Okay, so your saying that you'll sell animals BELOW market to re-invest into a higher demand project. How would you feel if you did this, re-invested, and the next season the other breeders DUMPED them. Say you paid 10,000 for a pair of snakes, and the NEXT week the breeders said heck with it, let's dump them at 5,000 a pair. Say what you like, but your going to be mighty upset losing 5 grand overnight. But, it's okay for you to do this to everyone else that invested money just like you did. Yes, the big breeders will still sell, and this is a huge reason why. Buyers can be confident that big breeders aren't going to pull a bonehead move and start dumping them just to move them out, making their investment WORTHLESS! I wouldn't buy from someone dumping animals because I already know what part they're going to play in my investment....they're going to murder it! Sell the couple babies you can sell at market price, use the money to raise the others, offer them to a big breeder...they may buy some to help protect their assets as well as their buyers. Once you raise the ones you couldn't sell, the price will naturally become more affordable and you'll end up doing well at the lower cost with sheer numbers. Also, why re-invest at all? You already admitted your just going to dump them at whatever price you can get....great investment! Now, before you get all upset and say they are yours and you can do whatever you like, I'll admit....YOUR 100% CORRECT! But, don't get upset when you re-invest into that more desireable morph and someone two steps ahead of you does what you did with your animals. If the market price is too high, it will adjust accordingly. Patience is a virtue, and it generally pays off. We can't all do this for a living, but if we do it to the best of our abilities, and use some common sense, we should have no problems getting our animals to pay for themselves at minimum. If you truly love the animals your keeping, this should be more than enough. This is just my opinion though, do what you think is right. Take care!

Paul

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• The " MARKET "................more - madisonrecords, Sun Jan 9 23:26:49 2005
• RE: The " MARKET "................more - bthacker, Sun Jan 9 23:53:57 2005
• RE: The " MARKET "................more - PBM, Mon Jan 10 00:22:49 2005
• Well.... - bthacker, Mon Jan 10 00:51:57 2005
• RE: Well.... - PBM, Mon Jan 10 07:45:54 2005
• RE: The " MARKET "................more - dwedeking, Mon Jan 10 09:06:45 2005
• Clear cut logical explanation...(straight from my economic - robertmcphee, Mon Jan 10 21:17:52 2005
• Not sure how that smiley got in there....but oh well np - robertmcphee, Mon Jan 10 21:19:05 2005
• John! I very strongly.............................................................. - RioBravoReptiles, Mon Jan 10 09:41:14 2005
• RE: John! I very strongly.............................................................. - sslonestar, Mon Jan 10 11:24:19 2005
• RE: John! I very strongly.............................................................. - madisonrecords, Mon Jan 10 12:25:27 2005
• Ooops!........ - madisonrecords, Mon Jan 10 12:32:56 2005
• RE: Question..... - ajfreptiles, Mon Jan 10 13:01:18 2005
• RE: My opinion...... - ajfreptiles, Mon Jan 10 13:04:16 2005
• RE: My opinion...... - Phi, Mon Jan 10 13:47:40 2005
• RE: The " MARKET "................more - tcdrover, Mon Jan 10 10:12:03 2005
• Gus...please share your thoughts - bthacker, Mon Jan 10 10:37:13 2005
• RE: The " MARKET "................more - ajfreptiles, Mon Jan 10 14:11:20 2005
• The issue is.... - bigdnutz, Mon Jan 10 14:14:07 2005
• I know I don't want that boa morph...... - PBM, Mon Jan 10 14:26:22 2005
• The picture is OT... - bigdnutz, Mon Jan 10 14:42:03 2005
• The market for boas will always be stronger than most snakes.. - dmac, Mon Jan 10 18:37:38 2005
• Look at the dark side....30 years from now....Long and rambling - LordDreyfus, Tue Jan 11 10:52:40 2005
• you are so wrong it is not funny - M n R-Reptile, Tue Jan 11 11:57:22 2005