I think this hobby has decreased my value of a dollar

I've noticed that what I consider cheap most people would consider expensive.
"I got her for a great price, she was only $425 shipped"
"Only?!"
People look at me like I'm crazy.

Has this ever happened to anyone else?

ME! Definitely me.

Petstore ferrets are worth $150 max and I always hear people whining about how expensive they are. $150 is peanuts to BP keepers. haha....
My portrayal of "cheap" keeps going up. I'm now at the "$800 is a good deal for that!" stage. LOL.

It's funny because I hate paying for expensive inanimate stuff. I just dropped $500 on a new camera. I felt like crying when I checked out of the shopping cart on Amazon.

Yes. I was upset that I had to spend $350 for a new 40 inch LCD tv, but wouldn't blink an eye to spend that on a snake.

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This is so true ahaha

I'm at the point where a $500 snake is cheap :P.. I'm pretty sure this kind of mentality isn't good for us... Some things are just WORTH it :D. We just tell ourselves "eh... XXXX isn't that much :P" lol.

Ok but to make yourself feel better, walk into a pet store........................
Normal ball $79.99................ I sell those for $15 or $20 :rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

This is a great thread, hahaha. It's so true; I don't like spending money on most things but show me a nice snake and I'm there!:D

Haha, absolutely! I drop $150 on groceries and it seems so expensive, but I look at a $500 snake and I'll go beg my boyfriend to consider setting up another "snake area" for room

This is a great thread lol. I honestly couldnt agree more with everyone. When i had to buy a laptop for school it was $400. I complained about how expensive that was and blah blah blah.
At the last expo i spent close to $700 and came home with rats, various supplies, and 2 bps lol.

When you lay it out and compare it like that its like WOW but in the heat of the moment it doesnt seem like as much at all.:gj:

I agree, 250-300 on groceries: what happened? Why that much?!

The 47" LCD I got out of box $450: it's a great price, but crap that's a lot of money.

The leo pair I want: CMOOOOON it's only like $450 shipped! What a steal!

Or the cinny pair I want: it's $300 shipped for a female and we can go to Mike Wilbanks in the city for the male for $180 with tax! Pleeeeease! Haha.


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Oh hell yes, if my wife went out and spent $500 on clothes I'd probably flip. But, if she bought a snake for that.... I would probably say good job babe!

You're not in trouble until you serisously can look at an animal and say "Hmm 4K yea that's a pretty good price".. from that point on it's just down hill..

Loved Pieds back when they were $15k.

Got my payment down on my Pied hatchling for $750.

Definitely a great deal.... :gj:

..... that my other half will not get to know for quite a while :colbert: :D

But then again, he drops $1-2k on 'upgrades' for his vehicles and it's nothing, haha. "New headers for the 5.7L. Downpipe and custom exhaust for the Grand Prix. Ohhh I should totally paint the truck!"

It's all about 'what it's worth to you', I guess!

Personally? I hate spending more than $15 on sunglasses, and $40 on new shoes :cool:

I just spent what I made in a week on snakes, without even blinking an eye.


But to pay $4 for a box of cereal?!?!

Lol, I love this thread and agree with every one of you. My husband wants to spend $20 on downloads for his game and I'm thinking, what a waste! Can I get a $500 pewter girl??? Please???

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I just spent what I made in a week on snakes, without even blinking an eye.


But to pay $4 for a box of cereal?!?!

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Cereal is outrageous....


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Cereal is outrageous....


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Cereal as well as vegetables.

I can get more meat for the money the wife spends on vegetables! Who needs 'em!

More balls are necessary anyway, haha.


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People buy champion show line pet dogs that actually do things like provide companionship for like $1500.

My bank account is at 20 bucks the day before my paychecks. 700 for a snake? NO PROBLEM!

Even though I'm a newcomer to the hobby, it took only about 2-3 months for this to set in. I can still smile even after spending $700 on a snake.

Like others have also said, when it comes to spending $4 on a box of cereal or $7 on a 32 oz jar of peanut butter, I can only scowl and think I've been ripped off...

$23 for roasted cashews.... freakin ridiculous....

Totally looking at a $50 pile of sterilite tubs like they're gold right now :P

I discovered this to be true at the Herp Expo (San Jose) last weekend, but luckily I didn't have ANY money to spend - even on those "great deals." In particular I found myself looking at an Angolan Python, one of my dream snakes, and saying "What a fantastic deal @ only $495!!" If I'd had that kind of money to blow, I definitely would have snatched up one without batting an eyelash. :oops:

I'm looking at dropping 5K+ for a motor and trans soon. what the point of having money if you don't enjoy it? snakes are my 3nd most expensive hobby. lol

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More balls are necessary anyway, haha.

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Really? I thought the two were sufficient... LMAO. :D

(sorry, I couldn't pass up that one!!)

I never had a a great mind set for the value of a dollar haha.

My snakes eat better than I do, sometimes I go a bit overboard, like I spent around 1.1 grand this month on snakes, so I'll have to pinch pennies until my next pay check, but I never regret it.

Lol, I hear ya. I am going to spend $1800 on a standard poodle to compete with, and that's a lot of money. But I've got two snakes on order for $2250 and that was a good deal lol

Yep, I try to explain it to coworkers, but they feel I have a misconception about how much money to spend on a hobby. Last month I spent around 1600 on a couple snakes, the month before that it was 4 grand in photography equipment. Now its another 1200 in a couple PVC cages and stats. . . however, I go to fill up my tank and its like, Wow come on $65 to fill up for a week??

As my coworker put it, "Some people buy boats, some people buy snakes"

Definitely how I am now. Ive dropped $3500 in the last 3 weeks and didn't think twice about it cause it was stuff I needed for projects... Yet i still hate spending $60 on groceries.

Lol yes, absolutely. For me it went in steps. At first the most I would consider was the $200-$300 range for snakes, then it went up to $500, then I bought a group for $1000. Now I'm looking at $2500 snakes and thinking "I could buy that in the next year or two." I feel it will keep going up.

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My father doesn't think my snakes are worth that much, he's the one who bought me my first bp for about $30, so he assumes you can buy clowns for that much.

this hobby has only decreased my collection of dollars