Just wondering....

[intarsiabox]

Originally Posted by gobytron

Remember
Vendors PAY to be vendors here.

we do not.

Thats the biggest difference and the greatest reason why you shoudl just accept two tiered standards...

Remember

Vendors pay to be on Canreef only because they profit from it.

We typically lose money anytime we sell on Canreef, vendors don't.

If all the members had to pay to join there would be a drastic decline in membership followed by a drastic decline in vendors and the end of Canreef.

Canadian Tire pays to send me a flyer with prices on it because they want my business, it's no different for vendors on Canreef. The vendors all post prices in their stores that are not special deals to certain people so I have to agree, why not here? To be honest it turns me off from going to these stores in general because other retailers that don't advertise prices do so to get you talking to a salesman to try and oversell (rip you off) on something.

[Dr_Hicks]

Originally Posted by intarsiabox

Remember

Vendors pay to be on Canreef only because they profit from it.

We typically lose money anytime we sell on Canreef, vendors don't.

If all the members had to pay to join there would be a drastic decline in membership followed by a drastic decline in vendors and the end of Canreef.

Canadian Tire pays to send me a flyer with prices on it because they want my business, it's no different for vendors on Canreef. The vendors all post prices in their stores that are not special deals to certain people so I have to agree, why not here? To be honest it turns me off from going to these stores in general because other retailers that don't advertise prices do so to get you talking to a salesman to try and oversell (rip you off) on something.

Thank you !

Hit the nail on the head.

[globaldesigns]

Originally Posted by intarsiabox

Remember

Vendors pay to be on Canreef only because they profit from it.

We typically lose money anytime we sell on Canreef, vendors don't.

If all the members had to pay to join there would be a drastic decline in membership followed by a drastic decline in vendors and the end of Canreef.
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Canadian Tire pays to send me a flyer with prices on it because they want my business, it's no different for vendors on Canreef. The vendors all post prices in their stores that are not special deals to certain people so I have to agree, why not here? To be honest it turns me off from going to these stores in general because other retailers that don't advertise prices do so to get you talking to a salesman to try and oversell (rip you off) on something.

Amen, you are so right.

Before anyone nails me to the cross. I am someone that worked and ran big box stores in the past. Millions in stock on average and 20-40 Staff at any one time. I never practiced this. Pricing everything kept the commissioned sales staff honest and was what customers expected. How is doing business online any different?

Why can't Canreef vendors post suggested retail. If they choose to discount to someone that orders more often, then they can choose to do so.

[Snaz]

What I don't see here is the vendors offering "5% off to all canreef members for the next 24 hours!" kind of specials.

The vendors here, with a couple of exceptions, do not seem to take advantage of the HUGE and interested audience they are paying for. For the most part the vendors display their banner ads and that is it. I hope they get their money's worth.

[jorjef]

In a retail environment where people come to you to buy it's hard to see or understand how people could say they got "ripped off". I would say more of an uneducated consumer. There are alternative buisnesses to buy from and if you don't like the price walk out the door... I sell in a wholesale environment with maybe 5 retail customers coming through he door a week, even then I have no power over them to make them buy from me. It's simple, they ask a price, I answer, they decide. So to "oversell or rip off" in the LFS arena seems pretty tough if you educate yourself before you even walk through the doors.

[SteveConn]

I am into a couple "high end" (ie: expensive) hobbies and I find it downright bizarre and annoying that vendors often don't show pricing either on the forum or in the store itself.
I don't like having to ask for the price because:

-I like to be independent in making purchase decisions when shopping
-I may be weighing several different items and don't want to be a pain in the butt asking for numerous prices
-There is something (that I perceive) as inherently underhanded in NO posted prices

I get that if I were a returning customer I may get better pricing at some point.. anyone who's been in this hobby for a while kinda gets that. I've spent thousands of dollars in the last year getting into this and I can say that most of that money has gone to vendors that DO post prices. I like honesty... and I'm sorry to say that I am left with an overall impression of less than that by the lack of transparency with local retailers that specialize in saltwater.

I don't mind paying more for quality, or good service..just wish I could walk into a store and not have to feel like I am begging for clarity!

Uhm, that's my 2 cents.. been ticking me off for the year I've been into salt!

Thank you to the vendors help to make this hobby more enjoyable by being upfront and helpful!

[lockrookie]

just my two cents.. it may be just to stop other vendors undercutting startng a price war more so to keep the playing field even.. now 10 buck frag is a 10 buck frag but led light fixtures skimmers pumps a whole different story. its hard enough for some of these stores to stay alive with normal business. than to have someone pm teh intrested buyer saying ill give you 10 bucks off what he says plus shipping.

yet i do agree that having to ask for a price can be annoying.. grates on my nerves like someone who starts telling you a great story then walks away with out telling you how it ends.. worse than all this is a vendors website that is never updated.. or unfinished... i like to creap on these sites to see what i may want n the future.. but the page is empty.

[Dr_Hicks]

Originally Posted by lockrookie

just my two cents.. it may be just to stop other vendors undercutting startng a price war more so to keep the playing field even.. now 10 buck frag is a 10 buck frag but led light fixtures skimmers pumps a whole different story. its hard enough for some of these stores to stay alive with normal business. than to have someone pm teh intrested buyer saying ill give you 10 bucks off what he says plus shipping.

yet i do agree that having to ask for a price can be annoying.. grates on my nerves like someone who starts telling you a great story then walks away with out telling you how it ends.. worse than all this is a vendors website that is never updated.. or unfinished... i like to creap on these sites to see what i may want n the future.. but the page is empty.

Completely understandable from a livestock point of view, however I promise you a very large percentage of dry goods from salt, electronics, pumps, skimmers, food ect.... have something called MAP (minimum advertised price) this is done so the market is protected so everyone can make a little scratch and the large stores cannot snuff out the smaller ones.

I also agree asking for pricing can make or break my purchasing decision with a vendor.

[reefwars]

Originally Posted by Dr_Hicks

Completely understandable from a livestock point of view.

i think there should be pricing for livestock

[Dr_Hicks]

Originally Posted by reefwars

i think there should be pricing for livestock

It would be convenient eh....

I appreciate online pricing for everything