With the lure will get a big advantage, a young man named Firdaus (21) in the past year has been in the business of buying and selling animals that reportedly can cure HIV / AIDS.
"I have a geckos business 1 year ago I initially knew someone named Mat Nur, then we discussed how to make a lot of money.And I heard the gecko is expensive, so since then I was looking for geckos and I sell-beliin deh," said Firdaus when found Kompas.com at his residence in South Cipete Area, Jakarta.
To keep the geckos, Firdaus claimed to have never experienced difficulties. The reason, maintaining the gecko, according to him, is not difficult. In addition, the cost of eating is also not expensive. "The gecko is actually easy, one week we just love him eating crickets for Rp 5,000 twice, which means one gecko a week costing Rp 10,000," he said.
The number of gecko owned by Firdaus is currently eight tails. Of the eight geckos it has, the maximum weight is 2 ounces, while the lightest 1 ounce. Despite having 1 year of business gecko, Firdaus claimed to have never felt selling gecko with a fantastic price. The highest price ever earned is only Rp 2 million. This is because the gecko has only a maximum weight of 2 ounces.
"It's hard to find big gecko, big gecko many in the area, if in Jakarta rarely, most there are small," he said. Gecko prices vary. Meanwhile, about the price of geckos in the market, according to this bachelor man, depending on the weight of the gecko itself. The bigger or heavier the gecko, the more expensive the price.
"If the geckos of the size of an ounce on the market below (not the price of the exporter) Rp 100,000, if gecko 1.5 ounces Rp 200.000, gecko size 2 ounces 50000 to Rp 2 million.Goek 2.5 ounces price between Rp 5 million and Rp 30 million, "he explained.
According to him, the price of gecko began to move high if it has a weight above 3 ounces. Price gecko weighing 3 ounces, according to him, has a price of Rp 30 million to Rp 100 million, while geckos with a weight of 3.5 to 4 ounces is usually rewarded with Rp 100 also up to Rp 800 million. "The price varies because each different price boss," he said.