Colin I agree with your points but untill Kingsnake has a competive site with similar industry recognition, people will continue to give it this monoply like status it has now and allow it to dictate the market like Wall St.
I do think the economy is definately encouraging the impatient and unknown breeders to dump animals on Kingsnake and then it spirals down from there. This is not the only industry that is experiencing lowballing. I am a self employed contractor and I have seen this behavior explode in the last year worsening an already slow market.
It aint pretty!
Is it time to start a centralized industry organization that follows and recommends/establishes pricing? With so much drama and fueds in the BP market I would think it difficult to get the big dogs to get organized and cooperative. Which is a shame because someone needs to organize an alternative to the whim of a Kingsnake ad.