Why do prices vary so much on morphs?

What I mean is, you can go from one website to another and the prices can be different on the same morph by a grand or more.

I'm already looking towards my next snake (after having my first for only a week, lol) and I've been looking at the albinos and piebalds in particular. But the prices vary so much ... how do you know when you're being robbed of your money?

1) sex, male vs female
2) size/age/if proven breeder
3) there are more to looks than a particular morph. Some animals are good examples of their morph, others aren't, and people pay attention to that sort of thing.

Well, I understand about sex; obviously females will cost more. That's the same for any animal.

But as far as looks and all that ... I mean, some websites have all their piebalds around a certain price no matter how much white they have on them, and that price could be 5 grand (as an example). Go to another website, and the same variety of piebalds (in terms of amount of white) could be as low as $700.

it depends alot on where the breaders are located and how easy a certain morph is to get in that area, also the bigger the breader the cheaper they can sell each snake for as smaller breaders have relatively high costs per snake.

The best way to guage what price a BP should cost is to look around and try to find the best deal.

i think that you also pay for the reputation of a breeder.
spooky

I would suggest trying to decide what qualities YOU like best in the morph then try and find an animal that shows the qualities for a good deal from a good breeder. For example if you like low white pieds then look for one and when you find one you like go for it! Obviously make sure the snakes healthy first though lol...

Everyone above has mentioned the many possibilities of price fluctuation.

I think if you are seeing a piebald for $750 and another for $5000 the animal for $5000 is more than a piebald, such as a piebald het or (insert other morph here). They look the same but have much more going on genetically that's more valuable to a customer. I haven't seen a hatchling or even sub-adult piebald for $5000 for quite some time now.

if your interested in pieds (for breeding purposes) the amount of white has nothing to do with the amount of white in the offspring.
spooky

Depends also on whos name its got behind it. You can get a pastel male for 40 bucks but an equal weigh male from Graziani will cost you around 200. Its on what bloodline they have. Just like in dogs some are from a more refined bloodline and are worth more.

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Originally Posted by k8nkane

What I mean is, you can go from one website to another and the prices can be different on the same morph by a grand or more.

I'm already looking towards my next snake (after having my first for only a week, lol) and I've been looking at the albinos and piebalds in particular. But the prices vary so much ... how do you know when you're being robbed of your money?

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I wonder this same thing myself and wonder how do people come up with their prices. I don't think you should have to pay for everyone's reputation as well. I'm fairly new to this and I have a few favorite big breeders. But got a great deal from a small local breeder. So now when I look for prices i'm going to look at both. good luck in the future. Ohh check out www.royalconstrictordesigns.com they have package deals for hets for certain morphs as well!:O