Average Price List?

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Originally Posted by AbsoluteApril

But I love pringles. lol
I agree with many points in this thread about how difficult it can be to have a master price guide simply because of how quickly prices can drop, fluctuate and the variables involved.

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Prices drop and fluctuate quickly in the stock market too, but those aspects don't make them difficult to track. The more challenging factor here is volume, and availability of transaction information.

Regarding variables, beyond traits, sex, weight, and age, MorphMarket has now added additional fields for maturity (generalization on weight/age, ie. subadult), prey food and type (ie rat, live), whether proven as a breeder, to collect better data and communicate more to buyers. But one can always think of more questions that should be asked, like how many eggs she's laid, how well it's eating etc. Of course visual quality huge, and not really quantifiable.

A better metaphor would be to residential real estate, I think. Just like our prized animals, houses (especially once used) are each individual items. When you go on Zillow you can see many quantifiable bits of data plus lots of pictures. While there are still many questions to be asked, Zillow (and the systems the professionals use) are extremely useful -- even essential -- for making comparisons and getting a reasonable price range.

We have been doing the same thing for years, using the forums to find out what seems to be a fair price range. It's just been extremely difficult.