Prices !!! - Page 3

Quite simple.  If you don't like the price being asked, don't buy the dog.

No need to wonder nor to be amazed.  
It is called supply and demand. (Duh!)
It is an unshakable  law  of economy. There is nothing you or anybody  can do about this. Generally seller wants to get as much and possible and buyer generally  wants to pay as little as possible. There is certain amount of dogs of certain quality and certain amount of people who want them. That dictates the price.
Communists and socialists tried to regulate prices and their economy collapsed.
Economics 101. Kid's stuff.
That is all.
Prager Hans
http://www.alpinek9.com

Uneducated buyers make the mistakes of the uneducated. This problem can be seen in buying a dog who is a poor example of the breed, to buying a dog who cannot be registered, to paying for a dog with ill health, to paying way too much. In the end, if one does not want to buy, they won't. If they want to buy, even if they have no sense or know little, they will, despite the best efforts of those who would help them learn about what they should and should not expect, pay etc. In a free market, abuse reigns for certain. It is up to each individual to protect him or herself.

Prager,
You hit the nail right on the head.
Thanks

I totally understand the logic of supply and demand, and that if a person is willing to pay an outrageous price and the breeder selling it to them.....What I can't understand is how a person with a good conscious sell an over priced puppy or dog to someone just because the buyer can afford it or is wiling to pay for it.....IN MY OPINION, that is when it becomes all about the money......The same thing that the BYBs are accused of.....Selling for all THE MONEY they can get..I also wonder how can selling an over priced dog, unless the dog is neutered or spayed before the sale, be bettering the breed?  This is only my opinion and I am not asking for answers just doing as everyone else, and stating my opinion...

Most haven't a clue as to what they want or where to get it. That is true with most purchases. A German Shepherd is a German Shepherd to most who are not aware! Than we have the old breeding is a crap shoot theory:-)
You must start with an ethical breeder producing dogs that are what you are looking for.......back to first sentence:-)

nonacona60 and others.
Please keep in mind that
supply and demand does not just push the low price up, but also high price down.
Also keep in mind that any selling is about the money.  Any selling is about money otherwise it is a gift or charity. In any selling an sane buyer wants to get as much as possible for as little money  as possible and  any sane seller seller wants to get as much money for as little work as possible or get as much money for quality of their product.   Part of the price is cost and profit . Part of the profit includes your effort, time, and energy you ( seller) put into it. How much that is worth is subjective. If I train a dog I do not get out of the chair under $50 an hour. Some want $3000 an hour in order to get out of the chair. And then we go to supply and demand again and marketing ( which also costs money).

So to call someone ripoff or too expensive is silly. Just do not buy the product if you think is too expensive. Vote with your dollar for quality and discard crap. That will bring the price where it needs to be. If you are not able to pay what is asked for a product,  but you want it do not bash the seller and buy yourself a piggy bank and start saving.
Little note:
Even so we are talking about dogs i am using word "product' in broader sense in order to make point which is applicable to any selling and buying.

That is how i see it.
Prager Hans
http://www.alpinek9.com
 

What a bunch of freakin whiners!!!!!   You can purchase or not its up to you. You can charge what you want its up to you. Good conscious my ass. How could someone in good conscious pay those prices LOL? Total BS. You act like its your right or something to buy a dog!

This is to you people who  breed and sell Dogs Just for interest please tell me what you think is the value of my Female on the open market
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