Fragalot Group Buy Lower Mainland Spring 2012

[Bblinks]

Originally Posted by Snaz

So interested in a Fragalot group buy and live in the lower mainland?

Steps as I see it:
1. Choosing a host. Someone with tank space or a usable quarantine tank able to host the purchases until the buyers have a chance to pickup their frags. I would hope everyone could pickup their frags within five days of them landing at our host. Host would need to be central and preferably south of the Fraser. Preferably host is a canreef regular so we can all feel good about trusting him/her with our purchases

2. Payment. I am thinking PayPal has some group options we can take advantage of. Should be easy. Payment coordinator does not have to be the frag host but it might make things easier.

3. Communicating with Fragalot. I remember one group buy where communication was poor and timing was unlucky because the seller had some serious personal issues at the time. This caused some aggravation and stress all around and I am hoping to avoid that. I am hoping Burc or whoever coordinates our order will post here and keep us all in the loop.

DO NOT MAKE FRAGALOT PURCHASES AND SAY TO THE SELLER THAT YOU ARE PART OF THE CANREEF GROUP BUY AT THIS TIME. I think this was the root of some of the confusion on that other group buy. If you want something from Fragalot NOW then go ahead and make the purchase and ship to yourself.

Once we sort out the details of the group buy we will communicate as a team to the seller and life will be good. If you do not understand this last point speak up now.

Discuss please.

http://www.fragalot.ca/

My apologies snaz, I am glad everything is getting sorted out! I am off this thread.

[milano07]

It's very unlikely that you'll ever get all the frags you ordered from Burc. I have done a few orders and every order had frags missing or other frags that were not ordered were sent to replace stuff he didn't have at the time the frags were shipped. One time he sent a big rock that had nothing on it....lol. All these orders happened within the last 6 months.

It almost looks to me that he doesn't send all the frags on purpose. This way people are forced to place another order to get the missing frags. The problem for me was that on that next order other frags were missing and it's basically a never ending story.


If I were you I would get my money back unless you enjoy gambling. If you order x frag thats exactly what you should get specially after he confirms that x frag is in stock.

[Aquaria]

Originally Posted by milano07

It's very unlikely that you'll ever get all the frags you ordered from Burc. I have done a few orders and every order had frags missing or other frags that were not ordered were sent to replace stuff he didn't have at the time the frags were shipped. One time he sent a big rock that had nothing on it....lol. All these orders happened within the last 6 months.

It almost looks to me that he doesn't send all the frags on purpose. This way people are forced to place another order to get the missing frags. The problem for me was that on that next order other frags were missing and it's basically a never ending story.


If I were you I would get my money back unless you enjoy gambling. If you order x frag thats exactly what you should get specially after he confirms that x frag is in stock.

Wonder how many times this needs to be said in the same thread before people stop saying it. We all know what were doing, gamble or not its still cheaper then LFS

[milano07]

I personally think that threads like this should not be allowed because he is NOT a sponsor of this forum.

[Aquaria]

Originally Posted by milano07

I personally think that threads like this should not be allowed because he is NOT a sponsor of this forum.

Good thing your not staff

[milano07]

Originally Posted by Aquaria

Wonder how many times this needs to be said in the same thread before people stop saying it. We all know what were doing, gamble or not its still cheaper then LFS

If you are looking for cheap then you are in the wrong hobby............

[Aquaria]

Originally Posted by milano07

I personally think that threads like this should not be allowed because he is NOT a sponsor of this forum.

Originally Posted by milano07

If you are looking for cheap then you are in the wrong hobby............

I love how people say that...seems to be the go to answer when the word cheap comes up.
Looking for a few cheap corals does not mean someone is in the wrong hobby now please keep your thoughts to yourself its not constructive

[Aquaria]

Im going to school soon in kelowna so i would like to order sooner then later or i won't be in town to get them

[wickedfrags]

milano may be a good example of where "the bitterness of poor quality remains long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten"

Originally Posted by Aquaria

I love how people say that...seems to be the go to answer when the word cheap comes up.
Looking for a few cheap corals does not mean someone is in the wrong hobby now please keep your thoughts to yourself its not constructive

[Kryos]

Originally Posted by milano07

If you are looking for cheap then you are in the wrong hobby............

I admit that this hobby isn't cheap, but what's wrong with trying to find good deals? Following your logic, everyone who buys from the buy/sell boards is in the wrong hobby.