Remember it's the big price tags that keep the new morphs in the hands of the best breeders and those who work the hardest at producing more of them as quick as possible. The fastest way that there will be enough say pieds to go around to all those who want one is if the price starts out very high. Ball pythons aren’t particularly prolific so it will take a lot of work to make a morph common place. High prices are the fuel that keeps the production engine running at full throttle.



I'm sure any low advertised price has some effect on the market even if it's only to cause a small backlash against the big breeders advertised prices. However, if the small breeder doesn't have enough to go around (a sure bet if the price is low enough) eventually those that really want them will have to pay the higher price if that is all that is left.



However, who is to say what the price really is. It sounds like perhaps high dollar animals sometimes don't sell for the full-advertised price. Not having ever purchased a high dollar animal I can't confirm how common this is. However, if someone wanted to advertise the price that they really move at to the general public rather than a fake price I can respect that. If the discounted price is too low they will sell out quickly and business can get back to usual.



Personally I think that IF I ever produce anything of value I’ll just auction it since there doesn’t appear to be any way to know what the real price is otherwise.

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