I for one refuse to make a blanket statement about flippers. There are good and bad flippers just like there are good and bad breeders. I have seen many breeders selling sickly animals that are in terrible health and I have seen many flippers that take outstanding care of the animals they have while they are in their possession. So it really aint a matter of flipper or breeder, but rather a matter of whether the individual person is taking proper care of the animals in their care or not.
So with that being said, any flipper who takes proper care of the animals they are selling, and does not ever sell sickly animals then I dont have a problem with them. How can any of us in this day and age have a problem with anyone who is out there trying to make an honest living?
Now if you are knowingly selling sickly animals, then you need to be taken out behind the show and have the boots put to you in my humble opinion. Breeder or flipper alike.
With all that being said, I dont deal in WC/CH and I dont resell other people's animals. I also look to buy from small and medium breeders. I think they deserve to be rewarded for the hard work they have put in and more often than not my $250-$2500 to a small guy might mean the difference in being able to make the mortgage payment that month. Where as with the long established big guys that $250-$2500 is just more icing on their cake.
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