Would you be willing to pay more for more exotic corals

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Originally Posted by Jason McK

Now I'm not affiliated with any LFS but was wondering why Canada dosen't get the same corals. I'm sure there are a ton of factors but, would you be willing to pay in the hundreds of dollars for a show peice that was unique?

Jason

because of two reasons, when the big shipments come into LAX the importers are waiting and the best corals go to there best customers, the local stores get choice after that then Canada gets left overs. I saw this feeding frenzi in action when I was in the US last year doing a tour of a big importer holding area. the other reason is our market won't support the prices some of the US places will, I found normal corals are cheeper than what we pay (and some of there normal are nicer than what we get) but fancy show corals get probably 3 or 4 times the price that we would pay in canada on a regular basis.

Steve