price dropping

[Royal Hijinx]

I do not think blaming it on hobby breeders or kids explains it. If that were the case the bigger breeders could stick the their prices and the market would hold on reputation and quality. The fact of the matter is that most everything depreciates over time, some things faster than others. It is always a gamble trying to figure where and when to get in when you want to make money.

But as has been stated repeatedly it comes down to what folks will pay. If you have a snake listed for $2000 and no one wants to buy it, it is not worth $2000. There are options there as to keeping it and putting on size/breeding, or lowering the price. There will always be folks looking to get the cheapest they can find, and that is OK. Reputable breeders have to bank on their rep and quality of the stock, and the rest will sort itself out.

In my case, I plan to breed my male to my 4 girls in a few years when they are ready. I have the capability to make some pretty decent morphs, and if that turned out to cover the costs put in to it thats great, if not that is great too. I would likely keep the higher end ones for myself anyway, but such is the prerogative of the hobby breeder. Simply, I bought morphs I like that can make other morphs that I like. I am not 12, nor am I looking to make a buck. When I go to sell my offspring I will look at the current market and sell for what I see fit based on that. Hell, I may even give away some of the base morphs to friends for free, look out market...