If it's too good to be true....

[Mike Cavanaugh]

Yes it does mean your getting screwed cause if you knew the market then you would know the animals at petsmart are usually imports fresh out of the crate. petsmart and petco are not going to buy your 40 dollar normal captive bred babies and sell them for 80 bucks when they can buy them for 12 bucks or lower and sell them for 80 bucks. If you are trying to get these people to believe the quality is better at pet stores then from the breeder then good luck with that. I used to sell babies to pet stores. I would get baby balls for 8 bucks a piece by the hundred bags along with bags of emperor scorpions and 6 dollar savanah monitors freshly imported and sell them straight to the pet stores. I know what they buy. I stopped wholesaling and import flipping years ago but its still the same racket. You are net getting quality at all when you buy from big box pet stores.

LOL, how did I know this was coming... another explanation of how experienced you are.... While at the same time proving once again that you really don't have a clue.

So let me get this right... BECAUSE some petco snakes are imported, that means that if I find one that sparks my interest enough to pay the high petco prices, I am getting screwed? Oh yeah, and it means that I don't know the market too? Does this same logic apply when I decide to pay $300 for a female pastel from a local breeder on craigslist because she looks special or perfect to me? Am I getting screwed and don't know the market again because I am not paying the $150 kingsnake price?