I'm not at the point of having offspring to sell yet (I will next year), but I have friends who are selling offspring from animals they're working with, and they've expressed the same thing, Harald. Lots of frustration with people wanting quality animals for the same price as the lower-end stuff. And yeah, some of the buyers turn into jerks when the sellers won't cave and sell their nice stuff for the price of low-end stuff.
Personally, I almost never haggle over price...if I like an animal, and the asking price is somewhere within the ballpark for a quality version of the animal in question, I just pay it. Especially if I've been picking through lots of specimens for some time, looking for just the right one. I'm not made of money any more than the next person, but I feel that the seller deserves a return for having a nice animal. And I like looking at really pretty animals when I work with my collection.
Sellers generally know when they have a quality animal and price accordingly (ok, maybe I'm being generous here, I *have* seen some prices way out of line with the quality of animal <G>), but by and large I see nice specimens priced higher than low end ones. Buyers are way out of line expecting all prices to be the same. The old addage, "You get what you pay for" definitely applies!
Dawn Carrie, Texas
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