YupHonestly ... they look like 'snow leopard' variant/hybrids
Have you ever seen this one before??
- Thread starter greenerinks
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I'm not trying to pick on you Scott. Just using this statement as an example.
I think this is a huge problem with ray keepers now. We have all been conditioned to think BD's are super rare and are the king of all rays. While they are beautiful, they are in no way shape or form rare. There are probably more BD's in captivity than almost any other species now. Thousands and thousands worldwide in captivity. They do still command a high price especially nice high grade specimens, which are not super prevalent. However, the price is not due to rarity. It's more about status and nostalgia imo. BD's are being collected in mass quantity still and shipped to Asia. The price stays high as long as Asia is interested in breeding them.
When you start talking only a very small handfull of snow leopards, albino pearls, and maybe a couple hundred Boesemani worldwide now those are rare, they do and should command a higher price than BD. At least Boesemani can be collected and shipped legally still. Like I said before the Xingu cannot be legally exported now making them even more rare and harder to get. But people still want them, just a matter of how badly?
It's all about supply and demand. If there is more supply than demand the price will definitely drop. Right now the forum members are still asking over 1k for a bd so I think it's still going to be a long time before it drops below $600.
If only it was that simple. The consumer market "talks" with suppliers to set the price of goods and services. Consumers set the price of goods and the suppliers simply make adjustments to their prices to sell their products while turning a profit. If someone listed a batch of Bd's with say an eight litter pup and they posted them for one hundred thousand dollars then they wouldn't sell very many if any pups but if the same person listed the pups at ten bucks a pop they'd have all sorts of people lining up trying to buy them and eventually people will start offering more money to get the same good and thus the price increases.
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No. Price of regular leos are still 600-800... BD price will stay high for many many years to come.
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There are people out there who will pay anything for them. As long as those people are out there price will be crazy!
