Rogger Castells
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Thanks Andrea.
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racermike27
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Yeah Pat said they were coming in late last night to the airport so they should be set out today some time.
I am gonna go there in the evening to see what comes in.
mike
I am gonna go there in the evening to see what comes in.
mike
Rogger Castells
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Mike, I will be there before u, 
racermike27
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HE HE, yeah I won't be able to get there till around 5 or 6 but I do live right next to them in Cooper City.
D Ro Supafly
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Yeah, my sense of humor is pretty stupid. I'm the first to admit it.
Rogger Castells
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Gary, no cherry picking allowed
racermike27
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Woohoo!! got outta work early. I'm heading there right now LOL
Got them in this morning and you almost need sunglasses to look at em. Relax though, theres 60 of them so there's enough "cherries" for everyone.
In reply to "thread of the month" I've heard it referred to as the Novella. Glad to see folks are thinking of us. See you all soon
In reply to "thread of the month" I've heard it referred to as the Novella. Glad to see folks are thinking of us. See you all soon
Emperorsnapper
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"The new craze is to charge what an e-bay bidding auction would get bottom line without the risk of a low bid. Sellers at every level (individual, retail wholesale) are trying this method of profiteer marketing of their "rarities".
I abhor it and don't practice it. I use a simple mathmatical calculation, cost x 2 = price, across the board. I have learned very recently that a store in close proximity to mine is selling zooanthids in minute frags for collosal prices and defends the practice by telling customers that these are what they sell for on e-bay. Gee, teriffic, then sell them on e-bay and quit trying to rape your customer base. Otherwise, they'll become someone else's customer base."
I've never been big on posting on Reef Central or online for that matter at all regarding this hobby. But, and after reading this post and several other posts since Pat has opened his new store, I felt it necessary to respond.
Pat, since you won't name names of other stores in "close proximity" to you I will. The only two stores near you are Age of Aquarium (which hasn't opened yet) and Reef's Edge. What makes you think that just because you aren't naming names that you aren't bashing? Do you think that you are above everyone else in this hobby? I've seen your posts and the second that someone even mentions something that they do not like about you or your store you are lightning quick to jump all over them and defend yourself. You also say that you frown on bashing but yet time and again I see you posting things which put yourself in a good light so that you can gain business from this. You also have an obvious "staff" of people who will back you up online. I think you are a game player and a manipulator you'll do whatever it takes to make only yourself look good at the expense of others. It's not right. There are many people who speak badly of you and your store. But they don't come online and call you a "fish killer" or that you were just plain rude to them. I'm going to throw this out there in your style: I suggest you start paying attention to making money rather than resorting to gossiping online and refinancing your home to pay the bills because you just aren't making it.
I have been to Reef's Edge and for those of you who haven't I would recommend it, judge it for yourself. I have bought many corals from Reef's Edge and not all of the time are they the cheapest. But, their livestock is always extremely healthy and that is what keeps me coming back. I have been bugging them for months to get frags in the store. I was in this past weekend and purchased several frags. I purchased two pieces of blastomussa merletti for around $30.00/piece. The frags came out to between 5-6 polyps each now that I think about it. Which came out to be around $5.00-$6.00 per polyp. I have had my eye on the merletti for some time now and did not want to spend $150.00 for the 5"-7" pieces that he has had there. I was happy to be able to get a frag of it for my nano. I also purchased many zoanthids from the back frag tank the most expensive one was what was called "Eye of Rah" a really beautiful piece that had around 20 polyps for $45. Which comes out to be around $2.25 per polyp. This is an average price for this zoa frag of that quality. I also purchased many other zoanthids that day for from between $9.99 -$20.00 that had between 10 and 25 polyps on each rock.
I'm on ebay a lot , not buying much livestock, but checking things out and never have I seen a frag from Reef's Edge for sale. Maybe online sources put frags out there for sale, such as on ebay, and people are selling frags for good money, but I tend to concentrate on my LFS's and look for unique pieces that catch my eye.
