Really?
www.thespidershop.co.uk
sells tarantulas at real bargains. They are cheaper then our country, and you want to export them? Lmfao. You might sell them for the same prices they ask for in the UK.
Here is what a petshops basic calculation is Product cost R. Now to sell they do the basic calculation (R x 2.5 = the price the client would pay) so go figure out at what price they stock their tarantulas as, AND on top of that
www.thespidershop.co.uk
is the cheapest by a long shot. Pitty we can't import. "Oh and remember you are going to pay for the permit to export + shipping "if the client is not going to pay for the shipping" so you do the calculations. Yes you will be giving away your stock, so you might as well give people the chance to buy them at the price you are going to sell them at to shops overseas. But I know there are people who would rather just make sure the tarantulas are sold in any other country than SA.
Everyone has their own opinion and say in the hobby, and we all know what they say about opinions....