Re: Future Bumble Bee price?
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Originally Posted by
Freakie_frog
I haven't always thought this way but a good friend put it in perspective when he said "at the end of the day we're only selling snakes with paint jobs".
I look at it like this every breeder should price their animals based on what they think they are worth.. If breeder a produce crappy brown spotty bee's and thinks they are only worth 550.00 shipped that's their right and their more than likely right their only worth 550.00 and that's what their happy getting for them more power to them. But if a breeder produces nice bright clean spotless bees that hold their color and they think they are worth 550.00 still that is also their right. We are getting to the point where a breeder that takes great care in selective breeding can demand a higher price for their animals than on that really doesn't care they just want to produce bees and so they throw any ole Pastel and spider together. Like another friend said "I wouldn't pay 550.00 and expect a 1000.00 paint job any more than I would be happy paying 1000.00 and getting a 550.00 one either".
Yes Bees are easy to get but great Bees not so much. Think to yourself when it gets to be 1500+ grams and 5 years old will I still BEE proud to show it off or will it be "yeah that's just a bee" This goes for any morph base of combo. Are you buying the gene or are you buying the quality.
i couldnt agree more, in fact from the time i started breeding i was always willing to spend more on a single morph due to how good it looks, in the long run it gives you better looking animals that you can sell for more if you choose to do so. I think the bumble bee is a great example of how different they can look from each other, a bad bee will look brown and spotted as a baby and as they grow they can just look like a regular spider, and not to toot my own horn here but because of my selective breeding these are the bees i've produced!!!!!!!
these should stay nice and yellow as they mature!!!!!!!!:D
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Re: Future Bumble Bee price?
Well put Frog...i payed $700 in an action after the Daytona show at the Hilton.. I did not see the snake when i did the wolkthrough but i ran into Mr.Graziani and asked him what did you put in the Action? A BEE he sead...I was not looking for one but saw them at the show for $750. So i asked what do you sell them for? he sead he will not sell one for less then $1000. so i went back up and got that badboy...i got a deal and im sure of that...
Re: Future Bumble Bee price?
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Originally Posted by
TankMasterOG
Well put Frog...i payed $700 in an action after the Daytona show at the Hilton.. I did not see the snake when i did the wolkthrough but i ran into Mr.Graziani and asked him what did you put in the Action? A BEE he sead...I was not looking for one but saw them at the show for $750. So i asked what do you sell them for? he sead he will not sell one for less then $1000. so i went back up and got that badboy...i got a deal and im sure of that...
Nothing wrong with that at all. I wouldn't hesitate to pay 1000+ for a kick ass bee.
Re: Future Bumble Bee price?
Quote:
Originally Posted by
Freakie_frog
I haven't always thought this way but a good friend put it in perspective when he said "at the end of the day we're only selling snakes with paint jobs".
I look at it like this every breeder should price their animals based on what they think they are worth.. If breeder a produce crappy brown spotty bee's and thinks they are only worth 550.00 shipped that's their right and their more than likely right their only worth 550.00 and that's what their happy getting for them more power to them. But if a breeder produces nice bright clean spotless bees that hold their color and they think they are worth 550.00 still that is also their right. We are getting to the point where a breeder that takes great care in selective breeding can demand a higher price for their animals than on that really doesn't care they just want to produce bees and so they throw any ole Pastel and spider together. Like another friend said "I wouldn't pay 550.00 and expect a 1000.00 paint job any more than I would be happy paying 1000.00 and getting a 550.00 one either".
Yes Bees are easy to get but great Bees not so much. Think to yourself when it gets to be 1500+ grams and 5 years old will I still BEE proud to show it off or will it be "yeah that's just a bee" This goes for any morph base of combo. Are you buying the gene or are you buying the quality.
I hear ya.
However, when buying at a show with no parents (of said neonate) around... it can be hard to tell exactly what you are getting. They change a ton.
Re: Future Bumble Bee price?
I got my Bee for $650 so I mean I didn't think that was that bad at all. But whether the price or not drops. Which I'm sure it will, they are still fantastic snakes.
Re: Future Bumble Bee price?
I am a 1st time snake owner and just purchased a Bee today! His markings and color is just stunning to me!! BUT.. I only paid 260 for him. How do I know if I got a quality snake?
Re: Future Bumble Bee price?
he was born in Aug of 2012
