New 160g Instant Ocean buckets

[andestang]

They have them here at Big Als - $65.00 w/shirt - only $10.00 less than a 200g pail The lid is a good idea though

[butters88]

They're $49.99 for boxing day only though, with a 6 pail maximum. I guess they're considered really cheap

[Samw]

Originally Posted by butters88

They're $49.99 for boxing day only though, with a 6 pail maximum. I guess they're considered really cheap

that just matches J&L's everyday price.

Hopefully, J&L will have a maximum as well so nobody with a really huge tank buys it all up.

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

[StirCrazy]

Originally Posted by UnderWorldAquatics

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.

Im done my little rant now....lol

so concidering it is even cheaper in the US I guess they are going to be so mad they are going to close there businesses

the Price does reflect what people are willing to pay and it doesent matter what the big companies think as if people won't pay 89.00 for a bucket they won't sell any. Remember when it says "Sugested manufactures price" it is only a sugestion not a requirment, as long as the manufacture gets it's 40.00 per bucket (just a fictisious price for simplicity) they don't care how much there retailer sells it for. the only time you will see price setting is in a monopoly type situation.

Steve

[Samw]

Sorry that our clowning around was perceived as whining.

I bet if everyone had to dig deeper to run a reef tank, there would be less pockets to dig and stores would go out of business because reefkeepers simply quit the hobby. The reason why more people are getting into reefing now is because prices keep coming down. This can mean more business to the stores when lower prices attract new customers. Lower prices isn't always a bad thing for the industry or store if the total revenue and profit increases because of it. The market isn't saturated yet. Lots of freshwater hobbiests out there waiting to convert or start up a marine tank.

Try selling computers. I heard that the profit on systems is like 2-3%.

I guess what Im trying to get at is that the "salt wars" (see gas wars) are getting ridiculous, people will buy salt at 64.99 which is more than reasonable, selling it for your cost or below your cost to fight for customers is getting old, reefers have never had it so good, I just hate it when you see hobbiests complaining about stores selling salt for a reasonable price, when its the lowest price they can afford to sell it for. This isnt about my business incase you are wondering, I dont sell salt. My point is that if you dont want to have any complaints about livestock and inventory, you cant be complaining about price, cuz when you complain about price and they feel they have to lower their prices, their margins go way down and they cant afford to keep things the way they were...
If I lived in the states and was to mailorder salt, which is the cheapest way to get it in the usa as far as I know, I would be paying between $66 and $75 USD before any local taxes, thats the cheapest way they can get it to their door. that is more than we pay for sure! Sure it says $34.99 on their site but wait till it gets to you... the west coast of bc has the lowest salt prices in north america to my knowledge,
I just dont think reefers out west know how good they have it...

[Jack]

I don't mind the price of the 200g pail but if the bucket size gets drastically smaller(by 40g) and the price doesn't budge... that ain't right.

Salt isn't where LFS make thier money.

And honestly who cares about the free T-Shirts and plastic plants that they try and kiss your butt with. Although the MiniJet's were cool.

[Mak]

I say, keep the damn shirt and give me the rest of my salt!!! ...but I do like Christy's idea for the shirt

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by Mak

I say, keep the damn shirt and give me the rest of my salt!!!

I agree. I have enough shirts already.