What's up Red!? Wish you could have made it to MACNA. Would have been cool to hangout and talk reefs and drink. My wife doesn't do either lol.
I didn't think there were going to be any blowout sales at MACNA and I wasn't looking to buy anything really, just wanted to soak the atmosphere. Very cool to be there in person.
I'll agree with Albert about the cost of running something like this and understand the costs will be passed on. I didn't see anything discounted deeply. Even on the final day the most I saw was 30% off. There was a great deal on clams though IMO. Any sized clam in that frag tank for $80! Two for $150!
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was that a bounce mushroom I see???

I was looking at some yesterday... and then saw the price and didn't love them as much.

You bet! I'm not ignorant of the associated costs. The MACNA pricing falls right in line with online sales from said vendors too though.

I found great deals on Sunday when vendors were packing up the two years I went. 50-75% off.

Heh, I guess they're all colluding and trying to set a precedence for next year to discourage people from poking around until the end of the show hoping to snap basement bottom deals... Cartel style :P

That or they legitimately are feeling the sting of increased livestock costs, especially on the cherry-picked stuff.