Sounds like a good deal to me! I guess it depends on what you have going on, that male is ready to breed so if you have females and a limited budget it will get you off the ground. If your females aren't ready I'd wait on a male, the prices will slowly fall and you'll be able to get more genes in the mix a year or two down the road. Or if you just want a pet there are less expensive smaller male clowns out there. I just picked up a couple hatchlings this year and I'm getting into the clown game, a female clown and female lesser clown. I have a couple years before I'll even start looking at males.