Quote Originally Posted by Crawly's Mom View Post
As someone who is just getting into ball pythons and beginning to buy a few to prepare for breeding in the future, I have no idea who those people are he recommends speaking to. Is it wrong for me to look at pricing on kingsnake.com to try and figure out what a reasonable price on a morph is? I intend to go to the Phoenix Reptile Expo in November and all I have to go off of pricing wise is kingsnake.
I think mainly what he is referring to is the prices people set when they post snakes for sale online. When you go to a show most likely the prices there are less than you will see online due to the lack of a shipping cost. Again, there are always exceptions to a rule. But his article is meant to preserve the pricing on some of these animals. Eventually prices will fall as certain morphs become more and more common, but the trend we are seeing is racing at an alarming rate. It really boils down to if you are producing quality animals or not. If you are then eventually they will sell because quality and a good name trumps all.