I totally understand, and I wasn't trying to take a shot at you. All I was saying is that Many times people refer to the OLD days as better for the SNAKES, or the whole business. I guess it is their experience. My points were just that it really has cleaned up a TON. Prices were WAY WAY inflated back in the 80's and 70's for imports and there weren't many private breeders. There were a LOT Of scams becasue there was no Checks and Balance systems. That is all I was trying to say.

Also, NOT you, but many people refer to keeping animals for the LOVE is somehow better then those who do it for money. That has always bugged me. (That is just my personal experience). When I was a kid, I had a pet store guy that was in it for the money. He would Charge me 4 times the amount of what I should have paid for more then 30 animals back in the mid 80's. He LOVED snakes, and he also loved money. I always admired him for being able to do both. However, I also wished I could have gotten BETTER animals for better prices. Because of the way it was back then, it was TOO risky to do it that way. I tried 2 times and got TOTALLY ripped off. Today is different. I guess it is all personal. Probably Hoppy would like to have it the old way again, and I LOVE the new way!!!! To each his own.

I hope you think I wasn't arguing or taking it wrong. Just having some fun debate.

I completely get your point about the GREED. That is really where the animals suffer, and where the business does suck. That happens in EVERY SINGLE Hobby or business though.

To get back to the ORIGINAL topic, I think we really are still in the INFANCY of the Hobby and Business. Maybe the prices EXCEPT for the BRAND NEW morphs may never be what they were in the late 90's mid 2000's, but there is still a VERY GOOD deal of business to be done, and there really are a LOT of people who could do this for a living if they did it RIGHT!!! The problem with some people is they want it all NOW!!!! That will NEVER happen. It will take many years to be CONSITENT in the Snake business if you do it for a living. I have personally felt that I could do it for a living without my outside job for the last 5 years. HOwever, I have just decided to make this my SOLE business, and my other job will be worked VERY VERY little just to keep my health insurance in the past few weeks. I'm lucky that company will allow that for me. Independent Family insurance rates would KILL ME!!!!! So, I guess I could say I'm a FULL timer now!!! Scary, but exciting for me!!!!!

Have a great weekend.

Jeremy

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