!!!!!!SAVE YOUR MONEY!!!!!!!!!!!

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I mean it! At least for a few more days. I can't help but feel like a "sale" is almost more of an indication of desperation or a means to purge otherwise negligible inventory. And these “continuous” or recurring "sales" as mere gimmicks at best, and a long con at worst. If the sale never ends how on earth is it a “sale”, other than things will be bought and “sold” in the literal sense. I mean pre-black friday pre-sale sale? Almost laughable. I think a lot of these places follow the “Everything’s always on sale, but at regular price” model like JC Pennys or whatever. I get it, the temptation for consumers to save now, as in right this second, trumps any sensible decoding of the actual vendors promise. That is the way it works. Not going to fight it or condemn it. I'll maybe get a gentle jab in every once in a while. But when I see these constant weekly or even daily sales, I can't help but wonder if maybe a lot of the times it’s a bit of both going on. This is not to say that the guy who never has sales may not be struggling as well, just that an effort to move out as much stuff as possible as cheaply as possible seems more like an act of desperation than of genuine accommodation. To me at least...

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Anyway, if you're still with me, rant will end now because I apparently I just can't seem to help announcing a sale of my own without some wordy ranty preface that is in its own right a gimmick as well, lol. And here's me doing exactly what I am making fun of, but maybe that helps me justify my participation lol.

So what I am really saying literally, is "SAVE YOUR MONEY!!" If you are thinking about placing an order with me anytime soon, just hold tight a few more days because i am once again joining the fray and doing the “Black Friday“ thing as well with no restraints. A real bonafide sale. Probably going to run it all week even. And not just a reminder that my prices are still as "slashed" as they were last week. This is the only sale I've had since last Thanksgiving. All coral on my site will be discounted including Battleboxes which in all fairness are already an excellent deal. See what I did there.

Look for an "official" thread on said cash grab, Er, I mean sale, as soon as Monday. And remember, we are always bumping this thread to win!

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edit: and a side note to anyone who may have placed an order recently prior to the upcoming sale. Do not fret my good friends. You will be "Hooked up" and I mean it.
 
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Great write up. I have always thought the same thing in regards to these so called sales every week. Sometimes I wonder why some vendors price things so high when their competition had the same thing for 1/3 the price in their sale. If I had I sale I’d most likely see what my competition has been selling items to get a better feel on my price point. Or these great discounted % in an inflated regular price LOL. Anyways, I don’t reply or post much but you touched on a subject that I have always been laughing about. Very curious on your Black Friday sale now ha ha ha
 
I've been trying to put money together for a box for the last month. And every time, I mean every time, I'm about ready to put an order in something fails... my return pump, my hydra 52, ugh driving me nuts lol I need me some battle corals
 
It's Christmas time. Everyone is out to get in someone's pockets. At any cost. As long as it helps their "bottom" line. And people buy into it. Have you ever witnessed someone making a large purchase and then justifying the purchase? It's how we humans work. Or how we are trained to work. Sadly, if most people "think" they're getting a deal it works. The whole art of advertising.
 
Is the Vivid confetti ready to be fragged yet?

or any crazy coral that you only know about like “dougs dad 100 other words” and rainbow melon?
 
Just a thought on “sales”. A few years ago The new CEO of JC Penney chose to stop sales. He said he was lowering prices on everything and nothing would be on sale. 10 months of customers leaving and profits turning into red, They fired that CEO and went back to what customers demanded. But the damage was done. People left and vowed never to return. JC Penney is still floundering and predicted to close.

Americans shop a particular way, they seek out sales it’s part of our culture. Despite how you may feel it’s a culture and what people have come to expect.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m one of the few that preferred what the JCP CEO was trying to do. I appreciate every day low prices. Just allot of the shopping world doesn’t.

Oh and will the Deltec Twin 1500 be on sale? LOL
 
I recently purchased a Battlebox figuring a ”sale“ could possibly be around the corner, but like Adam said the Battlebox’s are already significantly at a discounted price to begin with. I figure, If I have XXX to spend on a Battlebox, and I am already trusting Adam to put together a pack based on what I was willing to spend, then I want the full value of that Battlebox.

Now if I was going to cherry pick a couple of items than I probably would have waited, but I couldn’t be happier with my purchase.

I already feel like I got “hooked up” sale or no sale.
 
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Well said Adam. What is full price if it is always on sale? Prices just get jacked up so “sales” bring price down to what it should really be all the time anyways. Not really getting a deal but people can’t resist the urge because they make you feel like you are getting a great deal and saving money when you aren’t.
 
I'm going to have to crowd fund for a bigger tank. I have absolutely no more room to put SPS corals. Maybe next year.
 

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