Is it just me or are prices crashing on...

[MouseKilla]

What the hell are we talking about here? lol! We've gone off the rails.

[bryan139]

I agree. The only problem I see is in the future with the morph craze. Not that it's bad, but as more and more "designer" morphs become available the price is going to go down to stay competitive. This could cause a drop in price on commons if they become harder to move because morphs are more easily obtainable. When we start seeing albino balls next to normals in the pet store Id like to see what the price looks like then.

[LTownsend]

Back to the original question......I sold all of my CBB balls this year to a pet store for the price I wanted....no problem, money in hand. Bottom line is.....don't be in such a rush to be the first one to produce and have animals available for sale before everyone else.....shelf your animals if you have to; they don't cost much to keep short-term, and wait until everyone else is done producing and selling, then you will get your asking price year after year as long as you keep it reasonable.

[beanersmysav]

Originally posted by latazyo
the poor attitude that normals are "ugly" is what is causing their prices to go down

This is disgustingly true! I think normals are that much more special as they are the original to the species in most cases. Without them there would be no differant color morphs. That's why I'm breeding normal leo's as well as others but people are surprised as to what colors normals are throwing off constantly. I just started breeding and I'm not doing it to make a buck, when I acctually decide to sell even my normals will have a top dollar value, I don't plan on whole saling them just to move them. If they don't move for what I ask I'll keep them for my own collection, soon enough I'll have plenty room to keep all my animals weither they sell or not.

Honestly I wouldn't mind keeping them all, I just want to breed for the experience of breeding, I don't think there's anything wrong with that myself, others do. So be it.

Originally posted by Jeff_Favelle
I'm of the opinion that age is a really really bad measuring stick. I know some people who are 50 and shouldn't own a garter snake, yet I know 12 year old "budding naturalists" that would do GREAT with a boa or other large-ish constrictor. The age thing sucks. I knew more about snakes when I was 5 than 99.99% of the people in my immediate surroundings today.

Agree'd this is just another thing adults use to put down kids. I am old enough to get a permit if the age is 18 or 19, but I've seen this type of descrimination towards kids my whole life. What seperates an adult from a kid? Kids think they know everything, Adults Know they Know everything. Just my oppinion of course. I started in the hobby around 14 and owned a monitor for the first pet who is still alive and well so it goes to show you kids aren't totally helpless. However I do agree alot of kids are irresponsible my brother is a good example. But still that's not all kids.