Quote Originally Posted by ARBallMorphs View Post
i dont knoe what it is like there in the US.

but here in Holland (europe) we have about 3 or 4 bigger breeders making money i guess but the tbh i dont realy inderstand how, let me explain:

when you go to a reptile show one of those bigger breeders has an lets say an pastel calico male available for 350 euro (+/-450 dollar) then when i walk on a bit i see just your regular hobby breeder with an pastel calico male for 300 euro (+/-380 dollar) now if the quallity of the animal from the bigger breeder would be better i can understand you buy the more expansive animal but..... in honesty i see alot of cheaper animals on those show that look just as good or maybe even better then the animals of the "bigger" breeders and still those bigger breeders sell their animals. and at that point i can't help thinking "it is all about the name"

and it might just be me but i would rather get an beautiful morph from some "John Doe" that is 70 dollar cheaper then an about same quallity morph from a known breeder just for the name.
This perplexes me as well and it is also often, but not always true in the U.S. I got a female, trophy example of a certain morph from a small breeder for $300.00 and there are bigger breeders still charging $100.00 to $150.00 more. I guess if the animals they produce are selling at the prices they are asking, more power to them.

There are some breeders I see that I literally don't understand how their animals are selling though, I'm talking about asking prices for single and double gene animals close to triple what the average is on classifieds forums. I hear they tend to advertise at that and you are supposed to call them to get the real price though, I don't understand that, I don't even call them, I don't like haggling or insulting someone with offers.