yellow tangs pricing

[Thomashtom]

Yeah and whats sad is i see alot of people selling Yellow tangs at very high prices!!! Again i hope people dont bite!!!!

 

[BBoley24]

Life is going to be a rough road for you my friend.

 

[shred5]

I agree with this for the most part.

I noticed when I had my store less variety than I had ever seen. I am STILL trying to get some more springeri damsels after a year of trying for my home tank.

I have been looking for some too. My lfs gets some in about every other week. Every time I get there they are already sold. They will hold or order for me if I want though.

 

[JB33t]

I remember when I bought yellow tangs for $20 each...

 

[ca1ore]

Exactly, just like the ones that pay $50 for a half cup of cheato... there always some idiot and lately plenty of them

Is it though? If somebody can afford to pay $550 for a yellow tang then go for it; if they can afford that they almost certainly are NOT idiots. My other hobby is hi-end audio, and I am always surprised at how much some folks are willing to pay for an amplifier .... $20K!! None of them idiots either. While I would not pay $550 for a yellow tang, I did pay $800 a few years ago for a zebra tang (have convinced myself it was a good buy because I haven't seen one for sale in a long time). I don't think I'm an idiot; though I suppose I wouldn't know it if I were. I think the fish side of the hobby is about to get a lot more expensive and that will affect other areas as well because it will drive folks out of the hobby.

 

[Rubberfrog]

Is it though? If somebody can afford to pay $550 for a yellow tang then go for it; if they can afford that they almost certainly are NOT idiots. My other hobby is hi-end audio, and I am always surprised at how much some folks are willing to pay for an amplifier .... $20K!! None of them idiots either. While I would not pay $550 for a yellow tang, I did pay $800 a few years ago for a zebra tang (have convinced myself it was a good buy because I haven't seen one for sale in a long time). I don't think I'm an idiot; though I suppose I wouldn't know it if I were. I think the fish side of the hobby is about to get a lot more expensive and that will affect other areas as well because it will drive folks out of the hobby.

I'll bet if they paid $20k for an amplifier that was $2k last week, you would change your mind.

I can afford a $500 tang, but I would be an idiot to pay that much.

 

[BBoley24]

Well said my friend.

 

[ca1ore]

I'll bet if they paid $20k for an amplifier that was $2k last week, you would change your mind.

I can afford a $500 tang, but I would be an idiot to pay that much.

It's simple supply and demand.

 

[BBoley24]

It's a whole lot of people that don't understand supply and demand. If you don't like it then you can giiiiiiiiiiiiit out. China would love your cheap labor

 

[Thomashtom]

Life is going to be a rough road for you my friend.

Must of hit a nerve!

 

[Steph72]

...and to think my lfs owner laughed at me for paying to take my yellow tang to the veterinarian awhile back....he’s now the most valuable fish I own! Lol

 

[BBoley24]

Steph I love it!

 

[BBoley24]

Must of hit a nerve!

Yeah man. It's not just this industry you guys can't comprehend economics. It hurts my soul when people say no to communism and hold the principles closely. I don't know if it's ignorance or envy.

 

[Softhammer]

Ignorance Of very very simple economics is running rampantly right now. The yellow tang debacle is just a drop in the bucket. Every single thing is this country is going to get its prices jacked up. Our fiscal lives would have been safer if we gave our routing numbers to Bernie Madoff than the current administration.

 

[Rubberfrog]

Ignorance Of very very simple economics is running rampantly right now. The yellow tang debacle is just a drop in the bucket. Every single thing is this country is going to get its prices jacked up. Our fiscal lives would have been safer if we gave our routing numbers to Bernie Madoff than the current administration.

Let's leave politics out of it

 

[Softhammer]

It literally has everything to do with the tang debacle.

 

[miyags]

I bought my yellow tang for 19.99 14 / 15 years ago. Still going strong.

 

[ca1ore]

Ignorance Of very very simple economics is running rampantly right now. The yellow tang debacle is just a drop in the bucket. Every single thing is this country is going to get its prices jacked up. Our fiscal lives would have been safer if we gave our routing numbers to Bernie Madoff than the current administration.

I literally have no idea what any of that means. Care to untangle the word salad and explain?

 

[BBoley24]

I literally have no idea what any of that means. Care to untangle the word salad and explain?

I wouldn't poke that toad.

 

[Phil D.]

Wow i really hope people dont try to take advantage of Hawaii ban and start gouging prices of Yellow tangs !!! that would be a shame!!!

Too late!! My LFS has a Small-Medium sized one for $165