well I just spent about an hour reading some of RDR's journal entries and found myself thinking, what am I really in this hobby for? Have I been grooming my collection for the long haul or the short stay? I think I've been doing it for the long haul, I've got a good variety and working with a partner on some breeding loans this year and the next few years that will help us both out greatly. But what got me really thinking is what are the rest of the small guys thinking? I see these prices falling and falling and I know those animals are worth more than the prices that are being asked. Now I know there has to be some dealing going on but common there has to be a line drawn somewhere. How does anyone expect to be able to make a sell when each week they have a new "lowest" price or "last" price drop. what does it say for their opinion of the "market". me personally I couldn't care less if my animals don't sell at the price that I think they are worth. I will grow them up and sell at the original asking price or higher or just keep them and breed more of them. It's really a simple concept to grasp. Each and every supply and demand type business has to have an increase in inventory for each price gap they are serving. If your $2500 snake doesn't sell for 2 years well when the price has dropped to 1500 you could be producing several more thus increasing your profit margin substantially. Yeah I know alot of people don't like to listen to Ralph because they think he's rude, well he speaks what comes to his mind, and that's integrity in my book. No he doesn't come on here to defend himself against slander or statements of cover-up's (I think i've even said he has tons more lessers than he tells us about, more than likely wrong on my part) because he doesn't have a need to. I've bought from him as many others have and will again as soon as I can afford the top quality of all the morphs he is working with. I doubt there is many people producing these same morphs that he is with any better quality. Ok well that's it for now i think, we all just need to wake up and realize what some of us are trying to do to this market, dropping prices weekly is not a good thing for you or the rest of us.
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Josh Hutto

JKReptiles





2.3 het pied (RDR, alan bosch x 2, BHB x 2)

1.0 Spider Ball python (Ballroom pythons south)

0.1 High Contrast Albino (Gulf Coast)

1.1 het albino (ben siegel, Gulf Coast)

1.2 het citrus ghost(Gulf Coast line)

1.0 citrus ghost (Gulf Coast line)

1.1 graz pastel female

1.6 05 normal bp's

0.6 04 normal bp's

2.5 adult normal bp's (some need breeding to see if norm)

4 various corns

0.1 brazilian rainbow boa (alan bosch)

1.0 american pit bull terrior

1.1 taco dogs (ankle biters)

1.0 grey cat

0.1 bearded dragons



a BAD dog is MADE not bred, support the American Pit Bull Terrior as the greatest breed of dogs on Earth!!!!!

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