ok, now im sad

[Ridinandreptiles]

Nothing wrong with trying to make a little money with a hobby. As for bringing on the affordable snakes, there are 100's of morphs and combos that are plenty affordable.

What seems to be spreading like a disease is the ill founded logic that "if a male black pastel costs $XX, and a female hypo costs$YY, then the cost of a black pastel hypo should only be the sum of the two ingredients."

thanks i dont mean to come off as the cash cow but i dont think any one would spend 17K for S&G's

If you used that logic a Albino pied would cost a grand

[MrLang]

Welcome to America, 2012. People have a hard enough time paying mortgages, utility bills, tuition...hell, even putting gas in their cars to get to work. Don't blame me, I voted Romney.

Economics 101.

Where you learned Mitt Romney cares about the kind of people that are struggling with utility bills and voting for him would benefit people who are struggling with tuition and mortages.

[3skulls]

It's 2012!! Get out while you can!!!

[Dave Green]

The price drop makes sense. More are being produced and an early 2012 male has more value then a late 2012 male. If you purchased an early male for more money you basiclaly paid extra for the shot to breed it this year. A June baby may be of size by now but a 100 gram November baby probably won't be of size until next year. If purchasing an expensive male I always try and purchase the earliest in the year even if it costs me thousands more.

[mainbutter]

so as much as i love working with bp's. My faith in the market has gone to crap. A few months ago when i was looking at CG's they were 22-23 K for males. Now im seeing them at 17-18K so how within the same season can they drop 5 grand...what will they be at next season!?! Im upset because bp's is what i love the most but with the way this trend is going theres no way i feel good about spending money on them...well crap

Half price every two years for a given morph, give or take a bit, is the most reliable estimate for future pricing that I can come up with when looking at "for sale" posts going back 8 years. Don't forget that this hobby IS a pyramid scheme.

Take it for what it is, and don't lie to yourself.

[JeRMz]

[QUOTE=MrLang;1974425]Where you learned Mitt Romney cares about the kind of people that are struggling with utility bills and voting for him would benefit people who are struggling with tuition and mortages.

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[JeRMz]

Spoken like a true Mass-hole! I'll take jobs over welfare, any day! Such a silly 'lil lib utopia, Taxachussets is!

[Kaorte]

This happens with every big new morph. They start out very expensive, then take a big dive. The reason they are so expensive to begin with is because they are rare. Once people start breeding them more, and they become more available, the price goes down.

This has nothing to do with who is elected president or how much money people are making. It is simply supply and Demand.

10 years ago a pinstripe was over a few thousand dollars. Now you can easily find one for 300 and under.

Once the price has plateaued you can start adjusting the price based on gender, age/weight, and the quality of the morph.

[JeRMz]

But, everyone is saying the market if over-run with breeders. Hell, some are saying they make more $ on breeding mice & rats! Wouldn't that mean bp prices are, just a little, jacked up? How many people are producing (for example) Pieds? There's a ton of them, around. Yet they remain in the $1000 range. Fleecing, in my book.
Also, the current guy in the White House has everything to do with prices. Value of the dollar is going down the toilet. Plus, I'm pretty sure one can't purchase a snake with food stamps...

[Raptor]

Also, the current guy in the White House has everything to do with prices. Value of the dollar is going down the toilet.

Not sure if serious or being sarcastic. If you're trying to blame the decline of the dollar on Obama, you might want to do some googling. The dollar has been on a steady decline overall, since the mid 1930s. He doesn't have a magical lever that adjusts the prices of everything. Essentially, it's the businesses and the people that help drive the economy. If the people don't buy much, the businesses do poorly, and therefore, the economy does poorly. Exchange of money and goods is what helps things.