What's not to agree with? If I have a snake that I KNOW someone is willing to spend $15,000 for, then why shouldn't I price it at that? You mean to tell me that if you knew your animal would fetch that kind of money, you'd come here and put it on the market for $1500 just because it's more "fair" or something?Originally Posted by MitsuMike
I will agree that it's uncommon to make sales of that size at small shows. However, at the big shows, I've SEEN guys walking around with huge wads of money to buy snakes with....and seen other guys walking around with deli cups and snake bags full of those $10,000+ animals.
And as Neil already said...there's a LOT that goes on in the market beyond the handful of sales you might witness at a local show.
I've been watching all of this VERY closely for the last seven years....and I can guarantee you folks HAVE been saying that every single year, whether you believe Robin or not. I've no doubt that you believe what you say....but unless the entire economical, political and social structures of our country fail (along with Canada, Western Europe, and much of Asia)....the ball python market will still be going strong in five years and ten years and beyond.
Will it change in that time? Certainly. It's changed a lot in the seven years that I've been watching it. But anyone with the brains and guts to adapt to those changes will do just fine.
Sooo....the high prices are bad....but you don't like to see the prices drop?
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