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gingerpony
Queen Bee
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 07/06/2011 : 20:36:56
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| same here, £5 each for anerys and snows though i don't think they sell with quite as much mark-up as your local eej! |
cornsnakes, ratsnakes, bullsnakes, boas and day geckos
Location:Leeds/York/Selby area |
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ptmbradley
Yearling
United Kingdom
676 Posts |
Posted - 07/06/2011 : 23:42:35
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Some insane profit margins going on in some places!!! Might have to open me up a snake shop...  lol |
Corns: 1.1 Anery, 1.1 Butter, 1.0 Carolina, 0.1 Hypo, 1.1 Snow, 1.0 Sunkissed
Boas: 0.1 Arabesque, 1.0 Brazilian Rainbow, 0.1 Crawl Cay, 1.1 Hogg Island X, 0.1 Hypo Hogg, 0.1 Kahl Albino (poss coral)
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gingerpony
Queen Bee
United Kingdom
10455 Posts |
Posted - 08/06/2011 : 08:26:17
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in defence of the shops (but only up to a point!! lol).......
they do have considerable overheads and they may be stuck with the hatchies for a considerable time which all costs them more money |
cornsnakes, ratsnakes, bullsnakes, boas and day geckos
Location:Leeds/York/Selby area |
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Mort13
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
5599 Posts |
Posted - 08/06/2011 : 09:11:18
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Hatchie normals,amels,snows and anerys are all £45 at my local pet shop.
The thing is people will spend that much on them,I did lol. Obviously knowing what I know now and finding good recommended breeders of them I wouldn't again,but in the case of my first snake I knew no better.
I have to say Loki was worth every penny though.  |
      
3.1.0 Corn snakes, 1.0.0 T-Albino Cape House Snake, 0.1.0 Western Hognose,
1.0.0 MBK, 0.1.0 Childrens Python, 1.0.0 Nicaraguan Dwarf Boas
0.0.1 Occelated Skink, 1.0.0 Leopard Gecko, 1.0.3 Tarantulas, 0.0.2 Damon diadema
1.0.0 C0ckatiel,
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SexyBear77
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
3796 Posts |
Posted - 08/06/2011 : 09:37:17
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See, the problem is that with breeders pricing snows at £5 or £10 everyone is pricing each other out of the market!! If all breeders were consistent and "average" with their prices, eg: snows being worth, on average, £25-£30, then that is was people will pay. I would happily pay £20+ for a nice snow, but if I could get said nice snow for a fiver, who am I kidding, I would buy it.
At the end of the day, is ANY snake, even a normal corn, *really* worth only £5?? |
9.11 Cornsnakes
1.1 Hogg island boas
1.0 Dwarf Burmese python
Location: Watford
Website- http://rassnakes.yolasite.com/ |
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MsThomson
Hatchling
United Kingdom
134 Posts |
Posted - 08/06/2011 : 09:37:32
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| the amels, anerys, snows at my local petshop are 40, the others start at 65. This is for hatchlings and adults. *plus a really nice pastel royal for £150 but its looksy no touchy for me....damn this expensive house move! |
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gingerpony
Queen Bee
United Kingdom
10455 Posts |
Posted - 08/06/2011 : 10:26:44
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quote:
Originally posted by SexyBear77
At the end of the day, is ANY snake, even a normal corn, *really* worth only £5??
unfortunately they're worth what people will pay for them and if that's £5 then it's £5, if i didn't accept the price that was offered i'd more than likely be stuck with the damn things!!
if a breeder wants to grow-on their homebred stock then that's an investment, and not one that everyone can or wants to afford  |
cornsnakes, ratsnakes, bullsnakes, boas and day geckos
Location:Leeds/York/Selby area |
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Only1Nitro
Hatchling
United Kingdom
160 Posts |
Posted - 08/06/2011 : 13:28:12
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| i payed 40 for my normal and the shop i got her from loves normals and would take them all day long, he also pays £5 and sells for 40 |
Male Charcoal = Sterling
Female Carolina = Fofo
Female Butter = Amarelo
12 Eggs
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SexyBear77
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
3796 Posts |
Posted - 08/06/2011 : 21:03:50
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quote:
Originally posted by gingerpony
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Originally posted by SexyBear77
At the end of the day, is ANY snake, even a normal corn, *really* worth only £5??
unfortunately they're worth what people will pay for them and if that's £5 then it's £5, if i didn't accept the price that was offered i'd more than likely be stuck with the damn things!!
if a breeder wants to grow-on their homebred stock then that's an investment, and not one that everyone can or wants to afford
But what is a fiver to most people? I mean, anyone buying a snake should be able to pay for the setup, heating, food, vets bills etc etc for possibly up to 20 years..... its not the buyer not being able to afford the snake, its the buyer being damn cheeky- personally, I'd tell them where to go.
People only think they can get snakes for £5 because they CAN get snakes for £5- why? Because someone, somewhere, has sold that species/snake for £5. If all breeders set a minimum average price then there wouldn't be this growing problem of snakes going for next to nothing, or having to be given away for free.
If I bred nice snows, I would advertise for at least £20- but if someone else is selling for £5 then, realistically, I can't and won't sell. If there was only a couple of quid in it, then imo the market for sellers would be much healthier. |
9.11 Cornsnakes
1.1 Hogg island boas
1.0 Dwarf Burmese python
Location: Watford
Website- http://rassnakes.yolasite.com/ |
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gingerpony
Queen Bee
United Kingdom
10455 Posts |
Posted - 08/06/2011 : 21:12:48
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| but if you're selling to a shop they pretty much dictate the price as the market is so flooded......selling privately you can ask what you want for it but you might end up stuck with it for some time, and then end up taking literally peanuts for it despite you housing, heating, feeding and providing for it during that time |
cornsnakes, ratsnakes, bullsnakes, boas and day geckos
Location:Leeds/York/Selby area |
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