I voted & commented before reading the thread.

Ive always believed you gotta pay to play. I was recently booted from a facebook group for rediculing folks of this very practice. 1. Cheap dicks typically tend to take "cheap" care of theyre dogs. If you cant pony up atleast a stack for a pup, then I personally dont want you behind anything with my name on it because chances are that pups gonna be cared for like shit.
2. Anything less than a stack would be a direct slap in the face with no regard to the hard work, blood sweat & tears thats behind the pup in question.
3. I dont know of ANYBODY who gives theyre best shit away for free. While id never be the one out shopping "for a pup", if I WAS all that $200 price tag is showing me is that your dogs are damn near wortless to you! And im supposed to feel confident as a consumer that this dog will turn out good? Ill take my chances elsewhere to the guy who values & thinks the world of theyre stock, if they dont take theyre dogs seriously....why should I?