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Originally Posted by StirCrazy
but I was refuring to the pricing on livestock, it is dirt cheep compared to what I see in stores down here. for example sand and live rick is free, so 10lbs of live rock and sand will be about 100.00 there is 1/3 of the 10g budgit gone if it was not free. acessories less than 15.00 free, so you add a magfloat, thermomitor, tongs ect and you could realistickly be at another 50 to 70 bucks. water, there is 10 bucks if you buy it.
a heater 30 to 50 bucks. I am at 230 now, so a tank we'll use your numbers 16, and wood for the stand 41, so now were at 287.00 still need some sort of pump for water flow..
you see what I am getting at.. I have seen some stands that probably are pushing 100 to 200.00 when all is said and done, they are neat and interesting but heck I could spend 600 bucks easy on a little stand and it would be out of this world and and it would have a huge impact on the finnished product.
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Yeap I agree, this is exactly my point. Prices for everything especially livestock is extremely variable, one person will pay more for the same item as someone else in a different location. In addition very similar items can have very different prices even in the same location. This is the reasoning for the price list to produce a constant and keep things fair. Yes some things are way off either too low or too high and somethings are good. Best solution is to eliminate the variable and apply the contest constraints on true constants.
Also the fact that a stand adds integrity is a matter of opinion. For instance I don't even have a stand and feel livestock is more important.