flaming mohican vs krakatoa

hermesfansf · Sep 1, 2013

I will love to find hallucination 40pp and krakatoa 100pp.....put me down for 20p each please.

cbrennan4 · Sep 1, 2013

Haha, I'm surprised you haven't already got them, it came from your friend/vendor you were hanging out with at the NVR swap.

hermesfansf · Sep 1, 2013

cbrennan4 said:
Haha, I'm surprised you haven't already got them, it came from your friend/vendor you were hanging out with at the NVR swap.

I would be jumping up and down if I got krakatoa for 100pp lol. Unfortunately, I was not as lucky as you. I paid 220pp for hallucination last year, then I got another frag from east coast, a frag from sir duke, and I will have another frag coming from socali peep in 2 weeks. I will have 4 different lineages of hallucination that I can evaluate haha

hermesfansf · Sep 1, 2013

Distraction!!! Who is bidding on this master piece???

johnanddawn · Sep 1, 2013

cbrennan4 said:
Hey power to you if you can get people to pay those high prices per polyp. But it still blows my mind the people are willing to pay. It's crazy what hype can do. I'm just not a fan of how some reefers find a "new" zoa/paly and think it deserves a crazy price tag. When the pink halluciniation 'came out' and people were charging 80pp, I just went to the local fish store and paid $20 for 4p(they were even calling it a pink hallucination). When the donatello/a came out I went to the same place and paid $10pp. Before the original hallucination was really popular I picked it up for $40pp. I just hate to see this new trend of reefers paying absurd amounts for single polyps because of someone claiming its exclusive and rare.

+1
And I would add to this people who buy Golden Basket eBay zoas, cut them up and try to resell single polyps for more then the auction price for the colony
Not only are they hyping up the zoa to make money but are hoping the purchaser doesn't know how common they really are now

https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/zo...e-all-maricultured-zoanthid-plugs-coming.html

The value I see in this thread is that it may spread the word about this practice, and people can start to recognize it for what it is
Then if they still choose to buy well ...

1.0reef · Sep 1, 2013

hermesfansf said:
Distraction!!! Who is bidding on this master piece???

Whoever bids on that is getting majorly screwed over, that thong is under actinics and is probably photoshopped.

ak_reefer · Sep 1, 2013

They have it on display at MACNA so maybe someone there can get a shot of it.

1.0reef said:
Whoever bids on that is getting majorly screwed over, that thong is under actinics and is probably photoshopped.

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kschweer · Sep 1, 2013

ak_reefer said:
They have it on display at MACNA so maybe someone there can get a shot of it.

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Here's a picture from the macna picture thread

ImageUploadedByReef2Reef Aquarium Forum1378079670.646082.jpg

socal619 · Sep 1, 2013

johnanddawn said:
+1
And I would add to this people who buy Golden Basket eBay zoas, cut them up and try to resell single polyps for more then the auction price for the colony
Not only are they hyping up the zoa to make money but are hoping the purchaser doesn't know how common they really are now

https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/zo...e-all-maricultured-zoanthid-plugs-coming.html

The value I see in this thread is that it may spread the word about this practice, and people can start to recognize it for what it is
Then if they still choose to buy well ...

you realize this is what fish stores do right? lol buy low, sell high.. gotta make a profit...

hermesfansf · Sep 1, 2013

kschweer said:
Here's a picture from the macna picture thread

How do u like it?

hermesfansf · Sep 1, 2013

socal619 said:
you realize this is what fish stores do right? lol buy low, sell high.. gotta make a profit...

I still don't understand what is the argument about? People buy an item because they like it and can afford it. A plain white t-shirt can cost $350 at Gucci but $20 at Old Navy. Are u going to file a lawsuit against Gucci because their price is being too high for u??? If u bought your hallucination at 40pp then good for you, but for those who paid 200pp hallucination that was really their business. They bought it because they wanted it and were willing to pay that kind of price tag. Just like peep was paying 600 for the Krakatoa at the previous auction lol.

kschweer · Sep 1, 2013

hermesfansf said:
How do u like it?

I did not purchase it and it is not my picture. I did see it at their booth and it was a very impressive piece. Would I personally spend 2k? Most likely not, but I can easily see how someone that is into plates could drop that kind of money.

hermesfansf · Sep 1, 2013

kschweer said:
I did not purchase it and it is not my picture. I did see it at their booth and it was a very impressive piece. Would I personally spend 2k? Most likely not, but I can easily see how someone that is into plates could drop that kind of money.

Yeah, that piece is a master piece. I m sure the collector will b happy about it.

mnat · Sep 1, 2013

hermesfansf said:
I still don't understand what is the argument about? People buy an item because they like it and can afford it. A plain white t-shirt can cost $350 at Gucci but $20 at Old Navy. Are u going to file a lawsuit against Gucci because their price is being too high for u??? If u bought your hallucination at 40pp then good for you, but for those who paid 200pp hallucination that was really their business. They bought it because they wanted it and were willing to pay that kind of price tag. Just like peep was paying 600 for the Krakatoa at the previous auction lol.

You are twisting the point though. When someone buys a $20 white shirt from Old Navy and then sells it for $350 as a Gucci shirt that is where the problem arises.

MacKrell · Sep 1, 2013

I dnt like gucci I like Louis Vuitton better lol!

Aquaph8 · Sep 1, 2013

For now on any mention of prices will be deleted, this is not a FS thread so price is not relative. Feel free to chat about morphs, show off your pics but please keep prices discussions out of it.