Quote Originally Posted by littleindiangirl View Post
I would LIKE to see that make the difference!

I think I heard Larry and BT talking about this on Reptile radio... why are we lowering the prices in a market that costs more to just keep, raise and breed them?

I like to think selective breeding will have a heavy hand in the future market, but as our hobby grows, those with lesser good looking animals will probably just cut their selling price in half just to get the animals moving... so who will buy the top of the line animals? Will it be breeders, or pet owners?
I think it will be people like us; small time hobbyist/breeders that are slowly building their collections up. Those that care about their animals and the quality of genes in their breeding stock. I hope selective breeding will cut out people with less appealing animals, and make people care and be more discriminate about the animals they breed/purchase. Why bother spending $200 for a brown pastel when you can spend more and get a stunning example of the trait. Maybe I'm just a wishful thinker...?

Quote Originally Posted by jglass38 View Post
From my point of view, they all have value. Value in what they can produce in combos and value in what they can provide as a pet for someone. While the consistent dropping in price across the whole market bothered me slightly, I have the vision to see past the first breeding season. So many people have bought up all the codoms they could find hoping to get rich. I love seeing those same people selling their collections on KS every day. Sure I paid $1000 for my first Pastel. He has already made me that much and his offspring I have kept will continue to for years. In my opinion, the market will stabilize eventually. I guess we'll have to see who is still around and who has jumped ship because they couldn't make back their money in 1 season.

As far as selective breeding, I think it's great! I love seeing guys like Albey putting up pics of some amazing animals that were produced with care and thought rather than by throwing any two animals together. But for me, they all have value...
Jamie they absolutely all have value; and I definitely agree that most people don't look into the long term picture.