[QUOTE=Mike Cavanaugh;1672434]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?[/QUOTE


Again yes and yes. You are not going to find anything intresting out of a petco import. There are guys in africa that hand pick the animals to be exported to the us. They grade them then they ship them. Then once hitting the states the importer then goes through them. If there was anything substantial then it would have been picked out therefore the animals that finally find themselves in the death cages of local big box stores are nothing more then 10 dollar normals so based on the quality your getting there you most certainlly are getting screwed if your paying those prices at the store. I run craigslist ads every year when i want to sell my normals that were peoduced in my breedings and i sell them for 25 bucks across the boards males or females. I know i can get that from craigslist. I cant get that on kingsnake cause there are peiple selling them for 18 bucks or lower and ya still got to factor shipping in. Therefore i price them aggresively on craigslist to blow em out. Heres another example, i sell my regular stuff that come out of clutches like the spiders and pastels at a lower then going market price so i can free up rack space and that way i dont have to feed animals longer so i can wait for a little more money. Am i crushing the market? No way. Are people sending me hate mail? No way. Am i selling em fast? Yes i am, are my customers happy? You bet they are. My quality is just as good as anyone elses but some animals just arent worth it to sit and hold on to them longer then i want to. The thing you have to and everyone else has to realize is that just cause you see a price tag, it doesnt mean the animals are selling for that. The market is based on what the animals sell for not what the asking prices are. So yes mike i do have a clue.