Stores that don't display prices.

[Seriak]

lol!

[kien]

Originally Posted by reefwars

noticed this the other day , i guess your back eh:P

they also spelled your name wrong ..........does it get any worse than that:P

[Ryan]

Originally Posted by michika

I've walked out of quite a few stores as of late partially for the same reason. Although my biggest pet peeve as of late, and really it makes me want to loose my marbles with some employees is the attitude you get when you ask these employees for said prices.

I have had employees eyeroll me to my face when I ask them to come over and provide me pricing on their livestock or drygoods.

Also, just 'cause you come into the store with sweats and no make up is not a valid reason to discriminate against your customers. Its sad that you have to dress up to get service at some shops. I stood around somewhere for 45 minutes without the fainest acknowledgement from a store the weekend before last while I tried to spent a few hundred dollars on drygoods. Went back the Sunday dressed up and wow, people were dropping what they were doing to ask if I need help.

Now you know how the guys feel everyday.

[iceman86]

This weekend I did my LFS run looking for a diamond goby. I made it to 5 stores 3 didn't have any but in 2 the price was still listed for $30 cuz they just sold. the other two stores that did have them were $50. Where is the competition? I just walked out.

[moppy]

The best is when there are no prices and you ask one employee for the price and then ask another and their answers are COMPLETELY different. Sometimes not by just a little bit either. I've had $30 swings on the same coral!

And is it just me or are prices going though the roof?

[SteveConn]

Usually when I am out to buy livestock I have a generalized idea of what I want to spend. Having to ask for 10 prices is NOT what I feel comfortable doing when making purchasing choices. I've spent a fair amount on what I have collected since getting into the hobby about a year and a half ago... most of it from private sellers just because I would rather deal with prices upfront unless it is something really special...and I cant say I see a lot of "really special" so far from LFS... missing shipping days??

[chatyak]

No price - no buy.

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by chatyak

No price - no buy.

I'd have missed a lot of great deals with that attitude! No price means tons of room to negotiate!

[kien]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

I'd have missed a lot of great deals with that attitude! No price means tons of room to negotiate!

+1. No price means its $1.00. At least that's where I start. Sometimes haggling is fun.

[fishoholic]

Originally Posted by iceman86

This weekend I did my LFS run looking for a diamond goby. I made it to 5 stores 3 didn't have any but in 2 the price was still listed for $30 cuz they just sold. the other two stores that did have them were $50. Where is the competition? I just walked out.

Prices vary depending on how much shipping was charged on the whole order: for example, sometimes if you do a larger order the supplier will give you a break on shipping, but sometimes the larger order costs more to ship depending on weight. Also where the shipment comes from (indo shipments are usually cheeper then anywhere else) will effect the price. Sometimes a supplier has a special on certain fish making that fish cheeper then normal and then there are certain times of the year were certain fish are less available then other times driving up the price of that fish. Also weather effects prices, if there is a storm somewhere, they charge more for shipping or sometimes delay shipping all together.

So needless to say there are many factors to take into consideration that will change the price of the same fish from store to store.