Bag lot sales - selling tranship livestock fresh off the plane

[GreshamH]

There was a vendor at the last RAP that was doing a bag sale nearly the entire event. Does that store practice this often or was that just a one off for the event? I dunno if the fish were just bagged from the store and brought, or tranships?

 

[billsreef]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12119619#post12119619 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by gtrestoration
As far as bag sales go, I don't see a lot of difference between a bag sale and what I see some Sunday afternoons at the LFS after the fish have been released into the system and sold immediately at the higher grease pencil price. I think were talking about how to increase the survival of the specimen and not the pricing structure.

There is a bit of difference between buying something that is still in the bag while the store is in the process of acclimating, and keeping the fish in the shipping bag all day and all night for a "bag" sale. Also a fish that has just been released should best not be sold the same day, but not all customers can deal with waiting, even when the retailer discourages the sale at the time.

 

[GTR]

We really only have one option locally and they have survived for over 20 years while others have come and gone, over and over. If it's on the wholesale list they buy it. They don't hold fish even overnight but at least no bag sales.

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12119756#post12119756 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by GreshamH
There was a vendor at the last RAP that was doing a bag sale nearly the entire event. Does that store practice this often or was that just a one off for the event? I dunno if the fish were just bagged from the store and brought, or tranships?

We all saw that.
I guess I gave them the benefit of the doubt and was hoping those were store-bagged fish. If so, I think that may be the best way to handle fish for a one-day event like RAP. Maybe easier on the fish?

I can't count the number of times I've been to a store while fish were floating in silver-lined bags all the while customers were wetting themselves thinking about buying. :lol:

If it's a special order fish for me I'd prefer it didn't hit the retailers tank if it came from the wholesaler. That's really not true. I'd prefer the retailer sat on it for a couple weeks to see if it's going to survive. I've been downtown several times with a couple owners and never bought one fish. I tell em you buy it and keep it alive and I'll pay retail.

SteveU