everyone out west whines unceasingly about salt prices, salt is being sold at far less than its suggested retail price, this is kinda ****ing of salt manufactures that feel the quality of its product is being poorly represented by its price. try buying salt back east, expect to pay about double what your used to. at 89.99 retail salt is dirt cheap, at 49.99 they are probably not even breaking even, even if they are buying by the truckload. its nice for you that some of the big stores move so much volume and can afford to take a loss on a product to get people in the doors, but the smaller guys that dont move the huge volume are suffering cuz they cant take such a loss, they end up folding eventually, everyone likes a good deal, including me, but its sad when most people in this hobby will see a sale price, or already low price, and whine and ask for a deal, these are usually the same people that complain unceasingly about poor quality livestock. if they are not making decent return on their products, they cant afford to keep quality livestock, we need to quit perpetuating the problem, dig a little deeper and pay a reasonable price for what we are buying. take a min and think about the work that goes into getting livestock into your tank, livestock is so cheap its almost free....
Im done my little rant now....lol