Originally Posted by bear

I think it depends on what animals we are talking about here. Lets say albino boas, they are a staple morph, and their selling price is known and should not be significantly dropped. Harald mentioned above that some boas were 1/3rd the price of last year, but were they new morphs trying to find their price points or staple morphs? Lets take albino motleys and sunglow motleys for example. They are new and breathtaking, everyone wants them so a huge price tag follows, they started at i think $4,500, and within months i see them at $2,500-$3000. Why the drop? because no one will pay that, the value is not there and we all know by the time they are breedable they will be worth a small fraction of that.. Albino motleys started at $1300-1500 and are now at $800 or so and that was all within a year. I fully expect that come 2011 albino mots will be $600-800 and sunglow mots will be 1500-1800 or so. Like it or not people are going to want to sell these things eventually.. BUT I would be VERY disappointed if in 2012 the prices move from there. At that point i believe they will find their price point. I think those prices are fair and reasonable for those morphs and I wouldn't be upset paying that for them. And that is what its all about, finding the sweet spot in pricing where you are getting a fair amount for your animals and your customers dont have buyers remorse the next season.