Bill,

I guess I look at pricing a little different than most. When I buy snakes, price is of little importance, what is important to me is that I am getting the highest quality snake I can find. If I want to purchase a particular morph, I take my time and narrow down my search to those breeders that produce the highest quality representation of the animal. If I find what I'm looking for, price is never an issue. In reality, I'm looking to purchase hold backs. I have no problem paying over market prices for top quality animals.

Like I tell new breeders, when selling snakes, what seperates your ball pythons from the tens of thousands of other ball pythons being sold. If your focus is on buying the least expensive animal you can find then possibly you'll end up with low quality animals in your collection. I know there are acceptions and sometimes you can purchase high quality animals for very low prices, but as a rule, you get what you pay for. If you have low quality animals you're going to produce low quality animals, and you may have problems moving them. If your focus is on quality and not on price then you will eventually build a group of animals that your customers will want in their collections, isn't that what this is all about?

Sorry for being so long winded.
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Brian Gundy

www.for-goodness-snakes.com

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