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    Re: Grab Bags?

    Hi,

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    yah true I'm very curious about it but that ad the was posted really scared me abit. I mean I would love to get 2-3 bags and see what then sell the normals and keep the ones I rly like and make some money out of it.
    A word of caution about that.

    A lot of people have had the same plan and realised too late that the animals you sell directly affect your reputation.

    So, if you really think ahead, you will want to make sure the babies you sell on are all eating well and healthy. That could take time and will take money in housing and feeding costs etc. Housing 30 snakes takes generally isn't cheap and, for the reasons given above, you don't want to cut too many corners.

    Since you cannot try and pass them off as CB and have to be honest about their source you may not get as much as you think per snake and they will be eating and basking their way through any possible profit every week. Mutliply that by 30 (if there turned out not to be any you like in the bags ) and it can quickly become a problem.

    It may be wiser to think of it as recovering some of the money you spent on them initially rather than hoping for a profit.

    Not trying to put you off just pointing out planning ahead can avoid a lot of potential pitfalls.


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    Last edited by dr del; 02-21-2011 at 03:03 PM.
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