LFS Stores Prices

[aznt1217]

I know exactly what store it is haha.

 

[chinatown]

i have a feeling i know what store this is.

 

[SevTT]

yeah true but common how hard is it to grow a kenya tree

Hell, when you hit a certain point, it's harder to not grow Kenya Trees.

 

[DrCooper]

I also am 100% sure on the store and frequented this store when I first started. The prices are I N S A N E yes but not only are the prices insane but they quality has really gone down. I will stop in to look when I am in that area and its just sad.

I first thought it was a great store but as I learned saw the huge mark up. I do understand its a business like anything else so one must make profit but some of the prices almost made me laugh

 

[jcolon2]

Ironically, someone told me I should check this store out last week. And the manager of the LFS that I was in at the time warned me not to go to this LFS that is selling this Kenya Tree.

 

[Alfredo De La Fe]

I remember when Kenya Tree first hit the market. Even back then, it was not quite as expensive. "Frags" of it were selling for $30-40 at the Brooklyn Aquarium Society benefit auction...

Alfred

 

[LongIslandAndy]

I would not even take Kenya tree as a trade in. Sorry about profit margins and all the tank raised stuff, that price is just crazy......

 

[DCG1286]

(simply very rich area hence the price)

^^^ This. I am SURE ... ALOT of the people that go into that shop (which we all know which one it is) there have no idea about this hobby ... don't take care of their tanks themselves ... and clearly DO NOT care what they pay for corals/fish/drygoods etc.etc.

I have scored some ridiculous deals at this LFS myself ... knowing some of the employees ... that are unfortunately no longer there.

 

[rewris]

I'm sorry, why is the name of the store being hidden?

 

[DCG1286]

I'm sorry, why is the name of the store being hidden?

Out of respect for the OP. He chose not to name this store so therefore it is only courteous for us to oblige.

 

[rookie07]

T/R= Total ripoff

However, it appears that there is a "club price" of $37.49, which is not nearly as much of a ripoff

 

[cowfish]

T/R= Total ripoff

However, it appears that there is a "club price" of $37.49, which is not nearly as much of a ripoff

LOL. :tongue1:

2x a year during major sales, if you know what you're doing, you can find some decent deals there. Overall, their retail mark-up is literally double that of most other LFSs. Even with this crazy profit margin the majority of their profit comes from their maintenance department (or so I was told).