Quote Originally Posted by PythonWallace View Post
So with cbb yearling normals being about $20-$50, you're saying they were overpriced at $100, even though it costs at least $150 in food alone to care for that baby for that year? A pastel was over priced when they cost more than $100, even though the breeder paid $800 for the parents, and $$50-$100 just to hatch the eggs and feed the babies for a few months? The demand is substantially higher than we price our animals at, and kingsnake.com is the reason for it.
I'm saying that the numerous multi-thousand dollar ball pythons experienced some over-valuing based on speculation of future demand for offspring(though not all were over valued! I can't picture anything more difficult to predict future demand for than designer pet snakes).

And the sad fact of the matter is that for many local markets, the demand for normal BPs is low enough that it is hard to sell them for a profit. Craigslist adoptions alone did a serious number on hatchling/yearling normal BP prices.

The market is driven by supply and demand, but this is a particularly difficult market for sellers to judge the demand for their products.

I'm not saying that the article is inaccurate, but we shouldn't blame a drop in prices for morphs solely on liars and scammers. There's plenty of those who try to keep prices high as well(I've got a piebald in Nigeria I'd love to sell you )