Steve, I have always paid $6 per pound when picking it from the tub at the LFS. I assumed this price was offered to you also? Many times you were holding a piece of rock you liked but thought the price on the wall of $10 was too much.

Well i know from shopping around Edmonton buying 10-30 lbs of live rock you are paying $10/lb for Live Rock it doesnt matter where you go. A person who is buying 150+lbs has a better chance of getting a deal on the price :cool:

that is also the average price in Victoria, but you can generally do better just by asking. Since I can order online and have it shipped for $6/lb, I can't justify payig $10.
I do recall though that I used to pay about $20/lb in 1992. :eek:

One LFS here will sell a box for about 7/lb if you pre-order, which I guess isn't bad if you prefer to not order online.

naa at that time the price onthe wall was anywhere from 10 to 16/lb.. but it was mainly the fact that the rock I was holding was over 100.00 and the fact that I realy didn't need anymore rock that stopped me from buying :mrgreen:

and why didn't you answer your cell yesterday?

Steve

I've bought live rock At 7.99 a pound once in Edmonton and Calgary. I've seen it at 6.99 once somewhere but i forget. And i've only bought no more than 15 pounds at anytime. And i got some really nice pieces.

I"m glad you have some good experiences with AI. I did have some but i've lost repect for AI now. I plan on doing most of my shopping on the net for now on.

There is no way one should be paying 8 bucks for uncured rock, Ya I wanna support local fsh stores, but I first support my pocket book , and paying 3 dollars a pound for the same rock I can get from Vancouver, hey thats 450 dollars more, that the price of stocking a tank that size, sorry guys this is a no brainer. Thats only my opinion. By the way thsi weather really sucks!!!

I agree 100%. I had to actually put on a jacket today...sheesh!! :razz:

:mrgreen: I didn't think you guys owned jackets in tropical Victoria :razz:

When it comes time for me to retire I'm strapping a snow shovel to the front of the car,driving untill they ask"what the heck is that thing on the front of your car?",thats where I'm retiring!! :biggrin:

hahaha :lol: