Price's being asked for a species depends more on the individual animals then anything imo.
bredli is the example that was used so i will stick with that, some
bredli i very nice demanding a price higher in the
bredli price spectrum, at the other end there are some very fugly
bredli around which imo would be lucky to get 200, so in this case its quaility that determines the price. But another factor as mentioned before was that some people just dont really care much bout the money and prefer just to move the animal on for reasons such as room etc, in this situation you may find top quality that could fetch high prices being sold cheap to ensure fast sales.
im sure there are many people out there willing o pay top dollar for certain animals! i for one would be happy to pay 2K for a nice woma, i think they are exceptional species, but if i can get the same quaility etc for cheaper...why not? this can incourage others to drop there prices to compete because in the long run they can get stuk with animals they are unable to sell cause the bloke round the corner has the same thing but cheaper.
as for herps in shops, it WILL happen and from what im hearing within the next couple of yrs. this imo wont affect the prices at all, if anything many many more people will start keeping reptiles which results in a larger market. therefor more demand for the supply. the biggest thing that threatens prices of herps is the number of newbies getting into the hobby to breed and make some bucks. it amazes me the number of people that ring me toget there first snake that want a pair cause they want to breed them, these are people that have never had a reptiles. its cause evryone wants to breed them to some degree that we have over supply.
