pulling grimy marketing tricks right now.

[MartinM]

What items have an 80% margin?

Distributors have to make 25 to 50%, and retailers have to make about 50%.

 

[Lbrdsoxfan]

Haha that’s amazing, “peak reefing”. Never heard of the play that way. It’s also true.

Covid created that monster, we will never see that mass of new reefers (and old) (re)enter the hobby again.

 

[TangerineSpeedo]

Covid created that monster, we will never see that mass of new reefers (and old) (re)enter the hobby again.

I was talking to a large LFS owner near LAX, he mentioned the golden days of covid are gone. He also mentioned a gratitude for inflation because it helps make ends meet, now that he doesn’t do as much volume.

 

[Lbrdsoxfan]

I was talking to a large LFS owner near LAX, he mentioned the golden days of covid are gone. He also mentioned a gratitude for inflation because it helps make ends meet, now that he doesn’t do as much volume.

Same with my contact on the tank maintenance side. He is doing more large tank breakdowns though (180g +), if that says anything.

Volume is down at the two larger LFS's I visit, but they both have been around forever so they will weather it just fine.

 

[TangerineSpeedo]

Same with my contact on the tank maintenance side. He is doing more large tank breakdowns though, if that says anything.

Volume is down at the two larger LFS's I visit, but they both have been around forever so they will weather it just fine.

I guess if we go back to the original OP's concerns. He can just buy used from a tear down.
In fact most of my stuff is GC used or just back ups ppl. bought. All my pumps are ppls back up pumps. I bought one new prime on sale, and a new RS50 LED that I'm selling (EXC w/arm... not a plug ) Most of my stuff running my tanks is from ppl who got out of the hobby within 6 months or clearance.

 

[rtparty]

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!

If you can get the plushies at $2, contact me

 

[ErikVR]

This is standard practice all over the world. Not to say I agree with it. Just saying don't pin it on one particular retailer.

 

[OctaviusBrine]

You don’t get a screen like this?

Whatever this is outrageous.

 

[NYCBOB]

Comparing the stock market to a retail product is a stretch. Comparing inflation I probably makes more sense no?
“The annual inflation rate for the United States was 3.7% for the 12 months ended August, according to U.S. Labor Department data published on Sept. 13, 2023”

So inflation is around 4% and we see 20% price hikes. Good for you if your happy paying it I’m just saying it sucks and I wish the announcement was a bit more public as I had no idea it was coming or I would of bought before September 8th.

annual inflation aint 3.7%. its much higher.

 

[rtparty]

Whatever this is outrageous.

Buy more stuff. Really stick it to BRS and buy salt and then use free shipping!

 

[KrisReef]

If you can get the plushies at $2, contact me

Todays hot tip: Watch for people breaking down their fish rooms now that COVID-19 has been eradicated! Many items including slightly weathered plushies and unused back-up pumps are flooding the markets.

 

[KrisReef]

annual inflation aint 3.7%. its much higher.

Are you doubting the Labor Departments reporting of these vital metrics for 2022?
Come on man, this is a new election cycle we're moving into. Numbers don't lie.
They just don't care about the truth or the facts we use to create them.

 

[MnFish1]

This was my last cart. I wanted you to be right. My wife thought the Ryan Chile thing was hilarious lol.

He is right - if you go to the BRS website it says there is free economy shipping for orders over $49. If you look at your order, your stuff was 55.97 - 6.90 = it was just over 49.00 (49.07) - so if you had selected 'free economy shipping', you would have not paid for shipping.
https://www.bulkreefsupply.com/shipping-delivery

 

[OctaviusBrine]

Buy more stuff. Really stick it to BRS and buy salt and then use free shipping!

Doesn’t matter I’ve ordered over 1k and the shipping just goes up. No free shipping here.

 

[blaxsun]

It's only inflationary until the economy crashes.

 

[Lbrdsoxfan]

Buy more stuff. Really stick it to BRS and buy salt and then use free shipping!

My ups guy is so gonna hurt me one day, the recent 2x 200g bags of aqua forest from BRS is gonna be the one thing that does me in.

 

[Lbrdsoxfan]

Doesn’t matter I’ve ordered over 1k and the shipping just goes up. No free shipping here.

Its free if your willing to take on the 'slow boat' shipping.

 

[rtparty]

Doesn’t matter I’ve ordered over 1k and the shipping just goes up. No free shipping here.

Where are you located? It’s free shipping over $49 anywhere in the US

 

[workhz]

So OP doesn't want to change title? I'm all for piling on when retailers try to pull fast ones but all I'm seeing is that the July price was never msrp, and even if so it would be a 17% increase (not 20%) which now sounds like 10% relative to prior msrp and they didn't just do it to drop the price for black Friday. Add to it that that they announced an increase ahead of time. So the whole premise for the angst is unfounded but no mea culpa. Buy some black box lights and call it a day.

 

[rtparty]

Its free if your willing to take on the 'slow boat' shipping.

What’s awesome about where I’m at is the free shipping goes UPS and instead of taking it to USPS for final delivery, UPS just keeps it since I have daily deliveries at work. So I get the 3 day for free every time