06-30-2015, 11:43 AM
I'm seeing a lot of questions about 'getting out of the hobby', and " I paid/have this much into my 'set-up'' ect, and here are my 02 cents. I'm basing this off of what I have seen being in the Dart Frog hobby for @ 12 years and the overall 'Exotic Animal Hobby' for over 35 years.
This is a hobby, and as a hobby, the depreciation of animals and goods is extreme. The only items in this hobby that I would say, hold their value, would be proven pairs or proven groups of frogs.
As for tanks, enclosures, aquariums, lights, wood, ect ect....I would say recouping 50% of the purchase price would be almost a TOP or high end, most likely 30% seems an average to me.
Similar with single frogs or unknown groups, sexes, ages ect. If you can recover 50% or more of what you paid, then that is more on the rare side.
Proven or rare frogs and groups ect have the highest 'resale' value. They can certainly be sold for over 50% and sometimes closer to 100% IF you are patient and have connections and people to vouch for you and the animals.
This is a hobby, and as a hobby, the depreciation of animals and goods is extreme. The only items in this hobby that I would say, hold their value, would be proven pairs or proven groups of frogs.
As for tanks, enclosures, aquariums, lights, wood, ect ect....I would say recouping 50% of the purchase price would be almost a TOP or high end, most likely 30% seems an average to me.
Similar with single frogs or unknown groups, sexes, ages ect. If you can recover 50% or more of what you paid, then that is more on the rare side.
Proven or rare frogs and groups ect have the highest 'resale' value. They can certainly be sold for over 50% and sometimes closer to 100% IF you are patient and have connections and people to vouch for you and the animals.
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