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Old 09-05-2007, 04:06 PM
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Whats the address of the new store location?
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According to http://www.bigalscanada.com/

Bay G, 2020 - 32nd Av N.E.

Sounds like its near .. um .. what is the place called.. "Audio Concepts Mobile". Not too far from Princess Auto's old location.
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Old 09-05-2007, 04:31 PM
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It would be the first bank of bays after the golf course on the left when heading east up 32nd. (coming from Deerfoot south of course )

I am curious what it will look like, are they going to put in a monster shark tank again?

I'm sure anything will be cleaner and newer than the old location
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Old 09-05-2007, 04:33 PM
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http://www.bigalscanada.com/storeloc...algarymain.htm

They are hiring too, hmm maybe I need a part time job in the evenings to pay for my hobby
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Old 09-05-2007, 04:38 PM
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There was a time the south location was all shiney and new .. the scary thing is I remember it.

And the scariest part of all was .. Nate was there then too. All young and stuff. Wait, what am I saying. The guy is still entirely too frickin' young. Apparently I'm old.
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Old 09-05-2007, 04:46 PM
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thanks tony....I am startin to get old too! the ripe old age of 24...

As for the staff, I doubt any will end up there...I keep in touch with some of them, but, like I said, most have moved on since then. I thinkit is only two of us that have remained in the industry. Kelly and myself, but you never know...perhaps they are paying a decent salary and some would go back under the new ownership.

As for the shark tank, I believe you have to have one in every store.

Anyways, competition is good for any industry, I just hope they can keep up with the pricing in Calgary, it is a lot different than other cities. You guys really have no idea how cheap you guys are getting some of these things.
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Old 09-05-2007, 04:55 PM
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Maybe a bit off topic, but this might be something you could answer Nate, Glenda and I were talking the other day and wondering what the salt water market in Calgary is really like.. how many Calgarians actually keep SW tanks. 1,000..5,000...10,000? it seems like there are a number of people from Calgary on this site and I am sure it only represents a small portion of the reef keepers in cowtown.
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Old 09-05-2007, 04:59 PM
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I actually have something like that for information...for my final class in the small business program at Mount Royal we have to do this super crazy business plan, mine was like 80 pages on aquarium maintenance which is what I am doing now.

I used stats from Pijac Canada which were a little bit old, combined with the fact that in the 8 years that Big al's Calgary was there, they had over 100000 customers for FW and SW. I believe I used a 10 % rate of consumers leaving the hobby and a 15 % rate of them entering based on yearly growth. I will check my business plan, and maybe email you the part on it...
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Thats a good location for me, Im always around their.
Hopefully the pricing will be competitive.
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http://www.bigalscanada.com/storeloc...algarymain.htm

They are hiring too, hmm maybe I need a part time job in the evenings to pay for my hobby
Haha...my thoughts exactly.
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