Posted by:
garycrain
at Wed Sep 21 19:34:24 2005 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by garycrain ]
THERE IS NO MONEY IN SELLING SNAKES AT A PET STORE!! The only money pet stores make is from selling $2 dollar 10gallons for $30 and all the other supplies for the animals.
Unless youre talking about Underground Reptiles or Pro Exotics or some specialty shop that has made a name for themselves by selling top notch animals before they opened a retail location.....(and in a city big enough to have a retail location)
you will lose money. Ive worked for pet stores from Dallas, to Denver, to Montanta, to florida and its always the same story. You'll sell a couple ball pythons a month if you lucky, Ive never sold a king snake or corn snake anywhere Ive worked. A few leapord geckos and bearded dragons and thats it.
If you have the passion for it get a good paying part-time job, buy reptiles that are a good investment and that you like to clean up after and breed them and sell the babies to the pet stores for $5 less than anyone else or at the same price they are paying without the shipping cost.
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- I am given an opportunity - TSUSnakeGuy, Wed Sep 21 14:46:47 2005
- RE: I am given an opportunity - bps516, Wed Sep 21 15:07:02 2005
- RE: I am given an opportunity - toshamc, Wed Sep 21 15:08:23 2005
- RE: I am given an opportunity - zefdin, Wed Sep 21 16:01:54 2005
- RE: I am given an opportunity - zefdin, Wed Sep 21 16:11:25 2005
- RE: I am given an opportunity - matt_fl, Wed Sep 21 16:21:49 2005
- RE: I am given an opportunity - CJBianco, Wed Sep 21 16:36:35 2005
- From someone who worked and managed a petstore for 3 years...DO NOT DO THIS - Matt...Hennek, Wed Sep 21 18:10:51 2005
 Ive been where you are! - garycrain, Wed Sep 21 19:34:24 2005- Ok this is what I do know about the situation - TSUSnakeGuy, Wed Sep 21 20:00:33 2005
- RE: I am given an opportunity - royerreptiles, Wed Sep 21 20:29:24 2005
- I can tell you from experience, not a good idea. - coyotethug, Thu Sep 22 17:42:47 2005
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