Who would you buy from?

Kryten · #1 02-23-2006, 06:07 PM

I've pretty much made up my mind that I want a 24" Aqualight Pro 150 HQI from Coralife, as well as a Wavemaster Pro, for my new 20 gal that I'm setting up. The question is where is the best place to buy them from? J&L Aquatics has them for a seemingly decent price. Big Al's online has them for much higher prices (like $200 more for the aqualight pro

), but they claim that they will beat anyone else's price by 5%. Which would you pick to go with, or someone else entirely, keeping in mind I'm in Edmonton?

P.S.
If anyone here has these items for sale or has some good reasons not to buy these particular items I'd be interested in hearing from you as well.

Thanks!

Seriak · #2 02-23-2006, 06:55 PM

For Hardware, I would go with J&L. Big Al's will only match local pricing so you would never get that price from them. Just my 2 cents.

TheReefGeek · #3 02-23-2006, 07:20 PM

If you are doing a dry goods order from JL, lemme know, I order stuff from there all the time, we could split some shipping costs maybe.

SeaHorse_Fanatic · #4 02-23-2006, 07:33 PM

Doesn't J&L have free shipping if the order is big enough?

Bob I · #5 02-23-2006, 07:34 PM

J&L would be your better bet. A bit of advice here. If you want to use the fixture with the included legs you need a 18 inch wide tank, or it won't work. For a 12 inch wide tank you have to use the hanger kit.

TheReefGeek · #6 02-23-2006, 07:39 PM

Yes, if your dry goods order is over $200, shipping is free. Lighting still pays 1/2 price.

My stuff will probably be over $200, so good point.

saltaddict · #7 02-23-2006, 07:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Seriak

For Hardware, I would go with J&L. Big Al's will only match local pricing so you would never get that price from them. Just my 2 cents.

Not true. Big als will match pricing just print out the product from the net and bring it in. They will charge you equivelant shipping if the product is under $200. I bought a super skimmer and a coralife PC from Big als and had them match both prices from JL.

p.s I do support JLaquatics though. My live rock from them should be here tomorrow.

Ruth · #8 02-23-2006, 08:01 PM

Why not check with one of our board sponsers like Ocean Aquatics or IPZ? They may be able to help you out and you would be supporting those that support us!

muck · #9 02-23-2006, 08:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ruth

Why not check with one of our board sponsers like Ocean Aquatics or IPZ? They may be able to help you out and you would be supporting those that support us!

Exactly what i was going to suggest.

Kryten · #10 02-23-2006, 11:28 PM

Thanks for all the suggestions. I did check out the OA site, but they don't have these particular products listed. Took me a while to find the IPZ site, and their price for the aqualight pro is a lot higher too. Guess I could ask and see if they'll deal...