pulling grimy marketing tricks right now.
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Propane
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Lol. No matter who or what they are now or what anyone’s opinion is I personally learned alot from BRS so hence the support gear.my dude, are you telling me you pay to wear their gear? and you buy stuffed dolls of their youtube personalities?
Northern Flicker
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Makes you question literally anything that comes out of their "reef guru's" mouths
Kasrift
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Hey now, his purchases of non reefing apparel with high margins can hypothetically drive down prices for their other goods. This man is just trying to save us all.my dude, are you telling me you pay to wear their gear? and you buy stuffed dolls of their youtube personalities?
Lbrdsoxfan
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Yup.
*Sigh* As a west coaster, I still miss marine depot
. Its been long enough that there are reefers that have no clue who they are now. They were my first online pivot to purchasing aquarium goods.
Northern Flicker
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Hey now, his purchases of non reefing apparel with high margins can hypothetically drive down prices for their other goods. This man is just trying to save us all.
based macro economics
Yup.
*Sigh* As a west coaster, I still miss marine depot
I miss Robert in the YouTube videos
Northern Flicker
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I knew one of their personalities growing up. Excellent person, excellent reefer. Could sell me my own shirt off my back. They are no doubt expected to push high margin product, regardless of it's merits. He was doing just that in his last gig, but for the competition. It's business after all, and it's naive to think they are truly always giving you unbias advice or info.
Lbrdsoxfan
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Yup and now I avoid reefing vids like the plague.
Propane
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Sometimes I’ve recommended 52 weeks of reefing to new reefers on this forum and more than once I’ve told them don’t go on a spending spree after lol. I’ve joked that it’s like watching an infomercial and the hosts have tells when they are trying to pedal something specific.
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UPS second day air is $17.16. You had to of selected that yourself instead of the free or $3.99 rate for what you ordered. It does not select the rate you paid by itself. In 3yrs I have ordered 70 times from them and always use the free or preferred rate of $3.99. Usually everything arrives next day or 2 at the latest but I am also local.
This was my last cart. I wanted you to be right. My wife thought the Ryan Chile thing was hilarious lol.
KrisReef
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It is so surprizing to me that people see this hobby as a way to make money off of those hobbists who must have the best equipment for their home reef.
I was going over my fuel spending in September and noticed that between the 12th and the 27th I had paid $5.69 and then $6.69/ per gallon at my local gas station. I have to keep track of my spending for work and if I had to pay these prices myself I might pay more attention. +$1.00/ gallon in fifteen days isn't a market situation as much as a market manipulation. Why does this always happen in the season before the presidential primary and general election?
Have you ever wondered who paid for all those political fliers that land in your mailbox during these election cycles?
I suspect that the Aquarium industry is required to pony up or else face drastic embargos on foreign coral or chips that are required for all your Apex like equipment to work. These increases in the cost of doing business could put a company out of business quickly especially if they dont cooperate. It could be that they might experience a rare Hawaiian lightening storm that burns down their entire industrial village. Or even Paradise California, where the governor moved in quickly to ensure there were more than 18,000 loan applications to rebuild the 14,000 or so properties that were destroyed. Business doesn't get rich giving deals to neighbors. Business squeezes the last drop out of each rind. Otherwise they wasted an opportunity to expand their earnings. This isn't bashing Capitalism, business is foisted upon the people in every economic scheme known to man.
Who pays the taxes? All good citizens, by definition.
I was going over my fuel spending in September and noticed that between the 12th and the 27th I had paid $5.69 and then $6.69/ per gallon at my local gas station. I have to keep track of my spending for work and if I had to pay these prices myself I might pay more attention. +$1.00/ gallon in fifteen days isn't a market situation as much as a market manipulation. Why does this always happen in the season before the presidential primary and general election?
Have you ever wondered who paid for all those political fliers that land in your mailbox during these election cycles?
I suspect that the Aquarium industry is required to pony up or else face drastic embargos on foreign coral or chips that are required for all your Apex like equipment to work. These increases in the cost of doing business could put a company out of business quickly especially if they dont cooperate. It could be that they might experience a rare Hawaiian lightening storm that burns down their entire industrial village. Or even Paradise California, where the governor moved in quickly to ensure there were more than 18,000 loan applications to rebuild the 14,000 or so properties that were destroyed. Business doesn't get rich giving deals to neighbors. Business squeezes the last drop out of each rind. Otherwise they wasted an opportunity to expand their earnings. This isn't bashing Capitalism, business is foisted upon the people in every economic scheme known to man.
Who pays the taxes? All good citizens, by definition.
KrisReef
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Ryan Chili! Easy 80% on that plush
for $9.99, cranked out in a sweat shop behind the LED factory probably used as dunnage for the pond crossing.I had a friend years ago who said to me; "If I ever start wearing checkard pants, shoot me." I think the same thing about many of the swag items, and Ryan Chili fits that criterion for me.
But I am happy for others who must have one. It's a free market world.
ONLY Nine Ninety Nine, your corals will thrive with his recomendations! Wonderful!
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