Ummmm....here's where you're messed up. You seem to think (based on your own words) that it's up to YOU how Mike (or anyone else) should value their animals. You don't "have a clue" how Mike chooses to value his animals or what he might look for and find value in even a typical petco type store. Just because YOU don't see value in those animals doesn't mean they don't have value.
Personally, I've seen a few examples over the years of very very nice "normal" ball pythons at petco and petsmart and even at petland (ick)....that had I been able to at the time, I would have gladly paid their retail price for. (Well, honestly I wouldn't buy ANYthing from petland, but that's an entirely different topic.)