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[Rorschach]

Welcome! I haven't made any purchases in a long time, but want to start collecting again. Hope to purchase from you in the future.

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[FloridaReptileRanch]

Welcome! I haven't made any purchases in a long time, but want to start collecting again. Hope to purchase from you in the future.

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Thank you. That means a lot to me, especially since I'm a newcomer!

Nothing too crazy, but they can't all be $20,000 snakes! Candino male...

[sho220]

What a bunch of tin-foil hat loons. Nice way to welcome the new guy...

Floridareptileranch looks like he's about to fire up the bp market. I can't wait to see what you guys produce.

[CompetitionReptiless]

Welcome to the hobby.But the one big thing i dont get. If u bought these ball pythons . Call me crazy but why wouldnt u be taking ur own pictures of them? Damn i be making videos with All these high end snakes. ??? I dont get why ur using the breeders pictures still???

[ROACH]

Well zeion, this is mostly directed to you, not you Archie.

To make money you have to spend money. Spending $1000 on a snake, and breeding wiill net you profit but not the amount as quickly as a snake that isn't as common.

Example:
When CG's came out, they were 50k or something of that nature. People spent $50k, then bred and sold as well as holdbacks. They may of spent $50k on a snake but that same snake netted them I guarantee you well over $100k in profit. I wouldn't spend that much money but then again I'm not into the hobby to make a ton of money. I'm in it because I enjoy dealing with snakes and I would like to cover my costs, but anything else is awesome and I'll be thankful for that. Now granted if I wanted this to become a business to live off of, then yes snakes that aren't as common would be needed to actually return expenses.

But if you paid $50k for a baby CG and 2-3 years down the line the price drops way down.....how do you tend to make back that money? I mean the price will continue to drop right? So I dont think its a full proff profit. Yes it is possiable, but not full proff. Im not knocking anyone that has paid alot, but just look at the way the Bananna's have dropped.

[Crazymonkee]

Welcome to the hobby.But the one big thing i dont get. If u bought these ball pythons . Call me crazy but why wouldnt u be taking ur own pictures of them? Damn i be making videos with All these high end snakes. ??? I dont get why ur using the breeders pictures still???

Well I can't speak for the OP, but not all of have the equipment for awesome pics. I'm pretty sure he'll get new ones up, and some (the cinny bamboo for instance) he does not have yet

Plus with a couple businesses I'm sure time is tight
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[YoshiBP]

[/B]But if you paid $50k for a baby CG and 2-3 years down the line the price drops way down.....how do you tend to make back that money? I mean the price will continue to drop right? So I dont think its a full proff profit. Yes it is possiable, but not full proff. Im not knocking anyone that has paid alot, but just look at the way the Bananna's have dropped.

1 CG now, in 2-3, even if dropped down to 15,000 each if he can get at least 5 good hatches out of it, that's 25k profit off of one snake in 2-3 years. Or am I wrong?

[FloridaReptileRanch]

Welcome to the hobby.But the one big thing i dont get. If u bought these ball pythons . Call me crazy but why wouldnt u be taking ur own pictures of them? Damn i be making videos with All these high end snakes. ??? I dont get why ur using the breeders pictures still???

Thank you! One, I don't have them all in my possesion yet. I have racks and cages being shipped to me. So, they are still holding onto most of them.

Also, I JUST bought a camera and I don't know how to use it yet. Also, as you can read from my intro, I am VERY busy. I will get to it. I have taken pics of a few that I have in my possession. They are on my facebook page.

[FloridaReptileRanch]

[/B]But if you paid $50k for a baby CG and 2-3 years down the line the price drops way down.....how do you tend to make back that money? I mean the price will continue to drop right? So I dont think its a full proff profit. Yes it is possiable, but not full proff. Im not knocking anyone that has paid alot, but just look at the way the Bananna's have dropped.

Hey, most things don't drop like the CG. There were some behind the scenes things going on there. Yoshi has the right idea. If you buy a snake for 25K and its 5K three years later, then you still only need five to make your money back. Anything else is profit.

[BWyant]

I seriously considered doing something like this gentleman, despite the fact that I didn't have a whole lot of knowledge about ball pythons. To be honest, about 15k$ could get you a really good start, and that includes racks, food for the year, electricity and a good start on breeding. If you could find a bank to finance you (which I couldn't, since most won't take animals as collateral), you could probably make your money back in two years. And, I think most business-minded folks would agree that a two year turn-around is pretty good.

If it looks fishy, reserve judgment and wait for someone else to take the plunge. Then, hop on the train a little later.