Emerald525 Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 Who wants to do another group buy? I do! Who wants to support your LFS too! The question of the day is what would you be interested in going in on in a group buy! This is a great way to make a high end coral more affordable such as an ultra grade acan. The one successful one we did was for a Tyree Baby's breath favia. I would like to go locally because we really have nice stuff here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rgrcrain Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 I would vote "ANY". I love supporting local shops and i'm a follower. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoobtoSalt Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 I say it depends on the LFS........ but you know where I'm coming from on that one...(laugh) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saltfinsax Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 Chalices for the WIN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoralCrazy Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 I say yes...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgf86123 Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 I voted for chalices, I'm willing to give em a try again, but don't wanna spend a TON on em, ya know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgf86123 Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 The only problem with these group buys Kim is that some of, not sure who, so not pointing fingers, of our "glorious"(This is not for all of you sponsors, you guys are awesome, this is only being pointed at the ones who B&^%*^ about the last group buy we attempted to do) sponsors got butthurt and *****ed to the wholesalers and ruined the group buy. I'm sorry, but I love group buys, they enable us to put corals in our tank that we ordinarily couldn't afford, and the fact that we are doing this with EACH sponsor, if they are interested in this, it just boggles my mind that one of them would complain, you know who you are, you should be totally ashamed of yourself. With that said, Kim, I'd love to get this going, if we are going to make this a MONTHLY affair, we need to get a list of sponsors who would love to be a part of this, and make up a list of who we are going to order from each month, so that the sponsors can find us those super nice colonies, it gives them all warning and a head's up, we would just need to have people in place who we can be sure are not going to back out. And at a buy-in of no more than 20-30 bucks, I'm sure none of us will back-out LOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smann Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 I'd go for a chalice, My LFS is Upscales, I could ask Travis about ordering one. From what i've seen around town we'd be looking at $250 for a nice piece or $25ea for ten people. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XrayGuy Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 I say hecks yeah! As long as its not from that one LFS...oh wait, they are not a sponsor anymore... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emerald525 Posted February 15, 2011 Author Share Posted February 15, 2011 I'd go for a chalice, My LFS is Upscales, I could ask Travis about ordering one. From what i've seen around town we'd be looking at $250 for a nice piece or $25ea for ten people. Steve Steve I was going to go with Tim at Westside. Reef165 drew his name for January but there was not enough interest for the sps colony. Tim also has great taste and there's no rule that says we can't do another group buy chalice. I was considering doing Davy Jones next month since this month's didn't work out. We already did a group buy with Isaac at TCM Aquatics and Garrett with the maxi mini carpets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgf86123 Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 Kim you took the words right out of my mouth LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoobtoSalt Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 dumb question but has anyone thought of a group buy on fish livestock? Maybe some of the shops would consider a better price break on the fish if we were buying higher end livestock? Just throwing it out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diverdown Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 Support your local fish store? I'm in!! No matter what coral it is. Lets get this done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emerald525 Posted February 15, 2011 Author Share Posted February 15, 2011 Okay I have a message into Tim to see what sort of nice chalice colony he may find for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hozer21 Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 Sweet I would love to be a part of this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AquaticEngineer Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 Anyone wanna go in on a group buy of Catalina Gobies? Maybe deepwater gorgonians? ................What nobody? :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smann Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 Steve I was going to go with Tim at Westside. Reef165 drew his name for January but there was not enough interest for the sps colony. Tim also has great taste and there's no rule that says we can't do another group buy chalice. I was considering doing Davy Jones next month since this month's didn't work out. We already did a group buy with Isaac at TCM Aquatics and Garrett with the maxi mini carpets. Sorry my bad! I didn't see in the thread that you'd already picked a store, just offering. i was in on the Salem one and also did Tims super bowl sale so I'll stand by for the next round. Thanks Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 I would be every carefull of the chalice they dont always frag up well.. and there are so many type of chalice I my self really one dont really like the EchinophylliaIm more of the type the OME and the BGM are but that is just me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blues Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 Anyone wanna go in on a group buy of Catalina Gobies? Maybe deepwater gorgonians? ................What nobody? :( I'm thinking about a Catalina goby. .. let me know if a group buy happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reef165 Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 Anyone wanna go in on a group buy of Catalina Gobies? Maybe deepwater gorgonians? ................What nobody? :( That would be great if they weren't a cold water fish, If you want a couple, I'm sure you could get a LFS to order you a couple, they aren't that expensive to need a group by and have everyone else's die. Fish are tricky to do a group buy on, High end fish don't come along all that often and to be able to get 10 would be imposable. Most of the time you put 3 on your order hoping to get one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharoleb Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 I voted acans, favias or zoas. For me it really depends on the piece if I'm going to buy into chalice or sps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emerald525 Posted February 15, 2011 Author Share Posted February 15, 2011 It looks like chalice gets the vote this time Sharole. I am working with Tim right now he has a chalice in mind. I will be posting something up in his forum once I have all the details.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emerald525 Posted February 15, 2011 Author Share Posted February 15, 2011 Okay people it's going to be a chalice. The people have spoken. No worries I'm sure we can do another one for acans and favias and more chalices! Here's the thread: http://www.pnwmas.org/forums/showthread.php?25295-It-s-chalice-group-buy-time!&p=245833#post245833 Tim will post a picture soon. I can't wait! He said normally a frag of this would go for more than 3 times the price he will be selling it! Let's support our local fish stores! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowman Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 YAY Chalice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emerald525 Posted February 15, 2011 Author Share Posted February 15, 2011 Oh oh oh!(clap)(clap) Tim posted a picture up now! It's a nice one!(drooler)(drooler) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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