justindh1
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So I finally attended my first expo as a vendor this last saturday. I had priced all of my geckos, which are tangerine carrot tails, snows, hypo snows, and SHTCT, from $30 to $55 dollars.
I expected to sale a couple atleast but it turned out that it was a better experience then it was economical. All of my prices were great! Snows and hypo snows were around $35-45, tangs around $25-30, and SHTCT were priced at $55. SHTCT had almost 75% carrot tail which is price way below what is normally seen. All prices to me seemed very reasonable.
So here is where my problem lays, There was a vendor, who is a newer member here, was selling mostly normals but alot of them where poss. het for albino and raptor. He was pricing all of these at wholesale prices. All of them were priced from $10-20 most being 10 or 15 dollars! He even had snakes priced pretty low too. Some of his geckos even looked like they where maybe a week or two old at best.
Many other vendors wern't too happy with him either. You could tell he wanted to make sure he sold animals and made it a profitable venture but in the process screwed everyone else over. They are not only hurting other vendors but also hurt thereselves by pricing so low.
What does everyone think about wholesale pricing at a reptile expo? Do you think that it is right to do this?
I expected to sale a couple atleast but it turned out that it was a better experience then it was economical. All of my prices were great! Snows and hypo snows were around $35-45, tangs around $25-30, and SHTCT were priced at $55. SHTCT had almost 75% carrot tail which is price way below what is normally seen. All prices to me seemed very reasonable.
So here is where my problem lays, There was a vendor, who is a newer member here, was selling mostly normals but alot of them where poss. het for albino and raptor. He was pricing all of these at wholesale prices. All of them were priced from $10-20 most being 10 or 15 dollars! He even had snakes priced pretty low too. Some of his geckos even looked like they where maybe a week or two old at best.
Many other vendors wern't too happy with him either. You could tell he wanted to make sure he sold animals and made it a profitable venture but in the process screwed everyone else over. They are not only hurting other vendors but also hurt thereselves by pricing so low.
What does everyone think about wholesale pricing at a reptile expo? Do you think that it is right to do this?