I have yet to get my first bp but will DEFINITELY not go over $500 for the first one. I'm soon-to-be fresh out of college and the money I'll be making over the next several years (Google "grad student stipend" if you want to get an idea) isn't super conducive to expensive pets. I do have savings but don't want to blow too much of it on a single animal.

In the future, if it turns out I'm decently interested in the hobby and have the money, I could MAYBE see myself going up to $2k if there was a snake I really liked in that price range (but I'd probably feel more comfortable under $1k even then, so that's what I put as my vote on this poll). Anything more than that would feel overkill unless I became a serious breeder or collector, which is something I doubt will happen anytime soon. All I want for now is a cute lil noodle to keep me company, so the expensive morphs (beautiful though they may be) are kind of out of the question.