New Ora Red Planet Table Acro

Really similar looking with my Watermelon acro ... very nice

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Got one from my favorite LFS on Thurs. I think it is going to be a nice one. It will make a nice addition to my ORA collection.
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13130230#post13130230 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by poknsnok
where in Palm bay did you get this??

west melbourne aquatics, minton rd.
they have gotton alot of ora frags lately, spent a ton the last month, only thing is you have to get them on friday, when they come in, cuz they will turn brown in a day or two. his system sucks! so he still has some browned out plum crazys, pearl
berry, blue vodoo ,validas, and a few others, but they all are a great price! 39.99-69.99
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13146601#post13146601 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by poknsnok
My lfs has a wait list a mile and a half long

I saw this post and told my LFS about it. They put me #1 on their list. They got 2 in, they kept one for their display and I got the other one. I guess ORA is only releasing a few per LFS. I got mine straight from the UPS warehouse.
 
Most New release ORA corals only limit one but if you 're a good customer they will send you 2. Our waitng list is also a mile long, some people wont get theirs until November.....
 
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13144284#post13144284 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Lunchbucket
Geeze wish I had a LFS worth a crap so that I could get good stuff like this

Lunchbucket

When people have have a decent one, do they support it alot....or only for things you could not get cheaper somewhere else? Might be why they went belley-up. This is one big reason why people do not see a lot of them still around. To save a few $$ people will get all the information and the little things they need from them, but when big purchases come along, (to save $5 on a $200 item) they will buy online from a vendor that has no experience or store to support. Do gyms give away lessons? Do people work for free? Why cannot a store charge a little more than 10% markup, $40 on a $400 item. I could not even do that.

Sorry to rant and rave, but bugs me and hurts when people post this stuff. Would like to get some of these in to a LFS but mine is gone now due to things like this. Eric would you pay the $89 going rate for this coral in my old store when it was there, or just get those $1.50 snails? Reason why more LFS close every year, hard to stay open and make very little profit when other business are making 40,50 and more % profit to stay open.

Love this thread, just hurt to see this statement

Grant
 
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13150125#post13150125 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by tangdiver
When people have have a decent one, do they support it alot....or only for things you could not get cheaper somewhere else? Might be why they went belley-up. This is one big reason why people do not see a lot of them still around. To save a few $$ people will get all the information and the little things they need from them, but when big purchases come along, (to save $5 on a $200 item) they will buy online from a vendor that has no experience or store to support. Do gyms give away lessons? Do people work for free? Why cannot a store charge a little more than 10% markup, $40 on a $400 item. I could not even do that.

Sorry to rant and rave, but bugs me and hurts when people post this stuff. Would like to get some of these in to a LFS but mine is gone now due to things like this. Eric would you pay the $89 going rate for this coral in my old store when it was there, or just get those $1.50 snails? Reason why more LFS close every year, hard to stay open and make very little profit when other business are making 40,50 and more % profit to stay open.

Love this thread, just hurt to see this statement

Grant

I hear you 100% man. It wasn't your fault that they crashed so don't take it so hard. There obviously needs to be a bigger "member" base for profit to be made IMO. There aren't that many people in SF that did salt water let along pay $89 for a coral like this. and YES I would pay $89 bucks for this or pay for a frag. In this hobby you need to have a decent pocket book or you need to DIY and frag stuff and around here there isn't that much $$. IF I had the money or was in the market for this coral YES I would buy it. I've done it before.

Try the gym business when you are selling space and not even a product. People don't see that you have any money in anything. Just put some equipment in a room and you have a gym...right :rolleye1: And yes they do steal lessons or buy supplements online when I talk to them about them in the store unfortunately it is part of my biz. And we don't get to mark stuff up much at all. Make pennies on the dollar.

On to our regularly scheduled program.

Lunchbucket
 
Aww Jay did you get from Mike? I was just there and he told me the next ones mine, I figured you got some preference over me lol...hopefully his next shipment comes in soon.

Ben
 
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