Local Fish @ Online Prices!

[Joshua Jones]

Hi Guys.

We've come up with a new offering that we're quite excited about here. Deadline for this offering is tomorrow at 2pm so its short notice, but will give you a heads-up on what to look for in future weeks!

This is the deal:

1) With select fish/invert shipments we will be offering a selection of items that will be available on super-special (aim is approx online price + a small provision for cost difference between cost of coastal v.s inland air frieght).

2) Select from these packages and order with 50% deposit by tuesday at 2pm.

3) Pick-up your purchase from 6-8pm on Thursday.

The ideology behind this offering is the following:
- Online vendors can offer lower prices due to the higher turn-over and thus very minimal time specimens are kept in holding systems for customer/vendor monitoring/viewing, exact specimen choosing, see them eating etc..

- In my experience some customers prefer the cost savings in exchange for the added risk and not seeing it before buying it; many have holding systems etc. So it works out

- Understand that the difference in price between online vendors and your Local Fish Stores pays for shipping (from coast, inland) as well as the time, care and attention put into making sure your specimen is healthy as well as gives you the chance to see it before you buy it. This goes for our store, as well as EVERY SINGLE COMPETITOR who do the best they can to offer you value, service, and add to local community. This is not an attempt to undercut ourselves, or any other store, just offer you the choice of risk assumption (and it's proportionate share of cost savings). Maybe i should have made this an article : )

- Our fish vendor is excellent, we have minimal health surprises at the store and expect the same for you.

Anyway, long-short is -- Offerings for this week are:

All specimes are Medium unless otherwise marked
Flame Angel $50.00
Dispar Anthias (min 3) $26.25
Bartlett Anthias(min 3) $57.50
Copperband Butterfly $37.50
Threadfin Cardinal (min 5) $16.25
Helfrichi Firefish $125.00
BlueDot Jawfish $162.50
Labouti Wrasse $125.50
Juv. Passer Angel $100.00
Nassarius Sm (50 Snails) $65.00


To purchase any of these deals, please contact:

Harvey Wong
Phone / Store: 780 761-1101
Fax / Store: 780 761-1102
Email: sales@marineaquaria.ca, harvey@marineaquaria.ca


notes;
- If you don't pick up by 2pm the following day your deposit is lost or converted to store credit at managements discretion. In the event that your stock does not arrive as planned, you can either have your money back, or put on your account to be spent as you see fit.
- Cannot be combined with other specials.
- Of-course there is no warranty, but we will keep our ears open for special cases.

[MarkoD]

Most of those prices are higher than regular prices at LFS in Edmonton, what makes these so special?

[nozwal]

i was just gonna say that. i can find these price easily around town

[Bblinks]

No kidding, with those prices I can dothe same thing in B.C. just buy it from JL and ship it out... I don't get it.

[MarkoD]

and if you dont pick it up by 2pm you lose the 50% deposit? dont most people work until 4pm on weekdays?

so basically you're giving people a 6-8pm window or they could potentially lose 81 dollars (if they ordered a blue spot jawfish lets say)

[Ryan]

Those are higher or the same as the prices in Calgary.

You could drive to calgary hit every store and drive home with gas included and still pay the same for the blue spot jaw.

[sphelps]

And this is why you don't post prices on forums....

[Ryan]

Originally Posted by sphelps

And this is why you don't post prices on forums....

Cause the customers keep you honest?

[Joshua Jones]

Hi,

Just a couple quick notes in attempt to fine tune the beast i apparently bore earlier:

1) I should clarify that there is no courier option. We discussed it and decided to remove that. Sorry for the confusion!

2) You're right, some of those prices are too high to be deals. I should have been more mindful in the inclusions in this selection, so please mentally omit the dumb ones. I will scourge offerings available to us a little more scrupulously next time to find some more enticing deals.

3) Please stay tuned. Although it's possible that nothing on this list appealed to you, who says that something won't catch your eye on a future date? I'm going to run this a few more times
to see the opinions of our silent readers as well; negative words always travel so much faster than positive.

take care all.

Joshua

[mexxedm]

Joshua,
Don't worry about what people say. There are a lot of free people in this forum. For instance, some people are NOT even in Edmonton but they just sh*t their ways into the topic.
I notice that there are repetitive members who like to p*oop in every single topic to make it as stink as they are.