I think I'm missing your thesis. So, you're saying it was scarcity that drove prices up, and I said it was scarcity that drove prices up... Is the disagreement over whether it is worth it for home growers? Or what exactly was I "coming up with" lol?
Berner picked him up at peak evaluation from the growing community. In larger ops here in California, cuts of his strains were so thoroughly dispersed you were literally tripping over his clones. The list would be half seed junky. Then Berner stepped in, and the scarcity of seeds kicked in. These clone business guys who had been running seed junky wall to wall for years were still willing to pay exorbitant prices to search out the new cuts. That's just... How the cookie crumbles its not really even an opinion...
We are in slight disagreement a couple of things .
If I have left a particular market at the time [seed making] and working with another person [Bener415] I didn't drive prices up intentionally, things happens that way, much like how Thugpugs gear went up in value when he left the market.
"To me it's just an examplory marketing scheme"
You said the above, but what is the scheme exactly if my genetics have gone up in value? People don't force anyone to purchase his gear?
2) Bener again picked him up after they dropped the ball on candy rain and needed a breeder that had good stance in the community seedjunky!
Again Just Blazin / Seedjunky Jb was a good grower on such forums as ThcFarmer,, and the CannaCollective..
Lastly the seedbanks and auction sites set the prices because people that like to jump waves where left out? If people believe they will have a better product with a Cookie Fam affiliate good for them.
Now with this "homegrower/ Commercial growers " the is the problem now. People have always been willing to pay big money for cuts and seeds, just people coming into the industry don't see the value.. [2018 + ]
So the real question is why weren't people around or purchasing the seeds when it was cheap and not a fad to have seedjunky? You snooze you loose in life, and get in where you fit in...