If you plan to breed, then you can certainly WAIT and save a little bit more for the best example you can find.
If you are buying as a pet, then best example isn't as important. EVERY breeder should strive to produce quality and not sub par animals. Pastels are a great example. Back when they sold for over $1000 people were breeding them without concern for quality, just because it was a pastel and you had buyers who didn't care about quality. It's why there are so many ugly dirty brown pastels out there.
That's why it matters to a lot of us.
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