run and be the same quality as a 150,000.00 Porsche...Thats a big NO good buddy. Pay for quality get quality. Pay for less get less.
Re: albino ball prices in few years
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Originally Posted by Freakie_frog
Like my dad always told me son.. get less.
I thought he always said, "Girl, you'll be a woman soon..." :D
Re: albino ball prices in few years
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Originally Posted by Freakie_frog
Like my dad always told me son..."You get what you pay for".
I think dads are legally supposed to say that to their sons... along with: "There's no such thing as a free lunch", "Walk it off", and "Pull my finger". :P
Re: albino ball prices in few years
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Originally Posted by jglass38
I thought he always said, "Girl, you'll be a woman soon..." :D
Wow Jamie at least your dad was supportive of your choice.. :rockon:
Re: albino ball prices in few years
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Originally Posted by Freakie_frog
Wow Jamie at least your dad was supportive of your choice.. :rockon:
Burn. (pwnd for you kids)
Re: albino ball prices in few years
The dilemma comes when you are breeding your snakes and doing it right, and you have a potential customer that comes along and says, "well, why should I pay $1000 for an albino from you when I can get one for $800 on kingsnake?"
The problem is that every buyer isn't going to understand the difference between a quality captive bred animal and another animal from a flipper that has had just enough time its short life to eat once or twice and change hands 5-6 times.
I think that the original question is this thread is trying to ask if ALL morphs and their prices are going to behave like pastel, mojave, and lesser prices. IMHO, the answer is NO, albinos will not be $200 anytime soon. They are just too desirable and I think that the demand for them will be so high in the $500-1000 range that they will never dip below that.
