Quote Originally Posted by Wh00h0069 View Post
You have a point, but at the same time look at het super pastel (pastel) prices now compared to what they were five years ago. People are pretty much giving them away now.
On the one hand, I also want to say: Look at het albinos. People are pretty much giving them away.. especially male hets.

On the other hand, most pastels these days look like crap, which I believe is causing poor prices. Pairing a male pastel with the cheapest normal brown females you can find will make poor looking pastels. A good looking pastel female hatchling still can command $200. While some may snub their nose at $200, that's far from "giving an animal away for free".

In addition, if you look at hatchling female pastel prices from 08, and compare them to a 1000-1500g female pastel today (likely an 08), you'll see that as the animal grew, it gained value.

I'd say there still is perceived market value in pastels.