Are these prices a joke?!?!

[flashsmith]

You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain.

BRS was an amazing thing 15 years ago. They're an absolute cancer on the entire reef aquarium world now.

So then by this logic Walmart is too. So is Amazon. So is McDonald's. You can apply that to any large company you like but yet millions use these companies every day. So me as a small business owner is out of the blue offered millions to "sell out" yea im taking that. Selling to a big fish is exactly what every small business owner strives for. They grew and an investor made them an offer they couldn't refuse. BRS didn't buy up all those companies. Apature did.

 

[flashsmith]

You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain.

BRS was an amazing thing 15 years ago. They're an absolute cancer on the entire reef aquarium world now.

So then by this logic Walmart is too. So is Amazon. So is McDonald's. You can apply that to any large company you like but yet millions use these companies every day. So me as a small business owner is out of the blue offered millions to "sell out" yea im taking that. Selling to a big fish is exactly what every small business owner strives for. They grew and an investor made them an offer they couldn't refuse. BRS didn't buy up all those companies. Apature did.

 

[BZOFIQ]

Most brands in the aquarium industry are map brands. They set a price and manufacturers live by it. Or they pull product.

Pull product like Neptune threatened to pull product from stores that wanted to distribute Hydros controllers?

Or did you mean something else?

 

[rtparty]

Except you are not telling the truth here. Who owns eco tech ? That would be brs. so horrible example to use

you really think eco tech would cut off brs? Come on now. Common sense

Except BRS doesn’t own Ecotech. Aperture owns them both. Good try though.

Common sense

 

[wmv]

But you making it sound like BRS is up charging you when they don't set the price. The manufacturer sets the price. You barking up the wrong tree.

Actually Aperture Pet owns BRS, Ecotech, Neptune, Aqua Illumination, etc. And BRS being pretty much the main source of all of these products for consumers I think it's safe to say they're setting the prices to an extent.

 

[wmv]

Except BRS doesn’t own Ecotech. Aperture owns them both. Good try though.

Common sense

Didn't see you just posted this, but I'm glad some people know the truth... Kind of a monopoly of sorts, at least as far as the "name brands" go

 

[AustinBabler]

You can thank the manufacture of EV’s for that. For some reason they’ve given them priority so they take all the supply. Wait till fluctuating electric prices start. They’re going to start charging more money for electricity at night when everyone’s charging back up.

 

[CBonito]

You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain.

BRS was an amazing thing 15 years ago. They're an absolute cancer on the entire reef aquarium world now.

Flooding youtube with videos of all their "suggestions" that always seem to line up with the market trends and not the science behind anything...all mispronounced by that guy that looks like a tree sloth.

 

[Doctor Derp]

So then by this logic Walmart is too. So is Amazon. So is McDonald's. You can apply that to any large company you like but yet millions use these companies every day. So me as a small business owner is out of the blue offered millions to "sell out" yea im taking that. Selling to a big fish is exactly what every small business owner strives for. They grew and an investor made them an offer they couldn't refuse. BRS didn't buy up all those companies. Apature did.

BRS lost their way long before Bertram Capital bought them out. They set out to bring affordably cost bulk products to the reefing community, and turned into just another purveyor of overpriced nonsense. Mega Corporations and their bloated, overpaid management systems are a cancer to the world.

 

[CBonito]

BRS lost their way long before Bertram Capital bought them out. They set out to bring affordably cost bulk products to the reefing community, and turned into just another purveyor of overpriced nonsense. Mega Corporations and their bloated, overpaid management systems are a cancer to the world.

Anytime anyone allows venture capital groups into their company, its days are numbered.
I have a deep hatred for them.

 

[jda]

Mega companies don't have to be bad. Many are. Many are not. BRS lost their way when they was no accountability, apologies or reflection for videos, shilling and things that hurt tanks. They were always more expensive, buy you could overlook some of that if you liked their research before it was just infomercials to sell their products.

 

[Tavero]

Hello, if people did not pay that price, then they would not charge that price. They would use cheaper material and produce the same garbage every one else makes. Capitalism. If you were running a large business you would be doing the same thing. There is no reason to be in business other than to make as large of a profit as possible. You can't say no I would not unless you are in that business and are only charging exactly what is needed to keep your company alive.

Tunze scrapers are the best scrapers you can get right now. They are made completely in Germany and cost 45$. If a company can only make a profit by pricing the product several times of that it has no business staying in business.
Capitalism. Too bad real capitalism doesn't exist anymore. Not the company that sells the best products is successful but the biggest company that can sue or buy all competition.

 

[rtparty]

If people in this hobby really think the hobby is worse off because of Ryan and BRS, they are completely clueless.

 

[Cichlid Dad]

Tunze scrapers are the best scrapers you can get right now. They are made completely in Germany and cost 45$. If a company can only make a profit by pricing the product several times of that it has no business staying in business.
Capitalism. Too bad real capitalism doesn't exist anymore. Not the company that sells the best products is successful but the biggest company that can sue or buy all competition.

I'm curious to your definition of " real capitalism?

 

[workhz]

The pro is $479 btw

 

[CBonito]

The pro is $479 btw

You can clean your glass or get a new light. LOL

 

[Tavero]

I'm curious to your definition of " real capitalism?

A market that gets regulated by supply and demand instead of lobbyists and lawyers.
Crazy I know

 

[Cichlid Dad]

A market that gets regulated by supply and demand instead of lobbyists and lawyers.
Crazy I know

Capitalism is often thought of as an economic system in which private actors own and control property in accord with their interests, and demand and supply freely set prices in markets in a way that can serve the best interests of society.

The essential feature of capitalism is the motive to make a profit. As Adam Smith, the 18th century philosopher and father of modern economics, said: “It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest.” Both parties to a voluntary exchange transaction have their own interest in the outcome, but neither can obtain what he or she wants without addressing what the other wants. It is this rational self-interest that can lead to economic prosperity.

In a capitalist economy, capital assets—such as factories, mines, and railroads—can be privately owned and controlled, labor is purchased for money wages, capital gains accrue to private owners, and prices allocate capital and labor between competing uses

 

[Cichlid Dad]

A market that gets regulated by supply and demand instead of lobbyists and lawyers.
Crazy I know

What does lobbyist and lawyers have to do with brs selling for a profit?

 

[jackson6745]

I'll be cleaning my glass with a pair of the old lady's underwear