“Rare” torches are a con

[Sean Clark]

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I've been doing it wrong!

 

[Utubereefer]

These prices are silly… but anyone willing to pay it is probably a little silly too…

 

[Utubereefer]

At least you can pay with affirm and continue paying for it after it brown jellies in your tank

 

[boacvh]

Hmmm is this another corals are too pricey thread in disguise?

 

[Utubereefer]

I’m guessing the native coral collectors are on reef2reef seeing how much these corals are going for and charging a butt load to export them because of it

 

[TheDragonsReef]

Like stated above its whats "in" right now, demand is high and people are paying these price right now. If you dont want to pay those prices then thats fine, wait til they come down or find a supplier with wild colonies or frags for cheaper.

 

[Utubereefer]

Hmmm is this another corals are too pricey thread in disguise?

 

[Hooz]

While a lot of people do have things in grow out, they do actually take time to grow. Torches don't go from 1 head to multiple, fraggable heads overnight. If supply outpaces demand, then they can still be "scarce" even if 100 people are growing them out.

I do agree that the torch name (and price) game is out of control, but it's still not as bad as zoas.

 

[Just John]

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I stayed in that hotel

 

[Opes]

Torch prices are almost as bad as "rainbow prices."

I think I see more than one color under this blacklight......it's a rainbow!!

 

[TnFishwater98]

These prices are silly… but anyone willing to pay it is probably a little silly too…
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Or just Loaded

 

[Utubereefer]

Or just Loaded

 

[madlos123]

Im selling locally some green indo torches for $40 so if your in Iowa i can hook you up

I feel like other vendors are seeing other vendors sell X torch for Y ammount so they are price matching hoping they will get sold. And hence its a chain reaction. Then Z vendor will try to push the limit of how much they can charge people to the max.

Once people loose interest then price will plumet.
But then its just a never ending cycle. Like NFT lol. Its basically nothing lol.

 

[Bribo12]

You mean you don’t want to finance your torch? If your credit is good enough you could probably get a sweet interest rate! Only $104 a month. That’s more than what my wife’s current car payment is lol.

These prices are silly… but anyone willing to pay it is probably a little silly too…
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[Potatohead]

I stayed in that hotel

Did you use the seashells?

 

[Doctorgori]

yup another tulip/pokémon/ty doll craze….and just as stupid…..earlier this century torches, frogspawns and hammer were not only the most common corals but the cheapest…typically about 25-30 bucks…even with inflation that’s cheap .l.then came photoshop

 

[happyhourhero]

I thought it meant recently imported and not fully colored up since it is still cooking.

 

[Just John]

Did you use the seashells?

When in Rome!
But this was Detroit and someone had stolen the toilet paper.

 

[rogersb]

You can go online and find these corals but good luck seeing them in an LFS if you live outside CA. I was at a swap last weekend with 30+ vendors. There was 1 holy grail with no lineage. Most others were fresh imports and not hot looking. I took almost 40 frags of nice looking torches I have and sold out, but they've grown in my tank for years. Thinking there are hot euphyllia everywhere is not true.

 

[vtecintegra]

It's called, "There's a sucker born every minute." Combine with greed and you have a $1650 coral.