poormanisme Posted October 6, 2014 Report Share Posted October 6, 2014 What's the going price for BKK these days. I have a few I'm gonna need to get rid of soon, but I'm not really sure what I should price them at. LOL. I want to get as much as I can. haha thanks all, Scott Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DETAquarium Posted October 6, 2014 Report Share Posted October 6, 2014 From what I have seen the majority of people sell them around $17.00 give or take a dollar. h4n 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Sbarbee54 Posted October 7, 2014 Report Share Posted October 7, 2014 Prices are dropping I just saw a import list at 4-5$ each if you bought 100 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctaylor3737 Posted October 7, 2014 Report Share Posted October 7, 2014 Yea ive also seen some cheaper 5-6$ prices. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vicente Mcdonnell Posted October 7, 2014 Report Share Posted October 7, 2014 Wow to think that used to go for hundreds. i just wonder how much pintos will cost a year from now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dukendabears Posted October 7, 2014 Report Share Posted October 7, 2014 Yes tb prices are dropping with every new importer (daily). I bet by this time next year they will be 6-8 bucks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sbarbee54 Posted October 7, 2014 Report Share Posted October 7, 2014 As shrimp be come more available and as they get hardier price will keep dropping. Heck there was a import list going around if you imported some huge amount the price went to 2-3$ so if you have a bunch of money and a import license anything is possible. EricM 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merth Posted October 7, 2014 Report Share Posted October 7, 2014 $14 on aquabid right now but dont know about quality (no pics) ctaylor3737 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctaylor3737 Posted October 7, 2014 Report Share Posted October 7, 2014 Yea they are like other, people flood the market and they drop out. Good for us, breeders are beginning to move onto pintos and harder shrimp strains Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randy Posted October 7, 2014 Report Share Posted October 7, 2014 I doubt the retail price will get down to $6. They are harder to breed and grow slower than CRS. If there's no demand at good price the breeders will stop breeding them, and then the price will go up. This has happened a few times in the last 2 years. Price good -> mass production -> price drop -> reduce production -> price goes up again -> and cycle again. I think the reasonable final market price will be around $10 - $12, anything lower than they may disappear in the main stream like OEBT. My source had 20-30 tanks of OEBT last year, and this year he shut them all down due to low demand and crashed wholesale price. miwu 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ch3fb0yrdee Posted October 7, 2014 Report Share Posted October 7, 2014 I doubt the retail price will get down to $6. They are harder to breed and grow slower than CRS. If there's no demand at good price the breeders will stop breeding them, and then the price will go up. This has happened a few times in the last 2 years. Price good -> mass production -> price drop -> reduce production -> price goes up again -> and cycle again. I think the reasonable final market price will be around $10 - $12, anything lower than they may disappear in the main stream like OEBT. My source had 20-30 tanks of OEBT last year, and this year he shut them all down due to low demand and crashed wholesale price. Randy's analysis is pretty spot on. There won't ever be a super low price. If price exceeds effort and cost or become so marginal, supply will simply stop. I've mentioned before that for a lot of us here, stateside, this is merely a hobby. Sure, we have fun breeding and making sales to RECOVER expenses is exciting but we'll never have the scaling like the farms in China or Taiwan, where breeding is a business. Because our demand for newer species of shrimp is so high, they'll simply move on to the next shrimps that will give them the most profits and let the small scale demands be met by hobbyists. We see this happening for Bloody Mary, Dream Neos, Crimson Red Dragon Fire Ball Neo (joking name), etc... Pricing usually floats very high and will usually expected a huge drop (usually for the easier to breed types) and continue to fall further (because of 2nd hand breeders such as hobbyist) entering the market. Shrimp breeding is pretty zero-sum. You can only demand high prices as long as you control supply. In a way, you can manipulate the market by dramatically dropping prices on something to force wholesaler to exit the market, but usually easier said than done. Forum members usually develop a "brand" loyalty and will continue to buy at a higher price point even if quality is bad or items are priced marginally higher. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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