As a college student making 9 an hour i had a 90 gallon with a bounce i got for 20, torches for 15 a head, and I remember getting a trachy for 80 and thinking it would be alright to eat pess for a while. That was from a LFS that I used to hang out at. But I remember buying from one retailer here that used to have tons of 5 dollar frags, mostly random mushrooms and other unnamed corals. It was a shock to find after 10 years that the site only had a couple frags under 30 and everything had names.
I appreciate your post. I'd love to chat more and look at what we can do to help smaller vendors that don't subscribe to this non sense.
Ok. I am super confused here. I love battlecorals. Got my first box during Black Friday....but isn't battlecorals the type of premium designer acros you are complaining about? They usually go for $100 a frag....
Battle corals doesn't specifically name the corals ultra Supreme anything. They don't do live sales. From what I understand have some of if not the best customer service in the hobby and are the most reasonable of all the online vendors. As a hobbyist $100 really is my max I'm willing to pay. And I've never personally sold anything over that mark. I feel anything higher is not justified. If nothing you have proven my point. $100 at a small good vendor versus $300 at some giant vendor sits much better with me...
On the bright side, you'd never see your 'investment' RTN.
Gotta read that fine print... DOA guaranteed
Ooooooooo! HOW MUCH HOW MUCH! I’m willing to sell my entire wallet contents and house to get that new bugatti torch!
I find it unfortunate to be the one to tell you this but since you need to ask how much.... It probably isn't for you.
Well said, the best reef tanks I tend to see have fairly standard corals and fish but everything is grown out and Aquascaped nicely, much better than a tank full of bright colored frags.
Adam actually does it right. Credit where due.
This line of your signature though, is poetry.
Got it. So you are not upset about pricing but more about marketing gimmicks. On average, battlecoral acros are more expensive than other vendors. Battlecorals also do run sales a few times a year. They just don't call them live sales, and they don't have them every month, and they don't play the name game. But from a pure pricing standpoint, battlecorals is a premium "brand".
I actually stole that from a reefer I respected on another forum, which shall not be named here, but was once CENTRAL to my hobby.
Funny enough (and not so funny enough) I am 100% certain there are some people out there who judge the person just from what they are giving off and actually SAY THAT they say exactly that! Where’s the community’s wholesome spirit there. Reefing is a hobby and a community where it’s supposed to be supportive and actually nice to people. Yet there are people out there who could care less. And unfortunately that’s how some big corporations and retailers act. That’s why it’s so important to support local businesses as well.
Pricing plays into it. Big picture battle corals is not a high priced high hype high gimmick vendor. Even if some peices are a little more expensive.
