This is a very valid answer, if someone is willing to pay $500 its worth that amount if someone is willing to pay only $300 That's what it's worth.
he's asking what the current ballpark price is for such specimens...not what some doofus may or may not pay. poec gave the runaround answer...NOT a valid answer
Well, I don't know who peed in your Cheerios this morning, but there's not a blamed thing wrong with doing your own research, just as I have done recently on a species I'm interested in. Prices will vary per area, breeder, distributor, local pick up versus shipping, and, if local, if the enclosure comes with it. Cruising the classifieds is the best way to get a ballpark idea what different species of different sizes are going for. Just as Jones said, "There's NO exact price point on ANY tarantula when different people are willing to pay different prices for the same species." Suggesting a trip through the classifieds was a 'worthy' answer, IMO. But then, opinions are like anal orifices, everyone has one. If you don't like the responses, don't read them. And have a wonderful day.
how do you think all that info got there in the first place? it wasnt by telling inquiring minds to go do the research. and todays price will probably differ from a year ago or what ever info he may come across. the best way for OP to get a good ballpark figure is to do exactly as he did and it will also create knowledge for future researchers such as yourselfWell, I don't know who peed in your Cheerios this morning, but there's not a blamed thing wrong with doing your own research, just as I have done recently on a species I'm interested in. Prices will vary per area, breeder, distributor, local pick up versus shipping, and, if local, if the enclosure comes with it. Cruising the classifieds is the best way to get a ballpark idea what different species of different sizes are going for. Just as Jones said, "There's NO exact price point on ANY tarantula when different people are willing to pay different prices for the same species." Suggesting a trip through the classifieds was a 'worthy' answer, IMO. But then, opinions are like anal orifices, everyone has one. If you don't like the responses, don't read them. And have a wonderful day.
That depends on whether or not you are the one that raised it from a sling or not and have all the molt records to prove the growth rate to a potential buyer. Also, that is a rough "estimate." Like I said it depends on the species and some other factors as well. That's why I said I would give or take depending on circumstances. That's where what poec said makes perfect sense, "They're worth what someone is willing to pay for them." Obviously you wouldn't spend that much on that particular T but others would. It all comes down to what someone else is willing to pay for what they want.
If I were researching prices, I wouldn't go to an isolated inquiring thread that will be 'old' next week. I would look at the current classifieds, not those from a year ago, or even 3 months ago. Prices fluctuate.
Prices vary depending on a lot of factors, even on the same day, all you have to do is look at the variation in price lists and classified ads. There are no fixed prices. A lot depends on how fast the person wants to sell it, what his overhead is, and how bad the buyer wants it. In the classfieds there's people asking ridiculously high prices, and other people blowing them out. Some sit on their spiders for many months. Another factor is how many are on the market, and that's a moving target depending on what's hatching out. Individuals & dealers don't always get the asking price either.
at least im honest and tried to give OP a helpful answer
In the famous paraphrased words of Tgrip77 "I'm so sick of Poec54, Formerphobe and Viper69....that I have to tell you people that I'm sick of you" HAHAHAHAH
LOL! I love it. I get a good laugh on here at least every other day.To the OP:
I've seen them range on "average" about $100/inch, sometimes more in N.America.
One other factor which MAY help the OP. In sexing P. rufilata (this MAY apply to P. metallica and others of this genus) you can look at them ventrally by at least 2" and with males there is a dot, a physically raised portion of the exoskeleton, that is typically located between the anterior book lungs. I know the "dot" method of ventral sexing can be used for at least one other Poki species. If I remember Poec's words correctly, he said it can be used for P. metallica as well.
In the famous paraphrased words of Tgrip77 "I'm so sick of Poec54, Formerphobe and Viper69....that I have to tell you people that I'm sick of you" HAHAHAHAH
I can always count on you for comic relief. I'm not an expert like Tgrip77 is on P metallica pricing, lord knows I don't know how he was born with P. metallica prices etched into his lateral sulcus.
How did I come up with that $100/inch answer? I used Google, Yahoo, found T dealers, emailed/spoke to them, I used our trusty AB forum too.
What I'm about to write is really my BIG secret, mojo sauce recipe (even the National Security Agency doesn't know!) that I'm letting out of the bag on how I learned this P metallica estimate, I used the SEARCH feature of the internet.
