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Whatever the market will bear |
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9 | 23.08% |
Whatever I paid for the original frag |
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4 | 10.26% |
Some form of cost recovery for supplies |
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7 | 17.95% |
Saving up money for an upgrade |
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2 | 5.13% |
Just setting a price to get them out of my tank |
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17 | 43.59% |
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#1
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![]() I am not sure you can frag from a 1" frag
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Where did my rum go?! Success in this hobby does not count how you spend your money, it counts how you spend your time. |
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#3
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![]() I usually price them for the going local hobby rate, not the store rate. When people come I usually throw in a couple extra for free. Happened to me a couple times before so I just pass it on.
Just last week a guy wanted to trade a couple frags with me, I just gave him 8 different frags without a trade. Usually if I know the people and they are good people I just give it to them free. |
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![]() I don't frag often but when I do everything is at a low price
If I wanted to make money I would of gotten into something cheaper but I have salt water so I do my part to help out others. Believe it or not I have had people become very angry because I was selling cheap and people won't buy from them. Each to their own
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![]() I guess I should actually address the question
![]() ![]() But then there is the whole trading side of it. If someone has something I want I am 100% down for bartering. I buy nice big name corals for them to retain their value and give me trade value. |
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![]() I feel like I should trademark joeblowcorals.ca now
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![]() I'd way rather trade than sell stuff, but having an infatuation for zoanthids and owning a tonne of different colours it's getting harder to find things to trade for that I don't have.
1. I usually ask what I would pay for the frag. Sometimes taking into account for what it originally cost, sometimes just wing it. Once in a while someone says how much for a frag of a particular zoa. If I don't have any frags, then I'll make one then decide. 2. How much the local store will give me for them in credit. Always open to offers especially if someone is new to the hobby or wants a few pieces. Not a fan of people who say "what's your best price?". I consider that question rude in general, especially when someone does that via text message or PM. |
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![]() Mainly, I just take my frags into the LFS for credit because I don't like strangers in my house. I like trades best (retail value for retail value) because both parties get a good deal. If I sell directly, I usually price at whatever the market will bear. I try to be about 75% of retail. I don't like to sell frags too cheap (especially high-end frags) because then it damages the value of the coral. I really like the auctions here because then I don't have to price them, the buyer does.
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![]() My prices tend to be based on growth rates, survivability and fragging success rates.
Pink birdsnest? - Free That chalice that went from 2 inch diameter to 2.5 in 2 years and dies back if you wave the nippers at it? - $$$ But then I come at strictly as a hobbiest not trying to make money, like a lot of others sometimes it is just about trying to recoup some of the cost of the coral. Last edited by soapy; 02-06-2017 at 04:16 PM. |
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I even gave away many RR frags such as Rainbow loom, Pink Cadillac, Barney, Orange Passion, Pink Floyd to people. I see them as my backups and I really don't mind giving. |