SEA-MAX Trade Show. OC travelling Band of Coral Vagabonds.

[ALang]

We are the other couple and this is going to be a fun show!
Only a few more sleeps left.

[Gooly001]

Hi All,

I will be at the Hikari Trade show booth most of the 2 days and will check back often if I miss anyone, you can leave a message with anyone at Hikari on how I can get a hold of you during the weekend.

Regarding livestock and bringing them back, for all interested parties please email me or PM me for details on this. I need to find out if there's enough interest to warrant the administrative fees involved to bring the corals back.

For all Islander people who are interested, the logistics have changed since originally making this post and Harbour Air no longer flies direct to Victoria via Langley. In order for me to ship corals to Victoria, I now have to travel to the Vancouver Airport to ship through Harbour Air. This is a 2 hour trip for me and unfortunately I now have to take fuel cost and my time into consideration. If there's enough people on the island that want to have their corals shipped Monday after they've crossed the border I will have to charge a small handling fee to cover the above costs (fuel and time) as this is a not for profit service that I'm offering. Hope you understand.

I will be staying at the hotel so everyone is welcome to come up for drinks or meet up for dinner. Please PM me if that is your intention.

Thanks and see you all on Saturday.

Paul

[lngrhaul]

Thanks for clarifying this Paul. I can understand that this is a little out of your way - do you have a normal handling fee that you charge for shipping livestock? I guess before I can decide if this is an option, I'd need to know how much we are talking about. Could you also ballpark the admin fee you are mentioning for the admin of the order?

So Islanders, who is interested in having this shipped in one big order? We'll need to know by Friday so we can make a decision on what is involved before we get down there and see all the fun stuff they have. Or are there any Islanders who are going by OC on Monday and can facilitate the transportation??

[dsaundry]

I might actually be able to attend..yeeehah!

[Gooly001]

Hi,

The cost of the USFW inspection fee is $275 which I will divide up amongst the pieces of corals that is being brought back. As far as my fees for dropping of the corals it'll be $80 (This will pay for my fuel and time to travel 2 hours.) and Harbour Air fees will be on top (approx $20 for a box).

I will not tank the corals so they will be kept in their bags until Monday morning when I can drive to the airport. Somebody on the Island will have to organize the group distribution if there is more then one party involved.

Hope this clarifies some questions regarding the process. Only disclaimer is that I am not going to be liable for the corals while they are in transit or under my possession. I will do my utmost due diligence to ensure their safety from Seattle to you.

Cheers,

Paul

Originally Posted by lngrhaul

Thanks for clarifying this Paul. I can understand that this is a little out of your way - do you have a normal handling fee that you charge for shipping livestock? I guess before I can decide if this is an option, I'd need to know how much we are talking about. Could you also ballpark the admin fee you are mentioning for the admin of the order?

So Islanders, who is interested in having this shipped in one big order? We'll need to know by Friday so we can make a decision on what is involved before we get down there and see all the fun stuff they have. Or are there any Islanders who are going by OC on Monday and can facilitate the transportation??

[ALang]

Interested in meeting you and other canuckers for drinks and reef-talk.
We will be staying at the hotel as well, so please pm us with the room #.
Thanks.