The demand is still higher than the supply. Yes, other breeders are going to spend that much money (and that's less than it was just three and four years ago when breeders were still buying LA's).
For those of you newer to the hobby - just five years ago, pastels were still over $1000, spiders were over $2K - all morphs were higher priced and still selling out.
In 2005 I paid $1500 for a male pastel and $4000 for a male spider.
In 2005 I paid $1500 for a male pastel and $4000 for a male spider.
Exactly and in 2006 just a year later I paid $1800 for my female Spider. So in one year they dropped more than 50% and now they are down to a few hundred dollars.
I'm one of the few that believes the market will balance itself out in a couple years.