I'm a working man as well. I am not sure what it means but it has been/is used as a marketing tool to hopefully lower the price of something being bought or lure someone in to something being sold. I doubt there is an accurate/all covering definition of 'working man' in regards to the buying and selling of dogs.

So far the poll shows 100% toward the NO side of the opinion, until I just voted YES.

My YES vote really has nothing to do with the dogs involved, their quality, their price or the efforts that went into their arrival. The buyer always dictates the 'value' of anything purchased. It is basic economics. If I want $1000 for my puppy and no one is willing to pay that amount then what I think or want really does not matter. If I put a $1000 on him to avoid 'newspaper' shoppers their are plenty of shit heads with $1000. If I put $300 on him to 'get him in the right hands', again plenty of shit heads have $300.

I understand the intent of the poll, and if I did not have a degree in economics, and did not see a price change of $0.03 having millions of dollars of effect to the bottom line each quarter, and seeing where in the fiercest of price negotiations, what a person/company is willing to pay ends up being the 'ultimate factor'...I would vote NO as well.

The economy can stipulate a price but economics dictate its value. A person could start selling puppies for $300 and in each sequential litter go up $100. Regardless of his successes as a breeder, the eventual successes of the dog or the 'subjective value' of their relationship, in time the price will not be met and that is the value of the puppy.

I factor in if that is the puppy I want. Is it coming from what I want? Is there a really good chance it will take me where I want to go? If it is three answers of YES, then I pay the amount that is being asked. If it is $500 or $1500, for me, does not factor, it is the three questions above. EWO