Well, we decided to take a cruise in the WRX and we ended up at the show. It's held in a small empty industrial building in North York.

The highlight of my day was after when we went to Commisso's to grab a Veal on a Bun.

The show had a range of vendors ranging from the smaller basement type breeder up to a few that seemed a bit more professional.

After a quick once around to see what everyone had to offer, we started to look more seriously and even had a few decent chats with the more approachable people.



Rule #1...no prices, no time spent at your booth. I don't know you, I don't trust you and I have no idea if it's a $500 item to a person that would pay $500 and $200 if $200 gets offered. At least the ones who put a price down, I know what to look right past and which ones I might want to negotiate a price on.

There were a few that when we left just after 1:00 who had made quite a few sales and had empty spots in their display. The ones that has no prices, were still in their cage...I see I'm not the only un trusting person in the crowd.

A few booths were just spiders, frogs etc...zero interest in that stuff so we just stopped to admire for a second and moved on.

We saw a few snakes that may have made nice additions to our collection, but I didn't have a tank heated and ready at home. There were plenty of nice Ball Pythons to be had in the $40-$80 range, most common pricing was 100/150/200. Again I'm not a breeder, so their value just doesn't extend into this range for me.

There were a few nice people there, we made a few new friends.

Didn't buy anything and to be honest, it was a waste of $10 to get in. A $2 admission would have been more suitable for the size of the event.

The only stuff we even considered buying were items we can just go to our local pet store and buy for $1-$2 more. So it's just not worth buying stuff I wont use for 5-6 months just to justify the trip.

The event was a bust...

But the Veal Sammich after was awesome. Also hit SVP Sports on the ride home and got a great deal on some shoes. So the day wasn't lost.

I think I like my snake...but I don't think I will attend any more of these events.