Market crashers

[Beardedragon]

$700!

That's what they were going for back in 2006!!

you could have gotten 1.2 or 1.3 spiders for $700 in todays market!!

You could have gotten a lesser and a spider and made lesser bees for $700!


But either way... you got the animal "you" wanted which is the most important thing... I bet alot of people are still wishing they got $700 for their spiders though...

Im telling you I do crazy things for the morphs I want, and how can you beat this?

http://s454.photobucket.com/albums/q...t=IMG_1636.jpg

[7serpents]

Im telling you I do crazy things for the morphs I want, and how can you beat this?

http://s454.photobucket.com/albums/q...t=IMG_1636.jpg

I agree it's beautiful!!

As I said... you got the animal that "you" wanted...

Whether you paid $150 or $700... as long as you are happy with it that is all that matters!

[7serpents]

The buyer sets the price anyway, you wanna see the morph prices go up, be willing to pay more.

Exactly and if you want you ask $1k all day long for yb's or pastels... but whether or not you are going to get it is another thing!

Funny looking back a few years ago on the fauna classifieds ads... Yellowbelly's for $13k! Pastels $3k! lol...

now yellowbelly males $125... pastels males $75-$150+

[jglass38]

Exactly and if you want you ask $1k all day long for yb's or pastels... but whether or not you are going to get it is another thing!

Funny looking back a few years ago on the fauna classifieds ads... Yellowbelly's for $13k! Pastels $3k! lol...

now yellowbelly males $125... pastels males $75-$150+

I don't think it's funny at all. But that's just me.

[norm]

Yeah, one year ago pastels were still out of reach for me, around $500-$1000. I just bought my first at the Daytona show for $100 even, a female too!

Now if the blue eyed leucistics would just drop to about $300...

[bigballs]

Originally Posted by jhall1468
Look at the prices corns go for to get an idea where the market may eventually head.

Could be wrong, but I don't think this will ever happen. In my opinion ball pythons will never be close to being as cheap as corn snakes. Reason I say this is ball pythons have smaller clutches, and cost a lot more money to make when you factor in everything.

time will tell i guess.

it already has happend... i was at show this weekend and corns were actually selling for more than ball pythons. thats captive bred corns sold for more than captive bred balls. not to mention captive hatched balls selling for even less than those.

it sucks because i could barely sell my ball pythons especially when the majority of people are selling exactly what you are.

[JoMo]

Exactly and if you want you ask $1k all day long for yb's or pastels... but whether or not you are going to get it is another thing!

Funny looking back a few years ago on the fauna classifieds ads... Yellowbelly's for $13k! Pastels $3k! lol...

now yellowbelly males $125... pastels males $75-$150+

If you compare the US and European markets... you may still find it funnier.

In Spain, you find 08 Pastels for 600 euros ($1000), Spiders for 700-800 euros (that´s $1120-1200), Mojaves for 850 ($1360) and Pinstripes and Albinos for 1250 euros ($2000).

In Germany, just about the above prices minus (in some cases )100-150 euros.

Yellowbellies in Spain ? say what ?? You may get lucky in Germany but I have no idea what the price would be

So, US breeders, come to Europe !

[waltah!]

It's pretty bad when I just saw ads for YB's for $79.99 and Enchis for $450. Pastels and YB's seem to be the new normals.

[Blue Apple Herps]

Pastels and YB's seem to be the new normals.

I think in a few years, they will be. Everyone will start to have pastels as their "normal" breeders - pastel thrown in cleans up pretty much everything, so it makes sense.

[FIREball]

There is a Sable Champagne on KS for $4500

http://market.kingsnake.com/detail.php?cat=32&de=635678