Somethings wrong

[SchrutesReefs]

I'm willing to come to a settlement on this.

Agreed, we can save that endless debate for a slow thread day

 

[tehmadreefer]

A little confused here, yes corals are more expensive but not all corals cost that much, almost every lfs has at least a $20 frag section

Dont i know it, i try to id these corals and am just flat out saying it is a common coral with no special name and giving them a realistic price now. If i see another vendor try to sell a regular rhodactis mushroom as a micro bounce or even as bounce mushroom for like 200+ im gonna lose it

$20 dollars if you want ugly invasive softies lol

 

[andiesreef]

i have 2 lfs nearby and one has ok prices - $15 for some small favia/favites, xenia colonies, mushroom, and acan frags, $25 for goni frags, small zoa rocks, and some 3" pieces of no name acros and montis... then 10 minutes down the road i see some fancy rainbow zoa going for $200 pp, $250 for an inch of some acro and $500 green torches... so crazy! also the reefing scene on insta is nuts- everyone seems to be looking only for the next big sponsor and the hot coral instead of actually enjoying the hobby. sorry to be salty but i’m so sick of the "hype beast" mentality here.

 

[revhtree Verified Admin]

Hey everyone please keep the thread on topic. We're not here to talk about how some people work hard and others don't or about unemployment or other members.

Thanks.

 

[Saltyreef]

Hey everyone please keep the thread on topic. We're not here to talk about how some people work hard and others don't or about unemployment or other members.

Thanks.

Ok ok. Fair enough....
I really liked my GIF reply tho

 

[revhtree Verified Admin]

Ok ok. Fair enough....
I really liked my GIF reply tho

HAHA I did too and it was like 6-7 posts not just yours! I actually didn't see your until after I made the post you dang rebel you!

 

[ZoWhat]

I got sideways.... again, sorry

I'm like Michael Scott from The Office.

No hope for me, just continual guidance and interventions

 

[stephj03]

* Avg price of most corals on Marketplace $300-$400+ (maybe 1 out of 20 posts are under a $100)

* Avg price of eBay corals $250+ (come to expect hustlers gouging on ebay)

* Avg price of corals with any color among the LFSs in my area $200-$300+ (guess the biz model is to gouge the one customer rather than have 5 fairly priced sales)

This seems a bit exaggerated to me. Unless your looking for trendy corals and then upset at trendy prices.

Shortcake, PC Rainbow, Hawkins, Miami orchid,

Rastas, AOI, sunny D, CAR

Peppermint/red/green acans, Christmas favia


Everything above can easily be found for 10x less than the avg you observed.

 

[stephj03]

Are these the prices you are seeing per frag, or are you saying that a $300-$500 frag pack in the marketplace is steep?

If the former, you've gotta be looking at mostly super high end listings. I just posted WD's, Maleficent, cherry bomb, Creamsicles for $70-$100ea and do so regularly.

If the later, that's a pretty unreasonable standard. I'm out $70 for the label and shipping supplies before I put any frags in the box.

 

[stephj03]

I recently put a bunch of $160 acro 6 packs up.

FedEx failed to deliver 2x to the same person. Of 6-8 packs I sold, I ended up refunding 1 and eating the cost of 2 labels. So I ate $140 in labels and supplies.

Same thing happened to me as a buyer this yr. DOA twice in a row on a $300 frag. Vendor ended up refunding me.

 

[Tamberav]

I'm mean, heck look at Starbucks selling $7 coffees

 

[stephj03]

The livesale critique I get. It's pretty bad form on both R2R and certain big name vendors to fill a livesale with $40 micro frags of common corals.

But it's also bad form on any hobbyist to be so ill informed that they buy them.


And there's nothing wrong with some hobbyist being oriented around expensive collector corals.

Maybe click on a few more threads with PC Rainbow in the title if you want to find more $30-$40 frags. And avoid clicking vivid insanity threads if you don't like what that coral goes for.

 

[Ef4life]

I recently put a bunch of $160 acro 6 packs up.

FedEx failed to deliver 2x to the same person. Of 6-8 packs I sold, I ended up refunding 1 and eating the cost of 2 labels. So I ate $140 in labels and supplies.

Same thing happened to me as a buyer this yr. DOA twice in a row on a $300 frag. Vendor ended up refunding me.

thats what keeps me from even trying to ship. I could probably easily turn a small profit if I shipped stuff, but I’d have to charge a lot more money per frag and or make them smaller to cover losses, scammers, shipping materials etc.

ive also limited my coral buying to October-April. It’s just too hot in the summers to risk it here in Phoenix. Local frag swaps, local clubs etc are the best ways to get cheap frags.