This is getting RIDICULOUS! Lesser pastel for $400 shipped?!

[rjk890]

Pastel Lesser males are being advertised with prices ranging from $350. to $550.
They are worth more in my opinion, ($650. - $850.) but apparently not according to the "market value."

I first posted my male PL for $550. plus shipping, and did not get any responses.
So, I added a "bonus" offer of a free female Cinnamon.
Still no interest, and another member added a female Cinnamon to go along with her PL male, and beat my price.

Several other Pastel Lessers were priced below my $550. asking price, so I adjusted mine to $500. shipped.
Still, not one cash offer.

I decided to pull the female Cinnamon from the ad, and dropped the price of the male PL to $450. shipped.
Finally, I got a cash offer... a whopping $375. shipped.
I counter offered with $400. shipped, (which was what I had in mind as a rock bottom cash price,) and it was rejected.

Now, before I accept what I consider(ed) to be a low ball offer, or keep every animal that I feel is undervalued on the market, I figured I would go ahead and advertise him at $400. shipped.
If somebody purchases him at $400. shipped, then maybe the OP will not hold out on that last $25. in the future, after missing out on such a great deal on a beautiful animal.
If not, then I guess $375. shipped is the current market price on a male Pastel Lesser, and was not as insulting of an offer as I thought it was.

The low cash offer was not as insulting as y'all attacking the quality of my animals, or claiming that I take no pride in what I produce was, simply because you feel that my price is too low.

The animals in my collection were selectively acquired, and are selectively bred.
I believe that I produced some of the best representations of the animals that I am working with, and I held back 42 of the 49 animals that I hatched out this season.

Like it or not, I am competing on the open market for a couple of cash sales, because unfortunately, my rodent supplier does not accept "my Pride in the animals that I produce" as a form of payment on feeders.

Take Care,
-Rob.