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Originally Posted by wnalegria I look through my local paper- have gone to look at some of these 1-$1,800.00 puppies many of them come from folks who nothing about the breed. When asked about the price am told this is what we are charging beacuse other people around here are. |
I disagree (I think) with this, but probably for a different reason. When Trixie had her pups, we checked on what others were selling for in our area. We started with a price slightly higher that the average, but not because we wanted to rip someone off or profit. Had we put an add for them in the paper, every Tom, Dick and Harry would be looking at them. I do not want these pups to go to what won't be a good home or a potential miller. I can imagine that these types of people would be more inclined to buy a Yorkie on the cheaper end of the asking price and therefore pass us by. Luckily, the new owners were all referred to us by people we have known for a long time and trust...a neighbor, our vet and my father's co-worker is getting one. Once we knew the people, knew about them and had talked to who'd referred them, we told them our REAL price.