Re: Het Lavender Albino vs Lesser
I def shop around when I buy my snakes and never pay the price listed but even so I still havent found many people willing to drop their price 250$ on a 1300$ snake. When I bought my female pastel I talked to a guy who had one listed at 1,000$ for a 06 female. I ended up buying mine for 650... I told the guy I had an offer for a snake that was just a wee bit under his snakes looks for 650 and I was willing to pay more for the better snake... I offered him 850. He refused my offer and said 1k is all im willing to take. With this story Im not saying that all breeders arnt willing to work with you bc thats a lie. The majority of my transactions are im willing to pay X are you interested? and most say lets do it. But I have noticed a general trend of breeders tightening up their butt cheeks when doing business late in the season. Just an observation of mine that is in no way a clear cut view of the market.
Re: Het Lavender Albino vs Lesser
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Originally Posted by
Larry Suttles
When it comes to shopping for animal I'm more of a trust and quality shopper than anything. There are always deals but there is always a reason for those deals..ie Bad reputation, sub par animals.
For those reasons I don't mind paying a couple hundred extra going with someone I can trust. The peace of mind is well worth it. After all I'm shopping for breeding stock so I'm looking for top quality.:)
Quality here too I got burned by someone selling cheap in the beginning be careful.:oops:
Re: Het Lavender Albino vs Lesser
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Originally Posted by
Larry Suttles
When it comes to shopping for animal I'm more of a trust and quality shopper than anything. There are always deals but there is always a reason for those deals..ie Bad reputation, sub par animals.
For those reasons I don't mind paying a couple hundred extra going with someone I can trust. The peace of mind is well worth it. After all I'm shopping for breeding stock so I'm looking for top quality.:)
Every time I bought a snake I weeded through stacks and stacks of whoever's stock it was, and when it came to morphs, I made sure I got pick of the litter. Next thing though is making sure that I, as a small timer, am known as having top quality stock and being trustworthy.
I think that might be another reason for me to go with the Lesser rather than the Het Lav Alb. I can sell Lessers bred from my top notch normal females a lot better than 50% Hets, being a nobody. And in one generation prove I've got the quality, but also the real thing (them being visible morphs).
I've seen some really nice Lessers out there. I'm looking forward to the next breeding season and see who's got the best stuff (I'll have a lot to chose from).
