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RE: A thought about the market.

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Posted by: a153fish at Fri Jan 6 14:31:48 2012   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by a153fish ]  
   

I can understand why you would feel that way, but I really think there is a bigger picture involved. This forum may have some impact on the herp community but I'm sure it's not an overwhelming percentage. Ball Pythons are all Ball Pythons, or at least 99% are. So there's none of the danger of getting something you didn't pay for. I think the appeal to BP's is the fact that many beginners are attracted to BP's because they are very easy to handle, and they are great looking, and the ideah of new possible combinations is also appealing. Add to that the buzz about how much money some people are making, and it is the perfect storm. I do think it will saturate like any other market, and I'm not saying that with any malice. It's just what markets do. The pendulum swings back and fourth. I've been hearing rumors of large breeders stock piling hundreds of females which are soon to be in production mode. What will that do to the market? I still say the main problem with our hobby today is the economy! Most people don't have extra money for anything but bills and are very nervous about where we go from here. Only a few sick people like myself, are going to spend a few hundered dollars on some slithering snakes, lol. If the economy turns around, then there should be a vaccume caused by the people who have left the colubrid world. Many have sold their collections and went the way of the Ball Python craze. Tony I try to keep a good attitude and try to help newbies as much as I can, cause they are the future of our hobby. Some use this forum as their platform to promote themselves at any cost, and that is a huge distraction, but I hope to be here for a while, and hopefully watch the hobby make at least a substantial comback.
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