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Originally Posted by Myka
This is true. I am a cheap person. I buy 95% of my tanks' equipment used. The tank, stand (which I wrecked lol), lights, skimmer, powerheads...all used. I even bought the live rock "used". I did buy new sand, and I do buy new light bulbs.  You save yourself a lot of money buying used equipment. I probably saved 60-75% on most items. You just need some patience to find what you are looking for.
 Thanks for making me laugh again. It is appreciated - in my humble opinion anyway.  |
Hey, no problem...lol
If I were a lonely tradesman in saskatchewan I would be looking for laughs anywhere I could get them too...
And FYI, even at 60-75% of a discount, which is rare as in my experience, unless the equipment you are buying is in really poor condition you can really onlyexpect a 30-40% reduction from retail price.
and even then, it's always a challenge to find exactly what you need when you need it.
But lets assume you do get that wonderful discount on used....lol
It`s still expensive to a lot of people...not everyone is a ticketed journyman without much more in life than their aquarium to spend money on...
Myka voiced one strong opinion and I voiced another...
I certainly didn't consider anything in this discussion a "fight" or an "attack" (like when someone picks apart your choice of words to describe something you consider helpful and pertinent to the thread when their only intent is to try and embarass you...lol) as it was already mentioned some here do.
Can there be only one voice on this forum...lol
I regret that I don`t have a thousand or more posts, but I still feel that I should be able to express myself, even if I don`t concurr with the opinion of someone who`s more....established than me.
I had thought that we were done here and that this thread could be given back to the original poster but then I find that the soapbox has once more been set up...lol