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RE: investment killed...big breeder greed!

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Posted by: TOM_CRUTCHFIELD at Sun Apr 12 06:47:34 2009   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by TOM_CRUTCHFIELD ]  
   

I'm the person that sold B. Clark his first Albino Burmese Python. Both he and I plus many others made a LOT of money on that project. HOWEVER, WE WOULD HAVE DONE IT ANYWAY BECAUSE WE LOVED THE SNAKE. This business of breeding rare herps has always been like a pyramid and always will be. It's based clearly on supply and demand. If your into breeding herps solely for financial gain get of of the business now. It's like the stock market be in it for the long haul or not at all!!!! I've been lucky enough to have done this as a proffession for close to 40 years. It started as a hobby and I've lived a dream as I still love doing it. Money was never the first consideration and still isn't. If you consistently breed your snakes year after year and add new stock as many do you will make money. If you mortgaged your house to buy 2 pairs of snakes expecting to retire it's NOT sound business planning in the first place. I'm the first person ever to breed albino Green Iguanas. This year will be my third year of production and the price is already a $1,000 less and NO ONE ELSE HAS STILL EVER BRED THEM BUT ME. I'm trying over time to produce over 1,000 albino's annually and only sell them for $300 ea. That's right $300 ea because then my customer base will be huge. That's what will happen to every morph in every snake as numbers increase the price will go down. I'm sorry you didn't realize it before you purchased your snakes but if you had looked the evidence was clearly there. It's not about greed and big breeders are no more "greedier" than anyone there just doing what they can and should do....


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Tom Crutchfield
www.tomcrutchfield.com

   

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