Quote Originally Posted by JDL View Post
my question is why does quality and price always seem like people think they are one in the same. just cuz something cost more doesnt make it of a higher quality. breeder A can produce a top shelf honeybee in his shed and sell if for $15 and breeder B breed the worst example of one and list it for 2k. i know for me when i shop i look for the best at the cheapest price (yes i said cheap). people do this everyday when it comes to other things and noone says anything bad about it.
I'd imagine we all do, to a degree (price-checking, that is). Still, though, I'd rather pay a bit more for a really stunning animal than get the cheapest possible price on something ugly. Maybe I wouldn't pay 10x the price, but I know I'd certainly pay more.

I mean, hell, these are ALL just Python regis. I can pick up a Python regis for $10, as can anybody on this forum. I don't want just ANY Python regis, though -- I want ones that look crazy, with bright colors and funky patterns and all the like. If I pay $75 for a pastel that looks about the same as a $10 normal, isn't that more of a ripoff than paying $150 for a pastel that even non-herpers will see and say, "Wow"?

That doesn't mean that just because someone -- ANYONE, even a "big name" -- prices a pastel at $150, that makes it nice, or because someone else's pastels are $75, they're automatically ugly. But if one is a knockout, and the other looks like dirt ... Well ...

we all sit back and call this a hoby but complain about the prices like a business. if this is just a hoby treat it like one, when it comes to most hobies you lose money in every aspect of it, i have yet seen any sort of return on the thousands ive spent on my r/c's (i only buy top quality there too) and i look at snakes in the same way if i can happen to get a couple dollars to pay for some food from breeding them cool if not who cares i love the hoby and thats all it is
I feel the same way about this, though I know a lot of people don't. You're dang right, though -- what other "hobby" gives even the remotest chance of even breaking even? Heck, I'll be psyched if I can even do this for $100/year, all earnings and expenses tallied up. If I could actually make something at it? Get outta town.