How do you deal with the dissapointment ?

Everyone has been there at one point.

You find a ball morph for sale, and this snake just blows your mind. If you live to be a hundred, you'll never find another one like this. The price is really reasonable, but you can't afford it even so. :(

So you stare at the pictures, you sigh and moan, you try and come up with a way to get the cash, but there isn't one. Nothing legal anyway.

Someone else will get this dream snake, and you just have to live with that. I want to know, how do you convince yourself to forget about it ? :tears:

Gale

Try to make it my self with the years to come :D

The first time I saw a Bumble Bee I thought "thats awesome looking!"

I wasnt as impressed with the Killer Bee as I was with the Bumble Bee.

But when I went to NERD's website for the first time and I saw the Killer Bee Axanthic, I was like "I want that!!!"

It will take some time, But I will get there!

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Originally Posted by Danounet

Try to make it my self with the years to come :D

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thats what i tell myself, then go pickup my girl and chill out and forget all about that cool morph.

I am seeing more and more I want, but cannot afford. Its a bit heart breaking because they are so beautiful. I just keep telling my self it was not meant to be and I will find the one for me, or breed it someday. :)

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Originally Posted by Danounet

But when I went to NERD's website for the first time and I saw the Killer Bee Axanthic, I was like "I want that!!!"

It will take some time, But I will get there!

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I am right there with you, I love any Axanthic morph. I would love to have any morph with axanthic in it.

You wait until you sale what you have to get to a place where you can buy more balls. My goal is to breed the 20 something snakes I have to get money for the next snakes to come. It is a non-porofit business so to speak.

I have found this to happen to me fairly frequently. One solution is that I tell myself I will get one someday if it continues to be important to me. And that is true, I have my piebald - I wished for one over 2 years before I allowed myself to buy one. Over time the price comes down and it is reachable.

If it is a particular snake (or horse) that I've fallen in love with, that is tough to handle, but I remind myself - there will always be more gorgeous or well trained or "perfect" snakes/horses and my time will come. :)

The other thing is that I look to my existing collection and smile, they were very much wanted and still are.

When those two things don't help enough, I scour the internet for photographs, post here and pre-occupy myself with friends family and other hobbies! ;)

Haha nice post god always makes a way for us to get what we want. If its under 600 im getting it one way or the other lol.

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Originally Posted by angllady2

Someone else will get this dream snake, and you just have to live with that. I want to know, how do you convince yourself to forget about it ? :tears:

Gale

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I just do my budget, see how broke I really am, and the desire quickly goes away. :D But seriously, I know what you mean!! I actually said to my roommate recently "I wish I lived in North Carolina," because somebody was selling a gorgeous pied for $600 - local sales in NC only. I honestly considered moving there for this deal, LOLOL.

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Originally Posted by lesserlover

You wait until you sale what you have to get to a place where you can buy more balls. My goal is to breed the 20 something snakes I have to get money for the next snakes to come. It is a non-profit business so to speak.

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LOL... good line. ;) I also keep telling myself "you can afford more when you have babies to sell!" I've been dreaming of a female lesser for months, but just can't afford one right now. So with the clutches I'm breeding this season (2 BPs, 2 corns), I'm hoping to raise enough for that lesser girl - and maybe an orange ghost or two. I already have buyers lined up, just waiting for the darned eggs to arrive. :rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by mpkeelee

thats what i tell myself, then go pickup my girl and chill out and forget all about that cool morph.

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Ahahah, I do the exact same thing. I go home, take her out, and say, "Don't worry, you're the prettiest BP I'll ever have."

... She doesn't yet know that I intend to get more in the future. :rolleyes:

Is it possible to put a down-payment on the snake, and then save money until you can pay it off in full?

I mean, if it truly is the animal of your dreams and you honestly don't think you will find another like it in “1000 years,” than it would be worth a shot to ask.

In the US you can sell blood, right? :rolleyes: Kidding. Well, kind of. I would not advocate anybody going into debt over a 'want', unless you are really, really sure about it. Only you can decide that.

But if, in the end, you cannot get it, than know that the future isn't written in stone. You never know; maybe in a year or two, when you've saved more money, a snake will come along that has an even greater impact on you. That kind of thing happens all the time, and not just with snakes.

True story: Last xmas I got upset because I missed out on getting an XBox 360 that went on sale (online only, but I forgot to log in that day and they sold out) -- but a couple weeks later one of the Xbox 360 bundle packages went on sale for the same price, and it included the wireless adapter (regularly $70 by itself) and 2 games, one of which I really wanted and usually cost $50 by itself.

Man, I would have been so ticked if I had spent the same amount of money on just the console alone.

i feel where you're coming from sister i hope you got my pm

Don't sweat it. If there's one, there's more. If you can't afford it now, it will be cheaper in the future. Look at what Albino Ball Pythons sold for 5 years ago. Now look at their prices. Think how smart you are to not buy that expesnive morph today when you can buy it in 5 years for a LOT less.

See, you didn't realize how smart you really are.:gj:
Jim Smith

Thanks for all the replies guys!

Truthfully, I can live without the snake, I just hate to admit that fact.

And just like some of you, I went and cuddled my favorite snake for a little while, and suddenly the one I couldn't have didn't seem quite so important.

Not to mention, I still have my beautiful low white pied boy, who will someday be my foundation sire, and the reason I'll be able to produce many morphs that other people will want, so I can be content with that.

Gale

Take photos of THAT snake, and live vicariously through those.......that's what I've been doing!!

It does suck. I feel that way every time I look at BHB's stock. The only thing that is worse is when you have the funds and call about a snake and it just sold or no longer available. That is the biggest dissapointmant.

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Originally Posted by angllady2

Everyone has been there at one point.

You find a ball morph for sale, and this snake just blows your mind. If you live to be a hundred, you'll never find another one like this. The price is really reasonable, but you can't afford it even so. :(

So you stare at the pictures, you sigh and moan, you try and come up with a way to get the cash, but there isn't one. Nothing legal anyway.

Someone else will get this dream snake, and you just have to live with that. I want to know, how do you convince yourself to forget about it ? :tears:

Gale

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Do what everyone else does. Read Big Gunns posts then nothing else in the world matters.:D

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Originally Posted by Big Gunns

Do what everyone else does. Read Big Gunns posts then nothing else in the world matters.:D

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Nah...go buy the HETS and make your own..

Sorry BG :colbert: nothing is more important than breeding!:rofl:

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Originally Posted by broadude

Nah...go buy the HETS and make your own..

Sorry BG :colbert: nothing is more important than breeding!:rofl:

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Big Gunns is removing you from the board of directors of his fan club.:taz::taz:


Although.....you are talking about snakes right?;):rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

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Originally Posted by Big Gunns

Big Gunns is removing you from the board of directors of his fan club.:taz::taz:


Although.....you are talking about snakes right?;):rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

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Dammmm, I walked right into that one didn't I?:oops:

BG: 1 DEB: 0 :rofl: