Now this was a short but great reply Rainer. I saw a well known breeder buy a trio of white sided brooksi adults not long ago and he told me he didn't care what market value was, that he'd set a price well above that and felt he'd get it as he has a lot of regular customers. The ones he scored were realy nice. I always pay extra for the best, and lots of people do.

So if every other person out there has OK looking ones and you have above average ones should you not ask more for them? Why not? I do! I see some people who get "stuck" with babies and keep dropping the price as the snake ages and gets larger. If anything the older larger snake is worth a bit more so that is just a lousy move on thier part. After acquiring great stock, raising them and producing babies you'd think more people would have patience....and also really enjoy keeping the babies for a while. I agree totally, that we should not be surprised to see some nicer versions of the regular white sides appear and that the price may go back up a bit.

Sure the market got flooded, it happens. But the fact remains that good business practices and a solid rep will help along with great pics and rock solid babies that people will feel are well worth the price Tom Stevens
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