Morning Gripe: A thought on lowering prices too far

[WtGreg]

This is something you should have planned for before you even thought about breeding,
do I have the space and or money to house and feed them if they dont sell.
Momma always said "Dont have them if you can't raise them"
Seems like every kid with 3 bp's thinks they can breed them and make millions in a month.
So sad for the animals, they are the one's suffering for our choices.

To touch on that last line, I feel the problem is many kids are not responsible enough for breeding (aside from the selling and business sense, but more for the care of the animals), this results in less healthy animals being sold, or many other careless mistakes along the way that can be hazardous to the anmals, the market, or the hobby. That said, I have met some gems of kids who I would say I would trust my whole collection with if I had to, unfortunately I have not met enough of them..... aslo met a few adults who are worse than the bad kids, unfortunately.
As for the millions in a month, to a kid a little extra money is a huge profit, but later in life they find it was a miniscule amount, so what those of us who have had more experiences with finances see, they view it differently and don't care as long as they made that little extra money.... oh I want to rant on about this point but will hold my tongue (for now)