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I know it sounds strange, but I have been watching the classifieds for several months now and I see the same ads every day. The cheaper ones seem to move but anything over $1000 languishes endlessly.
I see comical threats such as "last chance!" or "if he doesn't sell this week I'm keeping him!" or better yet "price reduced again". It's pathetic.
I guess I'm just curious if they ever sell? Why bother breeding high-end animals only to be stuck with them?
Maybe they sell at the shows?

Just wondering...
John

I've been talking to Ben Siegel about that because he had his Super Sentinels at $5000...and they've sold.
It's patience really. All it takes is someone seeing it and saying "I want that..."

I just bought a weird female off Outback Reptiles. I've seen it listed for months...and finally I caved (errr...well...my girlfriend offered to get her for me. haha), and that was that.
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"What is man without the beasts?
If all the beasts were gone,
men would die from great loneliness of spirit.
For what happens to the beasts,
soon happens to men.
All things are connected."

-Chief Seattle (Duwamish Tribe)

I felt the same way. Its always the same ads in cycle for a few months and there are some that I have seen in cycle for the past year or so. It does take patience though. The really rare and quality stuff goes fast like mytics, spinnerblasts, pastel clowns, albino spiders, pastl calicos, etc... I also see fan favorites go fast too like bees, albinos, and lemonblasts but those are under $1k so I guess thats why. Getting into expensive projects is worth it if you know whats in demand and on the cutting edge.

I think another problem is now it's so easy to make these mind blowing combos...a bunch of breeders that not many people have heard of are selling them.
Now don't take this the wrong way, because I am not out to put anyone down...
but if Joe Blow Tomkins lists a spinner blast yellowbelly for $1200 on the classifieds and I have no idea who he is...then see BHB, or NERD or Outback post the same snake for the same price...I'm probably going to go with the people I've heard of.
And so...after man people do this, poor Joe gets frustrated and says "Ok...I'll drop it by $100...someone will buy it now!"
But Joe still has no snake cred yet...so...there ya go.
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"What is man without the beasts?
If all the beasts were gone,
men would die from great loneliness of spirit.
For what happens to the beasts,
soon happens to men.
All things are connected."

-Chief Seattle (Duwamish Tribe)

It's case by case...if Joe Blow's animal is much nicer than NERDs and Joe seems to be on the up and up...I'd give it a shot...

That's cool of you, but a large percent of the snake community might not...hence leading to snakes being "on the shelf" for a while.
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"What is man without the beasts?
If all the beasts were gone,
men would die from great loneliness of spirit.
For what happens to the beasts,
soon happens to men.
All things are connected."

-Chief Seattle (Duwamish Tribe)

From someone that isnt a big name with a ton of "high end" - anything over a couple hundred bucks that I've produced has mostly pulled in trade offers instead of cash. Trades are good and fine and a great way to get some new stock - but cash once in a while would be great too. :-P
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