Royal prices..

[Caz]

I find it amusing how people always slate Bob Clarke on the prices of his imports dropping UK prices when we have UK sellers offering males fires @ £175 and UK shops selling pastels @ £95

[Barney_M]

I find it appalling how much prices have fallen! If people didnt lower their prices in the first place pastels would still be £150-£200 and I think people would probably pay that for a pastel. As soon as one person drops prices everyone does to keep up with the competition and as prices fall people are less willing to spend money on that morph!
It is a shame because soon any tom, dick and harry could buy dozens of royal morphs which once would have cost a fortune. Whilst I think it does allow more people to enjoy breeding and creating morphs I think it gives people almost no incentive. New morphs are so expensive and the more reasonably priced ones are that price because of their large numbers... so unless you have money you cant really aspire to create something new or unique as someone would have done it before.

I definatly think some of the 'plain' morphs like pastels are priced way too low these days - heck I could even afford one!
What can you do, eh?

[BuzzzKilllington]

Originally Posted by Barney_M

I find it appalling how much prices have fallen! If people didnt lower their prices in the first place pastels would still be £150-£200 and I think people would probably pay that for a pastel. As soon as one person drops prices everyone does to keep up with the competition and as prices fall people are less willing to spend money on that morph!

Supply and Demand

Originally Posted by Barney_M

It is a shame because soon any tom, dick and harry could buy dozens of royal morphs which once would have cost a fortune. Whilst I think it does allow more people to enjoy breeding and creating morphs I think it gives people almost no incentive. New morphs are so expensive and the more reasonably priced ones are that price because of their large numbers... so unless you have money you cant really aspire to create something new or unique as someone would have done it before.

Isn't that the way it works now? Doesn't this contradict your issue with 'low prices'?

Originally Posted by Barney_M

I definatly think some of the 'plain' morphs like pastels are priced way too low these days - heck I could even afford one!
What can you do, eh?

Alternatively, you could see it as making the hobby more accessible and diversifying bloodlines. But what can you do, eh?

[Tempestas]

Originally Posted by Caz

I find it amusing how people always slate Bob Clarke on the prices of his imports dropping UK prices when we have UK sellers offering males fires @ £175 and UK shops selling pastels @ £95

What makes me laugh Caz is the fact that they can sell at £95 a piece without any problems just makes you think how much they are buying them in for in the first place.

The fires again makes me laugh because it just shows one thing they just want a quick sale but could the real reason behind the cheap prices be because of Bob Clark and the only way to sell is to undercut his prices?

Give it a year and Pastels will be the same price as normals!!! but there isn't anyone can do about it except express opinions about it. Its not like there is a manual stating what prices a seller must sell for therefore its down to their own choice and no one else's.

[Caz]

Originally Posted by Tempestas

What makes me laugh Caz is the fact that they can sell at £95 a piece without any problems just makes you think how much they are buying them in for in the first place.

The fires again makes me laugh because it just shows one thing they just want a quick sale but could the real reason behind the cheap prices be because of Bob Clark and the only way to sell is to undercut his prices?

Give it a year and Pastels will be the same price as normals!!! but there isn't anyone can do about it except express opinions about it. Its not like there is a manual stating what prices a seller must sell for therefore its down to their own choice and no one else's.

I totally agree with the highlighted.

[Tempestas]

Originally Posted by Caz

I totally agree with the highlighted.

I think the main thing that gets people with BC is simply the fact of the size of the reptile when they are shipped I certainly don't agree with shipping an 80 gram royal just because of the pure stress that is involved with shipping.

[CBR1100XX]

Originally Posted by Caz

I find it amusing how people always slate Bob Clarke on the prices of his imports dropping UK prices when we have UK sellers offering males fires @ £175 and UK shops selling pastels @ £95

Who is selling Pastels at £95?

I hope to one day offer Albinos around that price.

[Tempestas]

Originally Posted by CBR1100XX

Who is selling Pastels at £95?

I hope to one day offer Albinos around that price.

CPR are selling male pastels for £95 but I think they are all sold at the moment.

[Caz]

Originally Posted by CBR1100XX

Who is selling Pastels at £95?

I hope to one day offer Albinos around that price.

Yep CPR.
About 3 years on £95 Albinos I would say

Originally Posted by Tempestas

CPR are selling male pastels for £95 but I think they are all sold at the moment.

Yep I think so.

[Athravan]

Pastels are as easy to breed as normals, why should they be that much more anyway?

I mostly breed corn snakes, obviously a different price range - but I charge the same for Normal, Albino & Anery - it wasn't always that way, 10 years ago Amels were twice the price. Now they're just as common even though it's a recessive gene, a codom gene comes down even quicker!