Mark my words. Pieds will never become obsolete. There is nothing else like them. Bright snakes like the firefly are a dime a dozen now days all you have to do is throw pastel to something. But there is nothing like cutting that egg and seeing patches of white. And people pay for it year after year. Sure they have fallen in value as of late but they still aren't "cheap" and with co-doms het pied readily available now days its easy to make pieds.