Quote Originally Posted by PassionsPythons View Post
That post you linked is absurd. It's full of "what ifs". That is truely not how the ball python market works. I'm sure that is the way it works for lower end breeders because it's more difficult to sell single gene animals each and every year. However the people that breed and sell the higher end stuff make up their own prices. I doubt very seriously that Kevin from Nerd is sitting in front of his computer on kingsnake trying to figure out how to price his animals. The scenario used is very far fetched. I don't believe that a "Kelley Blue Book" is the answer either. How are you going to keep it updated? Prices change everyday. You either buy quality from someone you trust or you buy the cheapest thing you can find. I'm a firm believe in you get what you pay for. I paid $600 for a hatchling mojave female last year, just becuase she looked better than any mojave I'd ever seen. And she is still the hottest mojave I've ever seen.
Absurd is a pretty inappropriate word to use. When reading the article it's easy to research some of the information used in it and see for yourself that it's true.

And seriously, even if you go to the NERD website, their prices are slightly higher than the Kingsnake norm, but not by much. I'm not sure what you're basing this post on, as just a few minutes of research can show how drastically certain morphs has dropped in price.

And this isn't about "You get what you pay for" either. I bought my pastel butter for around $200 more than average market price, because he was absolutely worth it. However, back in 2009 pastel butters were going for around $400 - $500 more than what I paid as the AVERAGE price.