Yes, I paid $30 for each of two 1.3 groups of non biters. I later added a solid colored 1.3 for $16 from another source and they aren't as docile.

It will be interesting to see how ASF's fit in long term. I think by now they have moved beyond fad but it's yet to be seen if they will be truly standard.

I do know of one commercial rodent breeder who was planning to get into them big time. I don't know how the cost of production compares. It seems to me that even though they grow slower they eat less and mess less so maybe if you have the grow out cages they compare ok on a commercial basis. Of course the market is also a very important consideration and again I don't know what the commercial market is for ASF's. You see mice being sold very cheap so if ASF’s can be produced nearly as cheap maybe you could sell a ton at $1 each.

They do fit a niche for me as a small ball python breeder. Bigger breeders probably already have their own outbuilding with Norway rats and maybe mice. But I needed something I can raise in moderate numbers in my house. No, they aren't perfectly without smell but they are a lot better than Norway rats and especially mice. Also their small max size might be important to ball breeders who don't happen to have big balls that can eat retired breeder Norway rats. Also I have a couple of balls that rarely eat Norway rats and I normally buy mice for and both seem to love ASF's. So they work for me.