I think that the gossip games have got to stop. And people, are you from the dark ages?? If someone posts something negative about a store are you automatically not going to go? Come on, that is ridiculous. You can't make up your own mind? It almost seems as if Reef Life is adopting a "Godfather" view by trying to manipulate and tries to play it off as if he is not.
I abhor it and don't practice it. I use a simple mathmatical calculation, cost x 2 = price, across the board. I have learned very recently that a store in close proximity to mine is selling zooanthids in minute frags for collosal prices and defends the practice by telling customers that these are what they sell for on e-bay. Gee, teriffic, then sell them on e-bay and quit trying to rape your customer base. Otherwise, they'll become someone else's customer base."
I've never been big on posting on Reef Central or online for that matter at all regarding this hobby. But, and after reading this post and several other posts since Pat has opened his new store, I felt it necessary to respond.
Pat, since you won't name names of other stores in "close proximity" to you I will. The only two stores near you are Age of Aquarium (which hasn't opened yet) and Reef's Edge. What makes you think that just because you aren't naming names that you aren't bashing? Do you think that you are above everyone else in this hobby? I've seen your posts and the second that someone even mentions something that they do not like about you or your store you are lightning quick to jump all over them and defend yourself. You also say that you frown on bashing but yet time and again I see you posting things which put yourself in a good light so that you can gain business from this. You also have an obvious "staff" of people who will back you up online. I think you are a game player and a manipulator you'll do whatever it takes to make only yourself look good at the expense of others. It's not right. There are many people who speak badly of you and your store. But they don't come online and call you a "fish killer" or that you were just plain rude to them. I'm going to throw this out there in your style: I suggest you start paying attention to making money rather than resorting to gossiping online and refinancing your home to pay the bills because you just aren't making it.
I have been to Reef's Edge and for those of you who haven't I would recommend it, judge it for yourself. I have bought many corals from Reef's Edge and not all of the time are they the cheapest. But, their livestock is always extremely healthy and that is what keeps me coming back. I have been bugging them for months to get frags in the store. I was in this past weekend and purchased several frags. I purchased two pieces of blastomussa merletti for around $30.00/piece. The frags came out to between 5-6 polyps each now that I think about it. Which came out to be around $5.00-$6.00 per polyp. I have had my eye on the merletti for some time now and did not want to spend $150.00 for the 5"-7" pieces that he has had there. I was happy to be able to get a frag of it for my nano. I also purchased many zoanthids from the back frag tank the most expensive one was what was called "Eye of Rah" a really beautiful piece that had around 20 polyps for $45. Which comes out to be around $2.25 per polyp. This is an average price for this zoa frag of that quality. I also purchased many other zoanthids that day for from between $9.99 -$20.00 that had between 10 and 25 polyps on each rock.
I'm on ebay a lot , not buying much livestock, but checking things out and never have I seen a frag from Reef's Edge for sale. Maybe online sources put frags out there for sale, such as on ebay, and people are selling frags for good money, but I tend to concentrate on my LFS's and look for unique pieces that catch my eye.
I think that the gossip games have got to stop. And people, are you from the dark ages?? If someone posts something negative about a store are you automatically not going to go? Come on, that is ridiculous. You can't make up your own mind? It almost seems as if Reef Life is adopting a "Godfather" view by trying to manipulate and tries to play it off as if he is not.
D Ro Supafly
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sleep wif da fishes.
D Ro Supafly
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I don't know why the link doesn't work. I tried :-(
this thread really should have been locked. I havent been to both stores but i went to pats because hes part of the forum community. You know all this crazy stuff with zoas and prices is happening and everyone wants to make a buck somehow. We live in a capitalist society its just the way it is. You dont like the price go somwhere else.
Plus the most expensive zoas in the US come from somone thats part of FMAS. Hes a really nice guy to
Plus the most expensive zoas in the US come from somone thats part of FMAS. Hes a really nice guy to
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