If it's too good to be true....

[JulieInNJ]

...it probably is. We've all heard it and possibly said it - when a deal for a snake looks like a steal, buyer beware.

Here's where my concern comes in. I eventually want to hobby breed. I know I will never make money off breeding; I'm not doing it to make money but because I'm crazy fascinated by my animals. I would like to make enough to offset a some of my yearly costs, but I know I'll never turn a profit (or even break even at this point, lol!) and I'm truly okay with that. So being that I want to hobby breed, anything I don't hold back I'd sell, but probably at nothing near breeder's prices (for example, a male albino for $100 as opposed to the normal $300ish you see). I'd be doing that because 1.) I'm an unknown, and frankly just don't have the reputation to charge breeder prices, and 2.) I'm not looking to profit.

So if you were to come across an add by a new/unknown breeder for a visual morph, and thought the price was too low, would you ignore it completely? Would you investigate it? What would you do?

I would love to hear from breeders (newer and established) as well. Did you start off with low prices and gradually increase as your reputation was building?