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RE: lots of ques on importing?

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Posted by: Beau at Wed Mar 28 23:10:09 2007   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Beau ]  
   

wow. well what you are wanting to do isnt really possible.



in ghana the dealers are licensed. And only certain ones can export.



There is very few actual collectors that go and catch them in the bush.



The collectors sell to the dealers. When they find a morph they sell to whoever pays the most. Sometimes they will contact people here in the states and sale direct and then have an exporter export it for them.





each exporter/dealer charges a different amount. Every year they try to hold out and keep prices high but it never works. Usually starts out at about 8.00 per baby and goes down from there. adults $20 and down.





the morphs. they know what they have and ask the same amount as they sell for here in the states usually. Theyre not stupid. And there is at least one exporter there breeding these morphs and shipping over as both c.b. and sometimes saying theyre new blood which they arent.



they find albinos, pieds, axathics, caramels, etc, all morphs every year. Most are hatched out from wild caught females or wild collected eggs. But sometimes they find thm as adults or bush babies.



so you wont be able to start your own thing as someone new getting licensed there isnt going to happen. Just find a good exporter and start buying normals from them. Dont ask for morphs. put in your dues, be a good customer and they will start offering you stuff.. They sell the morphs to their best customers.



Thats the way everyone else does it, there really isnt a short cut unless you go to africa with a pocket of cash and pick them out yourself.. then you risk getting ripped off or robbed.



and there is very very little profit in importing balls. most importers are only making $1.00 each off large lot babies and the morphs, unless you get a real good deal on something new, which never happens, you dont make money on them.. just no money to be made on importing morphs anymore. noone will buy morphs just to get new blood anymore unless its the same price or less than c.b. ones on the wholesale market.



sorry.. My advice and ive imported for over 10 yearf from africa and other places, brought in a lot of morphs including new ones.



My advice, put in your dues, buy normals and wait till they offer you morphs.. or just buy them here and be safe.



Beau


   

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