Your most EXPENSIVE tarantula

[kongekilde]

when I see the prices on the spiders we buy,im just glad that I live in denmark ;-) and the price is not as hige here as ind the us or canada ;-)

 

[nepenthes]

did you get pictures of the scolopendra mello?

 

[LuiziBee]

$140 for a 2 inch M. balfouri.

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[Taranto1989]

I have a two both worth every penny
$100-P.metallica 1.5"
$135-Haploplema sp. Bach ma 1.5"

 

[Iamconstantlyhappy]

M. balfouri 15£ per 2cm sling.

 

[Matt Man]

probably my P Rufilata. My daughter paid $100 for a near adult female GBB and enclosure many years ago. She was about 11 or 12, and in all honesty it was a smoking deal

 

[ErikElvis]

$185 for a 2” X. Intermedia.

 

[The Grym Reaper]

Bonnetina hijmenseni sling - £50 (about $65).

 

[Ic4ru577]

USD 80 for p victori sling and USD 100 for juve female h pulchripes

 

[kingshockey]

i would say its probably my b smithii since thats the one i will invest the most time and food costs over its possible 20 plus years of life it will have with me. upfront costs isnt really an issue not one for bargain shopping

 

[0311usmc]

I paid 120$ us for a theraphosa apophysis a couple years back. Without doubt my most expensive tarantula.

 

[Tarantula155]

Notice how much cheaper the prices once were back then... And then you take a close look at Europe's tarantula prices and it is SO MUCH CHEAPER. Can't blame the EU members tellin us our prices are outrageous.... thanks to a good chunk of cheap greedy vendors we have over here that can list specimens 200% more than what they paid for
Drives me insane!!!! We are paying hundreds more by vendors who are grossly overpricing everything.

I bought my 6 Haitian Browns (Phormictopus cancerides) for $55 each... AND that was the absolute cheapest at the time (just months ago) I could find. Big name sellers are listing them $65-$80 each,and it wasn't even a year ago they were $15-$20 a pop. Makes me mad..

 

[Minty]

£50 for an AF Omothymus violaceopes.

 

[scooter1685]

I only have a couple of the pricey ones. I found a great deal on a Theraphosa apophysis, a one day sale dropped the price from $210 down to 88. Also bought a confirmed female Aphonopelma moderatum for $135, I think. Pretty sure all of my other Ts were under $100 each.

 

[Rigor Mortis]

Man you Europeans are killing me, lol. My CHEAPEST spider was $50 not counting shipping. I don't even want to tell you what my most expensive was!

 

[basin79]

I think it's my Cyriopagopus sp Bach Ma. She was £180 I think. Might have been £165. My 2nd was my Monocentropus lambertoni. She was £150.

Both, in my opinion absolute bargains. Say I have them for 10 years. 30 odd quid a year for the 2.

What else can you have do for 30 odd quid a year that gives you that much pleasure?

And aye of course a tarantula costing less but I mean outside tarantulas/pets.

 

[CommanderBacon]

It's my Neoholothele fasciaaurinigra. I had been looking for one for ages and I managed to get my hands on a sexed female for an obscene amount I’d rather not disclose. They have all but vanished from the hobby, from what I can tell.

Other than that, I paid $150 for my Hapalotremus albipes. I had been drooling over it since I saw one, and when I saw that they were coming in, I threw down the cash to get one from the first import. Well worth it!

Judging from the prices I’m seeing in this thread, I fee like I’m singlehandedly keeping some of my vendors in business.

 

[The Grym Reaper]

It's my Neoholothele fasciaaurinigra. I had been looking for one for ages and I managed to get my hands on a sexed female for an obscene amount I’d rather not disclose.

There was one sling for sale in the UK recently and the seller was asking for £150 (which is double what T. seladonia/B. simoroxigorum slings go for)

 

[LucN]

Most expensive so far has been my B. hamorii purchased back in 2011. 150$ seemed reasonable for a 1.5" sexed female. That was only the spider, shipping not included. Thus far it was worth it. 9 years later and she's still not fully grown. I suspect this one will still be with me well into my retirement years.

 

[CommanderBacon]

There was one sling for sale in the UK recently and the seller was asking for £150 (which is double what T. seladonia/B. simoroxigorum slings go for)

For one sling? Wow.

Honestly, if there was a chance it was male I might go for it, though.