The day of the 20k snake is long from over. The fireballs have finally decreased because it has been a few years since they were out. Now although there are only a few people that have them, there are going to be more this year. I own one, and I have had this discussion with Mike Wilbanks, and this price drop is to face the reality that the black eyed leucistics are competing with the other leucistics. Simple as that. I think another reason why they had to drop is because they haven't been bred with other morphs yet, which is what drives each and every morph.....it's a ball python that gets brighter with every shed, and should make some interesting combos!! And sure there are more people dropping prices on all morphs, but this is completely expected and normal. They may want/need money, but a few can't affect the overall market. It's all simple supply and demand. And I have to add, those that can wait and be patient and not freak out everytime someone drops their price will sell for more than that person. When everyone changes, then it's clear the market has. And as I said, the day of the 20k snake is far from over. Every year new morphs are being sold to the public, and as long as they keep coming in and being rare, and breeders keep proving traits genetic, why would they sell for less than 20k? Even the second year? Has anyone even read NERDS book under the unproven morphs section? Do you really think they will be selling less than 20k? NO! It's just those that invest the higher prices will make much more in the end. If I bought a fire last year at 25k, and produce 3 males, I made 5k profit!! And do you REALLY think I'm only going to produce 3 males (that's another 10k profit PER male)? And what about the females at 15k (and don't forget that both these males and females I can use for trade for the high end morphs...or low end morphs for resale)? And what about how much I'm going to make NEXT year and every year following? And what about when I'm making new combos for buy/trade value or to produce even newer morphs? And what about when I'm one of the first to produce black eyed leucistics? I hope that's enough to prove my point. There will always be people buying/trading for 20k morphs for this very reason. And I can promise you, that I'm going to be one of them!!

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