Prices - discussion thread!

[rocketlily]

Prices from 1st post:
Quote "$10 small colony of special rare zoas, or regular zoos that are 15-50 heads"

Pricing on my thread as of last night:
Quote "9 med zoanthids (15 - 25 heads) @ $10.00 each $ 90.00 (transferred from 50 gal tank)"

Pricing on today's thread:
Quote: "- $15 Zoa Colony (>15 heads)"

Pricing of my tank as of this afternoon has increased by $45.00. This $45.00 increase has put me over $44.10.

[JDigital]

Originally Posted by sphelps

Should we eliminate the rare zoo pricing and just have zoo pricing? I'm just thinking to keep it simple as there are other rare corals other than zoos and people may have different opinions on what exactly is considered rare. Or keep it as is, just asking

I know this is probably a little frustrating for some and obviously it would have been better to have everything 100% at the start but since this is the first contest we should all bare with JDigital (including myself) and accept the fact that we're all learning here as we go and somethings may change but only in the spirit of helping everyone in the contest. Thanks JDigital for putting up with all this and especially me, I would have quit a long time ago

Yellow Suncoral (tube coral): $15 small (<2"), $20 large (>2")
Black Suncoral (tube coral): $20 small (<2"), $25 large (>2")

Hahah! I won't be organizing the next one..

Sounds good on the Zoos as long as we can all agree that is the best plan. Would make my life easier.

Suncoral Pricing added.

[JDigital]

Originally Posted by rocketlily

Prices from 1st post:
Quote "$10 small colony of special rare zoas, or regular zoos that are 15-50 heads"

Pricing on my thread as of last night:
Quote "9 med zoanthids (15 - 25 heads) @ $10.00 each $ 90.00 (transferred from 50 gal tank)"

Pricing on today's thread:
Quote: "- $15 Zoa Colony (>15 heads)"

Pricing of my tank as of this afternoon has increased by $45.00. This $45.00 increase has put me over $44.10.

Prices reverted to Original.

[Chaloupa]

Originally Posted by JDigital

Prices reverted to Original.

Good.....I think that's fair as we all have been going by that .... and then to change it meaning someone is DQ'd isn't fair......looking forward to the Nov 15 pics!

[JDigital]

Originally Posted by Chaloupa

Good.....I think that's fair as we all have been going by that .... and then to change it meaning someone is DQ'd isn't fair......looking forward to the Nov 15 pics!

No one was DQ'd... and the zoas were the only thing that I changed. My mistake.

Just trying to provide a detailed price list for everyone to use, and at the time there was a regular and rare zoas to price accordingly... Now that they are the same price, there shouldn't be any issues.

[noirsphynx]

I bought a baby ricordia from a LFS for $9.99. Is it safe to assume I can add one of my baby Rics for that price as well?

[JDigital]

Originally Posted by noirsphynx

I bought a baby ricordia from a LFS for $9.99. Is it safe to assume I can add one of my baby Rics for that price as well?

Originally Posted by JDigital

Ricordia/Yumas
- $5 Smaller than a Toonie
- $10 Larger than a Toonie

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[noirsphynx]

Sorry, I have no idea how I missed that, thanks.

[noirsphynx]

Am I the only one getting confused here? I'm constantly having to shuffle through this thread to find prices on corals. Is there anyway a sticky can be made at the first of the post where the concrete prices will be so we're not having to dig?

[ElGuappo]

STICKY THiS

Originally Posted by michika

Alright, so for everyone who wants to discuss prices this is the thread for you. I will, once we've decided on some price points, ask Christy very nicely if she will post a sticky thread.

Originally I had suggested something along the lines of the following and we had some mixed reviews. So this is your chance to say something.

e.g.
-$5 small colony of regular zoas, under 15 heads
-$10 small colony of special rare zoas, or regular zoos that are 15-50 heads.
-$10 small SPS frag, under 2"
-$15 SPS frag from 2"-5"
-$20 SPS from 5"-15"
-$30 small clam, under 3.5"
-$15 small softie, e.g. leather, xenia
-$20 large softie
-$15 small LPS, e.g. hammer
-$20 large LPS
- ? specialty items, aussie acans, suncorals, dendros, etc.

I think a basic list for non-specialty things will make the process a lot simpler.

1) Do we still want to go with a basic list?
2) Prices should stay here, go up, go down?
3) What else should be on the basic list?

Once we have an idea of the basic list I'll be able to better reply to the PMs I've gotten about pricing.

Originally Posted by JDigital

So, I did a bit of work, and put together a fairly good price list. I know I am missing things, but this should cover most of the common stuff.

If you have something that isn't on the list, post or PM and I will get it priced and added to the list.

Here is what I got so far.

Zoas:
- $5 Zoas (>15 heads)
- $10 Zoa Colony (>15 heads)
GSP Frags (Sizes based on mat width)
- $10 < 1.5"
- $15 2"-4"
- $20 4"+
Ricordia/Yumas
- $5 Smaller than a Toonie
- $10 Larger than a Toonie
Mushrooms/Metalic Mushrooms
- $5 < 1"
- $10 1.5"-2.5"
- $15 3"+
SPS Frags (Acro, Mille, Digi, Birdsnest, Monti.. etc)
- $10 < 2"
- $15 2"-5"
- $20 5"-15"
Clams (All species, Sizes based on length, not width)
- $20 < 2"
- $30 2.5"-3.5"
- $45 4"+
Hammer, torch, frogspawn, Bubble coral.. stuff will long polyps that reach out:
- $15 Small <3" (Skeleton @ Widest part)
- $20 Large >3" (Skeleton @ widest part)
For things like Brains, lobos, favites, plate-ish stuff:
- $15 Small 1.5-2.5"
- $20Large is 3"+
Duncans:
-$10/single head
-$20/double head
-$30/triple head
Dendros
- $10/polyp
Suncoral:
- Yellow (tube coral): $15 small (<2"), $20 large (>2")
- Black (tube coral): $20 small (<2"), $25 large (>2")