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Tesseras already crashing?

knox

knox

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Seems I see a LOT of Tesseras for sale on several sites. And they STAY for sale for quite a while. Is the market already flooded, or are people just not buying them anymore at such high prices?

Or am I just totally mistaken by what I interpret?
 
I recall them starting out higher even than $650. I would love one but they are still way out of my range to buy right now. I still see some at higher prices according to the morph but I do see the normal's prices dropping off.
 
It was bound to happen eventually! I don't remember the actual starting price, but it was over $1000. When I got my first Tessera, Gartersnake, I didn't purchase him directly. I traded a high-white pied ball python for him, with Don Soderberg. I _still_ think it was one of my best snake deals ever! Probably Don does, too :) There is NO WAY I could have afforded to buy a $1000 snake.

Nowadays, even the morphs are coming down to within reach of a determined person. And it sure doesn't hurt to ask the seller if they will allow you to make payments. The worst they can do is say no! I have bought several high-end snakes that way, and I am quite thankful I was allowed to do so.
 
Yeah, I recall them being around $1,200, but maybe they were even higher before I had heard about them. They're definitely a very pretty mutation, but since the gene is dominant, it's much easier to make lots of them (which then in turn brings the price down).
 
When I started looking at them seems like Normal males were $650 and females $450. When color-morphs entered the picture they were males $1200 and females $1000. I have seen a few being offered under that pricing but most of the time it seems to be some kind of package deal discount and most sellers are offering free shipping with them. I would not call it "Crashing", but yes, due to the economic times they will come down. It's a "Buyers Market" right now so get out there and pick-up some GREAT DEALS while you can!


Yes.. most sellers will work with you! I have 1 Tessera that I bought from Zorro on a payment plan!

Just my 2 cents!

Todd :cheers:
 
Also realize that you can breed a tess to a non tess and get 50% tess in the first generation, so you don't have to hold back all the f1 babies, breed them together and get 25% tess in the f2. So tess is going to drop in price as supply meets demand. They are so easy to produce i don't think "the economy" is really a factor; persons who don't have a grand laying around to drop on a snake probably never had a grand laying around in the past, either, to drop on a snake.
And there's probably a lot of combinations we have not seen yet, particuliarly from crossing to w/c and all of the other pattern morphs out there, which can be refined and line bred for generations, to produce new stuff as well.
 
I'd say that if they don't have a lot of hets or are a morph then the price has seemed to drop. I will be happy when I can buy a male for around $150, even if I gotta wait another 5 years haha
 
Throughout Corn Snake history when new morph combines are produced to fill the $1000 price tag, the original morph drops in price. Normal Tesseras are being replaced by Tesseras Combines, just as it has always been.

Of all of the pattern genes we have discovered, Tesseras are the best by far. No two are exactly alike, which you can not say about Striped and Motley or evey Diffused. You can complete a project in 2-3 years instead of 4-6 years, which is a plus any way you look at it, for a breeder.

I think the best thing about Tessera is that you do not have to inbreed at all to produce combines, because they are dominant, rather than recessive. Tesseras have an obvious advantage in this area over other pattern morphs. Tesseras are just plan fun to breed.
 
dave partington said:
i don't think "the economy" is really a factor
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You are delusional. The economy is the worst in my life time. It has seriously effected the pet industry.

Please vote Republican and save us from being driven off a cliff by our wonderful President. If you think the economy is bad now, it can get much, much worse.
 
ecreipeoj said:
You are delusional. The economy is the worst in my life time. It has seriously effected the pet industry.

Please vote Republican and save us from being driven off a cliff by our wonderful President. If you think the economy is bad now, it can get much, much worse.
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Many times many people have tried to tell me what you are. I did not believe them I continued to stick up for you through thick and thin. Now this. I guess you proved your point. I am delusional.
 
As a side note, I never understood the attraction to the striped Corns. If I have a Corn, I want saddles, not stripes. But that's just me. I have seen some beautiful Tesseras, but I wouldn't own one, myself.
 
knox said:
As a side note, I never understood the attraction to the striped Corns. If I have a Corn, I want saddles, not stripes. But that's just me. I have seen some beautiful Tesseras, but I wouldn't own one, myself.
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I like stripes, especially ones that tend to vanish, though I have to say, sunspots are my favorite. But I can see how one wouldn't like stripes. I guess my least favorite combos would be.. hmm. can't really think of one right now! Oh well! But I do like how the stripe gene affects tesseras.
 
I like stripes, but I don't like the vanishing!

If we all liked the same things, the lines would be way to long and it would be a dull world indeed. I'm glad there is so much variety.
 
knox said:
As a side note, I never understood the attraction to the striped Corns. If I have a Corn, I want saddles, not stripes. But that's just me. I have seen some beautiful Tesseras, but I wouldn't own one, myself.
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I personally like stripes more than saddles, but I do like funky messed up saddles alot too. But I know that Chuck hates stripes, says they remind him of garter snakes.....I don't know why he doesn't like garter snakes, they are a nice little species....but I digress....Corns are the ultimate "something for everyone" kind of snake!!!
 
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