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there is not much that is cheaper but many that are around that same price... that are
much more exotic...
1.Clown knives
2.Senegal bichirs
3.Silver arowana
4.Giant Gourami
5.Peacock Bass
Infact PBass, clown knives and giant gourami are perfect examples... all i have seen available under $150, with PBass available at around $50!!! 8O :twisted:
Right... i have had many a fish sent over from the east...ime it is much much cheaper at the end of the day to send bulk fish, rather than one fish...
And as far as 15cm togas are concerned, i dont think that is the size they are arriving at... when in season i have seen most togas to be around 5-6cm... so i dont believe for a second that postage is the reason togas are expensive... :roll:
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LFS are lucky to even turn a profit on a fish that they only sell for $100 - $300, who the F%#$ are we to sit here and complain about the price on a fish that is actually quite cheap"
Is this really needed? i can tell you... if it were i that wrote these words... id have gotten "another" warning... :roll:
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You will have to let us know of a LFS that sells birchirs, silver arros and giant gourami's for under 200. I'm pretty sure the standard price for a 10cm CK at a LFS is around the 220 mark, the rest would be more espensive than that. I'd love to see the day that a silver arro is under the 200 mark, next minute LFS will be a charity organisation! As for Peacock bass, they breed like rabbits. They are like barra. Never ever call a peacock bass exotic, ever. Exotic = hard to get/rare/illegal. peacock bass are none of these things.
I am not saying that is the one and only reason, just that it is a contributing factor, it all adds up in the end. Freight cost is worked out by the kilo, not by what fish you are sending. Yes when togas are sent over they are not usually at the 15 cm mark (please forgive me for trying to throw an example in on how size of a fish can exponentially increase the freight cost), but even a little toga will still require a RELATIVELY large quantity of water. Are you really saying that freight is not a contributing factor??? I'm pretty sure that this cost would be taken into account when pricing the fish.
Yes, I felt it was needed, after all I did get attention drawn to my statement did I not? It worked quite well don't you think :wink:
Anyway, maybe I didn't get a warning because the PCS are tired of reading posts bagging out LFS that
are their sponsors, they probably been waiting for someone to say something. Most LFS do their very best to give us fair prices, yet we still are sitting here saying why are they charging this price?