Price drops

[Mike Cavanaugh]

I did not read this entire post, but for the record I am going to sell my hatchling spiders males for $150 + shipping and females for $250 + shipping, which is close to what I sold them for last year. There are so many people producing spiders now that it is tough to sell them unless you drop your prices a bit. Also the price of a snake does not determine its quality. Some people sell better quality animals than for less that others sell lesser quality animals for more.

In any transaction somebody gets sold. It is either the seller or the buyer that does the selling.

Sounds like you have had a few buyers dictate to you that your animals are below retail in value... and they sold you on it.

It is amazing to me that so many people claim that things just won't sell at average retail. This is my first year producing babies and I have been able to sell ALL of my hatchlings that I have offered for sale at full asking price based on what I see at current retail value. Sure almost every single one of my customers immediately replied with "your animals are way over priced compared to what people are selling for" But amazingly enough when I politely told them to buy elsewhere then, they all of a sudden agreed on my prices. This is true for both people local to me, and people in different states.

I guess some of us just aren't as easy to "be sold" on why are animals are worth less then average retail value....