Recent content by protoxeno

Nice breakdown Cirrus. Your example is accurate in terms of sending a personal agent overseas to pick out fish for you. Normally you would contact a farm and it saves taxi fees, hotel and plain tickets etc. Your logic is fair and I do see if at high end should cost that much.

I would pay 2k - 2.5k on that.

Granddragon "Right now I think it is a lot of wishful thinking for I have yet to see a Red fish here in North America. Not to ruin anyones dreams but I dont think I am that far from the truth." All the more not worth $3000 bucks for it.

Even though if one is happy with their fish, they sure can complain all they want about how expensive even higher quality fish. I believe they would one day feel happier to own an even better fish at a lower cost. Don't say that can't be done because of the high demand and low supply. We all...

Well said. Its a fact that some people buy according to its price because it share the owner's identity as they perceive it. I am not one to stop the hobby if everyone can own one. I own an aro because of its majestic features; the colouration, the whiskers, its arrogant look that they are the...

Good stuff. Hope everything is cool now.

The only difference that I see from this forum then others is that we openly discuss pricing and value of different farms. Giving out broad open opinion is a basic mentality on this forum. At arofanatics, I don't think much are talked about in the open on prices LFS charges or the legitimacy...

"Similarly, is that $1.60 cup of coffee at the nearest Starbucks truly that much better than the old 50 cent cuppa joe you could get at the corner diner? Likely, the answer is no. The higher price point obviously includes something else--an intangible value that the producer and consumers have...

Here is something about pricing from a book I am reading. I Learned from a Canadian by Leonard Brody and David Raffa. Page 51. "In a world of product parity where almost every item is comparable to others in its category, premium pricing has become a way to achieve market differentiation...

Dang that oscar is getting his butt kicked. Poor thing.

Yeah thats true. The prices of the fish LFS are selling hasn't decrease at all. All they have done is to stock another product thats a lot cheaper. If I go to a LFS and ask for their regular stock not the indo reds, and say would they be willing to sell to me by a lot comparing to the group...

Everyone got their own tastes.

Looks good, thanks for sharing.

Twice the price hehe, you should see that fish near the end of the store, the FFL (deformed aro with a large hump but in actuality its an aro with a spine defect. aka Fa Fook Long) they sell for $10k+ .....the difference is just the main thing that comes about selling high buying low. If you...

Yeah BigAl's isn't like walmart of fish equipment haha. More like.....the GAP haha.