So Im selling my custom dimensions 225. A reefer approached me about the tank told him everything about the tank including the minor scratch on the front pain ( literally 30 minutes of elbo grease in it would be gone) we made a verbal agreement on a price and that i would take the tank down and have It ready to go the next day. So i got in my truck drove all the way home from Green Bay WI and spent all night breaking down the system. He gets to my house and backs out over the scratch. Now I all my live branching Tonga rock is dead and all 300Lbs of live sand is in a barrel. He was supposed to take the sand and i was gonna use some of the money from the sale to buy a stock tank to keep the rock alive. Just seem like a low blow to me when there was an agreement.
Just got screwed.
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fishyfish22
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That sucks and is completely unfair :/ Keep what you can in some buckets with saltwater, or maybe set the tank back up temporarily? What if you got one of the little plastic kiddie pools and put the tonga in there with saltwater? It would be better than nothing. Or is it all dead?
That's a good idea but Idk if it will be deep enough i got some big pieces but ill try to save what i can. Thanks!
The ones at Menard's are on sale right now. Good luck.
Yes Im getting a 93 cube tomorrow and bringing it up north with me.
mattvisocky2003
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That really blowssorry to hear that
Yea it does but good news is there may be someone picking up the tank tomorrow so hopefully that goes through.
Nailbender
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that sucks
by the way
UV is working out great
Thanks
Rick
by the way
UV is working out great
Thanks
Rick
Good to here ill have to check out your tank someday
Nailbender
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thats good news
You're welcome to stop by anytime
You're welcome to stop by anytime
Was this tank acrylic?
Lmecher
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I wouldn't publicly bash them, the carma train will catch up with them. It is so hard to trust anyone these days. Sorry to hear about your ordeal and hopefully things will work out. You can count it as a learning experience. It is so hard to trust anyone these days. Good luck with the new set-up.
Just because I like to be on the other side, sometimes......
How you see a flaw (in this case, a scratch) in an item, is not necessarily the way a buyer will see that same flaw.
IMO, you can't fault someone for backing out of a deal like you described this situation. Yeah, you did get hurt here, I'm just not sure your perspective buyer hurt you.
My first thought was that the buyer could, maybe should have tried to negotiate the price down to compensate, but not everyone feels comfortable with tools, or feels like they're capable of removing a scratch from a tank, acrylic or not.
I'm glad that it worked out in the long run, and that you didn't publicly bash your buyer. I think it would have been bad form, and a mistake on your part to do so.
How you see a flaw (in this case, a scratch) in an item, is not necessarily the way a buyer will see that same flaw.
IMO, you can't fault someone for backing out of a deal like you described this situation. Yeah, you did get hurt here, I'm just not sure your perspective buyer hurt you.
My first thought was that the buyer could, maybe should have tried to negotiate the price down to compensate, but not everyone feels comfortable with tools, or feels like they're capable of removing a scratch from a tank, acrylic or not.
I'm glad that it worked out in the long run, and that you didn't publicly bash your buyer. I think it would have been bad form, and a mistake on your part to do so.
skunkmere
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yea. i think the lesson to be learn is not to break down your tank to sell it until you got cash in hand. I would have dont the same thing. i know a bunch of instances where tanks dont get sold because of a scratch. I bought a tank with a ton of scratches once and i felt bad about the purchase, i wont do it again.
