Just another plug for Ron and his store.
I brought in a few frags to trade. I told him how much I wanted for them ($25, I figured about half of what he would charge for them) and he said OK.
I asked some prices on some things and got to a interesting small zoa colony and he said, "I'll give that to you". It took that to mean, it would be a straight up swap. I said, "OK, bag it up".
He bags it up, hands me $25 and goes to answer the phone. So I'm thinking, "That's a little odd, so I guess I will give him back the $25 plus whatever it costs for the 10 gal of water that I need." No, when he said he'd give the zoa colony to me, that's what he meant and the 10 gal of water as well!
So I guess we are both happy. He felt like he got a good enough deal on the frags to give me something for free, and I got a little less than if I would have sold them at a frag swap (but didn't have to deal with no shows and flakes) plus an extra bonus.
Thanks Ron, and if he frags my frags and sells them for $25 a piece in six months... I won't feel bad at all.