Whats a fair price?

[The_Crabman]

I've been struggling with this question for a while.
What defines a price when selling a coral?
I assume that price is to be based on

1. Availability/ Rareness
2. Color
3. Size
4. And for the retailers, their profit margin

Then after that, I assume its supply and demand.

But for the reefer how should one price a coral.
Myself I like to be fair and give people a good deal, that being said when I sell frags I don't sell $10 "1 inch frags" and never anything with only one branch usually two or three at the least.

Here's the thing, I have large yellow / green monti cap that I want to sell because, well I want the real estate for other things and I have a couple of large pieces elsewhere in my tank. I don't know what to ask for it or what someone would be willing to pay for it.
I want to post it on my local forum but really have no idea what to charge.
I know what a $50 colony at our LFS would sell for but thats it.

Here are some pics,

It's approx. 10 inches wide, 10 inches tall and 10 inches deep. sort of like a ball.
Thats a 6.5 inch powder blue just so you get the idea of size.

I'm looking for suggestions on this and also to see where the thread will go...

Cheers
Jeff

 

[reef kid96]

My suggestion is to frag it into some larger peaces and sell those instead of the colony.

 

[[17]shawn[17]]

i second fraging it....and sending me one

if you put that on AP you could probabuly get about 150 for it

 

[The_Crabman]

i second fraging it....

if you put that on AP you could probabuly get about 150 for it

And, I would have to ship it to the GTA.
I'm in Ottawa so it would go on OVAS. I was thinking around 125 so yeah...its in the ball park

 

[The_Crabman]

My suggestion is to frag it into some larger peaces and sell those instead of the colony.

Been there done that...I cut it back about a year ago and had about 6 large 3 inch frags that I was selling. Three of them sold and the others I still have, only now they too are full colonies, attached to my live rock and are in the 7 inch range...I'm scared to frag it and end up with frags all over my tank and not being able to sell it.