What's important when buying a ball morph?

Everyone has a thought process when buying a ball python morph!

To keep it simple lets just assume you are going to buy a single gene morph.

How do these things rank in importance to you:

1. Price: you've narrowed down a price range and are going to stick to morphs in that range no matter what

2. Seller reputation: you've heard great things or have had excellent experiences with breeder so that you decide to purchase something only they're selling

3. Combo potential: there's a certain combo you want to make and you need one of the ingredients no matter how much or who's selling it!

Thanks for participating!

For me its:

1. I decide what I want.
2. I PM tiffany and tell her what im looking for. Tiffany uses her witch magic and finds me what im looking for.
3. Then I buy it. I make sure the seller has a good rep first too, before buying.

Everyone has a thought process when buying a ball python morph!

To keep it simple lets just assume you are going to buy a single gene morph.

How do these things rank in importance to you:

1. Price: you've narrowed down a price range and are going to stick to morphs in that range no matter what

2. Seller reputation: you've heard great things or have had excellent experiences with breeder so that you decide to purchase something only they're selling

3. Combo potential: there's a certain combo you want to make and you need one of the ingredients no matter how much or who's selling it!

Thanks for participating!

My answer is still the same...

Sorry for double post.

Here is how it rank for me

1# A quality animal.

The animal itself, it must be something that is the best example of the morph.

2# Buying from a reputable breeder with ethics and great customer service.

3# Price.

Those three options don't necessarily apply to me.

1. The animal is exactly what I'm looking for as far as appearance goes

2. The morph fits well into my breeding plans

3. The seller is reputable and I get good customer service

4. Price - however, this is not too important to me. I'll pay quite a penny for the right snake.

Price should be the last thing your looking at.
I find the animal I like, and find someone I feel comfortable doing business with.

Thanks for your response Deborah!

I should have included a fourth option called "other," as quality is also in important factor.

I generally find the morph I want, pick a seller, that has it with a good reputation and then the price is usually in consequential. I want what I want, and if I have to save up for it then I will.

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Let's see. Single gene. So the last single gene I bought was the enchi. I saw her picture, looked up the breeder and asked friends about him, then bought her because she was too hot to pass up. I don't remember off the top of my head how much I paid for her. I think it was $600. I don't really care because she's a female and she makes me smile when I feed her, change her water, clean her, and take pictures :D!

Edit: When I am deciding what animal to add to the collection, I think about what gene I don't have but I want, what I want in that gene, and if there is a combo that would fit my collection perfectly. I really want a YB female. YB spider, YB sugar, YB enchi, YB fire, YB HGW are all good options to add the gene :D!

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Originally Posted by BHReptiles

Those three options don't necessarily apply to me.

1. The animal is exactly what I'm looking for as far as appearance goes

2. The morph fits well into my breeding plans

3. The seller is reputable and I get good customer service

4. Price - however, this is not too important to me. I'll pay quite a penny for the right snake.

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This is pretty much how it goes for me too. I do tend to browse the animals sold by certain sellers I already know I like to work with before looking elsewhere, but if those folks don't have it, I'll continue to look or wait. :gj:

I think where I stand on this is well documented...

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I think where I stand on this is well documented...

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Yea clearly you just buy whatevers cheapest! Now when can i have that ugly cinny spotnose?! ;) ;) :rofl:

Quality is #1 for us. At any given time, we may be looking for a handful of morphs. We just keep our eyes open for exceptional examples. And occasionally we will pick up an animal that we aren't specifically in the market for if it's really outstanding. Price isn't a big priority. I've paid above "market price" to get an animal I wanted plenty of times...

Quality is the most important aspect of potential additions to my collection. Next is lineage. If you can't tell me what the lineage of the animal is I am moving on.
Price is the least important to me.

I look for quality, seller reputation (I try to purchase from people I've already dealt with), and price. And the least quantifiable thing, which is probably the most important to me: the "spark". I want an animal that just feels like it belongs with me forever.

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Originally Posted by BHReptiles

Those three options don't necessarily apply to me.

1. The animal is exactly what I'm looking for as far as appearance goes

2. The morph fits well into my breeding plans

3. The seller is reputable and I get good customer service

4. Price - however, this is not too important to me. I'll pay quite a penny for the right snake.

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This is exactly what I do to. I've never cared much about the dollars I can sell the offspring for. I breed what appeals to me. I know people are upset that the bottm has fallen out of the Ball market, but I like the way things are because I can get all 4 of these most of the time. Great thread!