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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Casey K." data-source="post: 149856" data-attributes="member: 1090"><p>I understand what you are saying but do you take into consideration the amount the vendors have to spend to get their stock to the US if importing?  The air cargo alone ranges from $400-700.  That's not including the cost of paying the broker fee at the border if your merchandise cost you or is valued at x amount of $.  You also have to pay a customs fee for import.  All of these things add up and are very costly so the person has to factor all of this in to the prices of their stock.  I've sold mature male GBB's for $100-150.  My prices were based on the demand of gbb at the time.  Sometimes there will be a time frame when you can't find any slings.  Breeders have females and want to breed to produce those slings to supply the market.  In the long run, if they know what they're doing, paying $150 for that male would be well worth it if the demand for gbb was high but the breeder benefits from that and can get their money back from the purchase by selling 3-5 slings.  The female can lay hundreds of eggs in a sac.  I've purchased mature male gbb's at $175 before.</p></blockquote><p></p>