How much did you pay for your albino ball python?

For any of you guys that have purchase an albino ball python I was just wondering what did you pay for your albino ball python...cause im trying to buy one but there's a lot of prices out there the lowest I've seen its 750 male or female doesn't matter...& the highest was like 1200...do you guys know of any price lower than that?

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Originally Posted by psycho

For any of you guys that have purchase an albino ball python I was just wondering what did you pay for your albino ball python...cause im trying to buy one but there's a lot of prices out there the lowest I've seen its 750 male or female doesn't matter...& the highest was like 1200...do you guys know of any price lower than that?

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Look on kingsnake.com they are selling from 399.00 to 600.00 .

royalconstrictordesigns.com males 500 females 600

I got my mature adult male for $500 at a show. Average these days seems to be $700.

I paid 400 for an 04 NERD Albino male as part of a package deal. Albinos are worth every penny IMO, they are beautiful snakes.

I didn't buy mine I traded for it, but the trade value at the time was $800 which was in the 4th quarter of 2008.

what about at a show,, say on the last day,, in the last hour,, with cash in hand... what kind of deal you think one might find then??

Hmm...maybe $400? They're going down in price, but they're still very valuable.

wow these are cheaper prices...I really didn't wanted to spent too much on it but I can handle 500 the most...

bought a male at a show a while back for 500 but it was also possible het for axanthic

IT SUCKS BEING BROKE!!! I will just go and drool over all the goodies....:tears:

I paid $1200 back in 06.

I really dis-like these threads. I think it de-values the worth of an animal.

And yes you can get "cheap" animals of any morph, but at the end of the day - are you getting an animal just for the sake of getting one (insert morph here), or because that particular animal blew you away?

As an example - I have seen enchi's pretty disgustingly low priced at a semi-local show to me - where I had to stand there and study the animal, truly study it, to determine that it wasn't just a nice banded normal (or a truly ugly enchi). I knew I wanted to add an enchi to my collection. But not just the first "great deal" to come along. I waited and waited, and I think that my patience (and willingness to pay more for her) really paid off:

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e9...i/IMG_5231.jpg

Same thing with albinos. Sure - you can find "cheap" (and I hate that word as well - to me, it "cheapens" the animal) albinos if you look for them. But if you want one that looks like THIS (this is Freakie Frog's animal, btw - who I would buy off him in a heartbeat, if he were selling.):

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e9...DSC_0023-1.jpg

then you're going to pay a little more.

Like Sean Bradley has said on more than one occasion - "Examine the snake - not the deal"

Five hundred and twenty-five last season for a male, which was the going rate.

Here is a pic of him:
http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/d...9/000_0013.jpg

I like Sean shop the snake and not the price lets face it I've see Pastels and then there's winston (the only pastel I'll pay for offspring from).
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e9...nstonJune2.jpg

I've seen albinos and then there is this girl
http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...s/DSC_0062.jpg

there are spiders and then there Matts.
http://i454.photobucket.com/albums/q...der1copy-1.jpg

I said it once I'll say it again.. COST AND WORTH ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.

I agree with Robin. I don't ever buy an animal based on price. And please, can people stop using the word cheap in their ads? I would never buy from someone who labels something they have produced as cheap. I put far more value in the animals I produce.

Oh I totally agree...but I posted the price of my snake to answer the OPs question. :) I know when I was in the market for an albino, I was asking the same. I was not asking to determine how low I could get one for, or to find the cheapest deal. No, I was asking prices to get a range. :)

When at the show, I found 4 albino BPs in my price range. The most awesome, a female who was more orange than yellow, was the priciest but I would have paid it. Problem was, I needed a male. :)
The second best albino was a plug producing adult with wonderful pattern clarity and color, but he was entering shed so his colors were dulled. I liked him best and kept going back to hold him and look at him. Yes he was shy, but he was a sweety and a beauty. I bought him because I liked him best, not because he was cheap (indeed, he was second most expensive. The fact that I got the price reduced was a bonus).

