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Originally Posted by "JohnM99
I know what you mean. The people in one or two of the shops are very nice, and I do support them, mainly with livestock purchases. But some of their prices are insane - ie triple or more normal retail. I did buy $900 of live rock, and lots of slighly overpriced corals here. I am happy to support them that way. But the hardware on sale in Victoria is mostly low end, and quotes I have gotten for some high end stuff were just off the map - ie something in the $3-400 range for $1200 - that's just crazy. $69 for a coral that is $39 in Vancouver is OK, but the hardware prices are insulting.
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Ya, I agree. It's nothing against local pet stores, but I just can't justify paying extra thousands of dollars once it's all added up just to support locally. I will buy most of my livestock from them though.