first of all - I love that atratus, and if I had that kind of cash, I'd happily fork it over
and if I had more space I'd happily pay you more than sixty bucks for that concinnus also, but not much more
beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and I myself care for the blue snakes more in theory than in practice. I like concinnus better than infernalis, and I like the normal concinnus just fine, so while I see that your concinnus is beautiful, I myself would prefer a dull melanogaster

As to the breeding and reputation part
I do believe that breeding a variety on a largish scale like Scott (for example) takes space, and recordkeeping, and swallowing losses, just like many other businesses.

Quote Originally Posted by ConcinnusMan View Post
I also don't agree that anyone is "the best" breeder. He's simply the richest, been at it longer, and has some rare morphs. That doesn't make anyone "the best" breeder.
That's plain silly. As far as I know, Scott still has a day job.
The breeding part is creating good conditions and wishing for the best - there are no guarantees. How you interact with your customers - that's a whole other realm. Scott has done right by me many times, and I've not heard any complaints about him, have you? There aren't many people selling garters that inspire this kind of confidence

of course there is also the other publicity model - the one whereby complaints apparently get you google notoriety http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/28/bu...blicity&st=cse
please don't go for that model, even if it seems easier than the other kind