And yes, I'll be getting pictures of him ASAP. He is the shyest BP I own, and kind of hard to get good pictures of. :)

we looked at one for 400 but willo be getting it next year, we picked a mojave instead

Bought this guy from Mark Petros (ballpythons777) for $500 when he was about 10 months old. I believe he has babies for around $400 now (if he still has any left). I saw less expensive, but I wanted to make sure I bought from a breeder with a good reputation.

http://i573.photobucket.com/albums/s...noMale1011.jpg

I got this gal from Mark Miles for right around 300 iirc. Too good a deal to pass up. Yes I don't normally go for "cheap" animals. But I am poor, and have always wanted an albino, the price was right, and I liked the look of her. Plus I have a lot of Mark's corns and he has always been good to me. Sometimes a recession is a good thing, that and a sale on everything in his store is the only reason I got her that cheap.

https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...ino_161644.jpg

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Originally Posted by stormwulf133

i got this gal from mark miles for right around 300 iirc. Too good a deal to pass up. Yes i don't normally go for "cheap" animals. But i am poor, and have always wanted an albino, the price was right, and i liked the look of her. Plus i have a lot of mark's corns and he has always been good to me. Sometimes a recession is a good thing, that and a sale on everything in his store is the only reason i got her that cheap.

https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...ino_161644.jpg

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hot!

I figured I would add in a pic of my Albino boy. He has been locking already this past week. :)

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y21...ons/albino.jpg

I myself have not purchased an Albino yet, but early last spring 08', a breeder i know sold their 4 Albino babies for $750.00 each. They looked pretty good too. Not what you would call extremely high contrast, but not dull & faded either. They were nice looking snakes. I did hold one in my hands but didn't have enough money to buy one or i would have. So i instead went with the proven breeder pastel they offered me for $200.00. Which turned out to be a good deal since he's not darkened at all since i purchased him over a year ago.

got an 08 male for 500 for my sister. hes really nice looking too =]

Here goes my male that I got from Mark Goodson in August of 07. I paid $600 for him back then (local pickup). He's had some up for sale recently. I highly recommend him! :gj:

https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...albinoball.jpg

He's about 1000 grams now. Long term plans for him are to make Black Pastel Albinos and Albino Pieds!

$400 is rock bottom ,Ill keep mine if I can't get that,should have some hatching in 2 weeks.but Ill be asking $475 for males $500 for females.

i bought a 08 female for 380

450$ was the cheapest I could get him.

500. From a big breeder, but that was awhile ago. At that same show i saw smaller breeders sell HC's for 450. You'll find a nice one at a show for your price range, trust me. Albinos are timeless and well worth it to have something that pops with such color.

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Originally Posted by rabernet

I really dis-like these threads. I think it de-values the worth of an animal.

And yes you can get "cheap" animals of any morph, but at the end of the day - are you getting an animal just for the sake of getting one (insert morph here), or because that particular animal blew you away?

As an example - I have seen enchi's pretty disgustingly low priced at a semi-local show to me - where I had to stand there and study the animal, truly study it, to determine that it wasn't just a nice banded normal (or a truly ugly enchi). I knew I wanted to add an enchi to my collection. But not just the first "great deal" to come along. I waited and waited, and I think that my patience (and willingness to pay more for her) really paid off:

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e9...i/IMG_5231.jpg

Same thing with albinos. Sure - you can find "cheap" (and I hate that word as well - to me, it "cheapens" the animal) albinos if you look for them. But if you want one that looks like THIS (this is Freakie Frog's animal, btw - who I would buy off him in a heartbeat, if he were selling.):

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e9...DSC_0023-1.jpg

then you're going to pay a little more.

Like Sean Bradley has said on more than one occasion - "Examine the snake - not the deal"

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yeah but some people dont have enough money at this time of crisis...so i just want to save some money im not just going to give it away just like that when i can find a better looking one for a cheaper price somewhere else...

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Originally Posted by stormwulf133

I got this gal from Mark Miles for right around 300 iirc. Too good a deal to pass up. Yes I don't normally go for "cheap" animals. But I am poor, and have always wanted an albino, the price was right, and I liked the look of her. Plus I have a lot of Mark's corns and he has always been good to me. Sometimes a recession is a good thing, that and a sale on everything in his store is the only reason I got her that cheap.

https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...ino_161644.jpg

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who is this guy mark can i get his site? anyone

He just runs a local store actually. He isn't doing all that much anymore though. Local economy is poop. He has normals, some corns, some red tail boas..thats about it. He has no website or anything.

i bought 2 albino females in oct last year for 400 each

I purchased my male from Garrick for $500. Really pretty :)

royalconstrictordesigns.com is the site

i have a female available. check out my website. :gj:

http://www.extensivesnakes.com/image...f-01-pic01.jpg

my fiance paid $675 2 years ago for my breeder male charlie.