Are you buying a name or a coral?
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ca2or
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I would agree....most pay for the name. But if you try to sell something a name brings profit. For instance, which would you buy for $300?
Purple Hornets
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Purple zoa's with yellow ring and alternating skirt
Purple Hornets
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Purple zoa's with yellow ring and alternating skirt
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It all depends...
If I want to buy something that will help me have some trade value for other corals or if I am buying something with the intention of selling some in the future to help with my addiction then I buy a name. Yea I said it! LOL!
Most of the time I just buy what looks good to me.
If I want to buy something that will help me have some trade value for other corals or if I am buying something with the intention of selling some in the future to help with my addiction then I buy a name. Yea I said it! LOL!
Most of the time I just buy what looks good to me.
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Yup, named corals are my sugar daddy corals lol. Besides I cnsider this hobby a collecting one, like collecting trains or spoons or baseball cards. Buying the named corals gives me something to collect, I have the Tyree edition, or jendubs edition etc. other than that I try to look for corals that may not be named, but I feel might get good trade in value. Buying the more expensive corals pays more in return in the long run as you can use the fragging of them to supplement the cost of it.
If you are a true reefer, you buy for the coral, who cares what somebody called it, you like how it looks so you buy it,
If you are a collector, you buy for the name. Same as any other collector be it baseball cards or whatever.
If you are in it for the resale value, you are definately buying it for the name.
JMO
If you are a collector, you buy for the name. Same as any other collector be it baseball cards or whatever.
If you are in it for the resale value, you are definately buying it for the name.
JMO
twinspots_goby
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I agree that we buy corals only because we love them. But I do care about their names or lineages when coming down to buying chalices because the frags do not always look alike their mother colony and take long to develop. I rather pay more money and get the lineaged ones, so I'm sure my frags will look the way I expected. The extra money I paid for the names and lineage is considered an insurance.
Sikryd
hmm...Sweet!
I buy for color, the name is a way of identification and lineage, which ensures this.
I have put up a number of threads asking if ALL corals need names. I don't think so. I think names should be reserved for the truly unique colorful pieces.
If you were a vendor and in the business to sell, what would you do?
I think it is a joke when some of these vendors "rename" stuff using a well known name like "- vendor name - Gobstoppers" or something like that, and the paly is just another paly I would rather not even have to deal with acclimating, unpacking, dipping, QTing, ect. Yes, more than one coral in a shipment has made it right to the trash can. (Before you say I should just give it away - if people would actually show up when they say they would when buying corals locally, I might actually do that)
Its all personal in this hobby. Some like names, some don't, some spend ridiculous amounts of money - me included
, some don't, some complain about everything - including prices, yet really wish they could have the piece that is overpriced, some dont.........some wish it would go back to the way it was, just like everything else in life, but it won't. Its here to stay and we have to deal with it.
The only way to change this is to put your money where your mouth is, and either pay for the nicer stuff, don't buy any named stuff, buy only orange caps, or live with it.
I have struggled on both sides of the table with this whole issue, and talked to a LOT of reefers about it. I've come to the conclusion, like all of my other hobbies, you have to pay to play...
If you want a Porsche, you pay for it, or you complain that it is just another volkswagen. If thats the case, buy a Ferrari. You don't like the price, then get a Vega.
Its all personal preference and the amount of money you want to allocate to your tank.
It is what it is....and isn't going anywhere. The only real way to ensure your getting NICE looking named stuff is talk to someone that isn't going to bs you about a piece since they are selling it.
My .50
I have put up a number of threads asking if ALL corals need names. I don't think so. I think names should be reserved for the truly unique colorful pieces.
If you were a vendor and in the business to sell, what would you do?
I think it is a joke when some of these vendors "rename" stuff using a well known name like "- vendor name - Gobstoppers" or something like that, and the paly is just another paly I would rather not even have to deal with acclimating, unpacking, dipping, QTing, ect. Yes, more than one coral in a shipment has made it right to the trash can. (Before you say I should just give it away - if people would actually show up when they say they would when buying corals locally, I might actually do that)
Its all personal in this hobby. Some like names, some don't, some spend ridiculous amounts of money - me included
, some don't, some complain about everything - including prices, yet really wish they could have the piece that is overpriced, some dont.........some wish it would go back to the way it was, just like everything else in life, but it won't. Its here to stay and we have to deal with it. The only way to change this is to put your money where your mouth is, and either pay for the nicer stuff, don't buy any named stuff, buy only orange caps, or live with it.
I have struggled on both sides of the table with this whole issue, and talked to a LOT of reefers about it. I've come to the conclusion, like all of my other hobbies, you have to pay to play...
If you want a Porsche, you pay for it, or you complain that it is just another volkswagen. If thats the case, buy a Ferrari. You don't like the price, then get a Vega.
Its all personal preference and the amount of money you want to allocate to your tank.
It is what it is....and isn't going anywhere. The only real way to ensure your getting NICE looking named stuff is talk to someone that isn't going to bs you about a piece since they are selling it.
My .50
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seascape
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i buy for the look yes its nice to be able to pick up corals that have names attached because we all know most of them are some hot looking corals but names to me isnt everything if it looks good and i like it its a welcome addition ro my tank name or no name.
i do buy corals that have "names" only purely to have a good way for identification and for trades/sales later. that being said i dont buy a named coral, just for the name, if it is a named piece but honestly not that great coloration-or that i dont really personally like all that much, then i dont buy it.
it is a lot easier for sales later or trades to be able to say i have red planet acro- rather than a red and green acro. if you say red planet chances are most people can envision what youve got...
it is a lot easier for sales later or trades to be able to say i have red planet acro- rather than a red and green acro. if you say red planet chances are most people can envision what youve got...
Sikryd
hmm...Sweet!
I buy both..
+1
I also forgot to add ----------
Who doesn't like a cool name like "Darth Mauls" or "Pink *******"
If pink ******* was named something like "Poo Streaked panties" do you think it would have gotten as much attention?
Its all marketing. There are anthropolists at all the major manufacturers that do nothing but study people from the day they are born and figure out ways to better market their products to us.
WE have bought into it, either by choice, or subliminally.
We can all say we haven't, and don't, but if we have the money to spend our actions show us better.
I have a Rolex for ONE reason - cause its cool. I never wear it anymore and haven't for years, but I bought one none-the-less. I was young (23), thought I had "made it" and have since come to realize it isn't the stuff you have that makes the man...
Name anything after a women, something sexy, bad, evil, ect. ect. and It'll get me at least interested
The entire reason for a coral getting named is the thought that other people will want it, probably because it is sooo cool, I dont care what they call all the watermelon chalices they are cool and I want them.
Face it, if you buy the name, its because the coral is cool.
lol....poo streaked panties...lol, skidmark chalice...lol
Face it, if you buy the name, its because the coral is cool.
lol....poo streaked panties...lol, skidmark chalice...lol
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There are of course exceptions to the over all rule.... agreed CapAm palys are a waste.
