I attended a show recently, and to be blunt, I swear most tables were filled with nothing but low end BP's, crested geckos, wild caught junk, et al.

I always try to talk to people and network, and almost every conversation was:

"Oh, what do I keep? Mr. Snuggles, my ball python from petco. I also have a leopard gecko that my cousin gave me. His name is Aragorn. I was going to buy a corn snake from mega breeder today, but $40 is way too much."

I swear it didn't used to be like this.