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Originally Posted by Justin

I understand the point you are making, but it is not accurate. Belive me I see it everyday. There are no add-on sales due to the decrease in salt price. No one comes in for salt that was not going to buy it anyways, just because it is cheaper.

sure it does, I know a bunch of people that buy salt when it is cheep.

Originally Posted by Justin

The smart thing to do would be to support the good stores, let them make some money. The money goes back into the store, which comes right back to the customers in increased quality and added service and availability.

spoken just like a store owner "please pay me extrodnary prices so I can get rich and retire."

Originally Posted by Justin

Rock bottom prices to not bring more long term stable hobbiests into the hobby. If anything it brings the people who's tanks will be in the classifieds in 6 months and killed thier tanks inhabitants many times. Low prices do not carry a strong sence of responsability. They only make the item more spontainious and "throw-away". Am I the only one other then UnderWorldAquatics (Kyle?) that sees the importance of responsable price structuring and the advancement of the hobby??

Sorry to inform you buy high prices won't stop flash in the pan hobbiests and classified adds. and I guess you and Kyle both look at it that way because you are ivolved with the industry. either that or you are trying for a hobbiest of the year award.

The fact is 400% mark ups are hiway robery and just plain taking advantage of hobiests by making the hobby sound more important than it is. only 10% of us are responcibe buyser and the sad fact is less than that percentage of LFS are responcible sellers. I don't know any store that won't sell a tank and everything and tell them to come back tomorrow after there salt is mixed to get a few fish. I have even seen the fish sold at the same time as the tank in more places than I care to know.

Steve