yeah, fish town rocks. u other lfs's on mr pleas always have something "on special" at all/most times in livestock and dry good comparably priced to mail order, and please minimze dealin wit any level of poachers, try to promote low impact = aquaculture! :usa1: i think biz is about you win some you lose some just like reefing.
- Location
- Howell, NJ
i 2nd deanos's little thinking stick figure guy... lol
- Location
- 11756
Deanos said:
Ditto??????
- Location
- Philippines
:lol: :tongue1: :usa1: 
i have to say that pics up on this site - or a website - would make me more interested to take the hike to brooklyn. I don't have a car here in the city and it takes me over an hour to get down there via subway- then walking to where I need to go.
The websites themselves aren't too hard to put together- and a basic package from godaddy or another site isn't too expensive.
In regards to online vendors I have to mention again (i think it was brought up in this thread earlier) drop shipping is huge. Not having to carry any inventory, staff, etc and having the wholesalers ship direct to the customer means there is almost no overhead- so any profit over the wholesale price is $$$.
If it weren't for the high shipping costs (as I usually only buy one coral at a time for my small tank) I would never use a brick-and-mortar vendor, but even if I were to buy a coral for say $30 online it would still be cheaper for me to get it at New World for $70.
The websites themselves aren't too hard to put together- and a basic package from godaddy or another site isn't too expensive.
In regards to online vendors I have to mention again (i think it was brought up in this thread earlier) drop shipping is huge. Not having to carry any inventory, staff, etc and having the wholesalers ship direct to the customer means there is almost no overhead- so any profit over the wholesale price is $$$.
If it weren't for the high shipping costs (as I usually only buy one coral at a time for my small tank) I would never use a brick-and-mortar vendor, but even if I were to buy a coral for say $30 online it would still be cheaper for me to get it at New World for $70.
yup ..not aprob ,,only thing the box and heat packs cost me the same as shipping ,$6 for both,You can reuse the styrofoam box for your corals.Reefer420 said:
It will be about 12 to 16 bux depending on how many corals and weight with water
thats total with shipping and box ,heat pack.you pay what pay ..till i box everything a weight it ,i can fit 2 to 3 corals in a box.also depending on the soze of the corals
This is so true for me! Making a day trip via mass transit usually on my day off to go to a fish/coral store only to be disappointed by minimal livestock, un-responsive staff and extremely expensive corals just SUCKS! Posting pics is like "dangling the carrot", i.e. the pic make the decision for me.Reefer420 said:
BTW Ronen you do a great job in this regard, i.e. posting pic and letting us MRers know what livestock you have in real time! :thanks:
DEEPWATER said:
LOL isnt that the overpriced one that used to be in village on w 8 st? so who is the MR member that reps NW here? i used to go there almost everyday during my nyu days. i think i spent about $2,000 there total to date and everything is now dead. that was like 6 yrs ago though.
what about places in queens and brooklyn? the old MR used to hav a just about every LFS in NYC listed and lots of user reviews on update threads. i don't see that here. is it like a litigious issue? like the hobbyists that got sued by petswarehouse???:scratch:
yeah, i think the few dealers that are on MR should have up to date website links on their specials and stock. i drive a windstar now and it really guzzles up gas!
New World is on 38th st (between 2nd - 3rd ave).
I dont think they have a rep on the site as from what i understood they are not very fond of MR.
Although i'll admit that i did pop in there today, and the guy seemed pretty nice. they had some things at reasonable prices too, but the quality of their livestock did not appear to be too healthy.
I dont think they have a rep on the site as from what i understood they are not very fond of MR.
Although i'll admit that i did pop in there today, and the guy seemed pretty nice. they had some things at reasonable prices too, but the quality of their livestock did not appear to be too healthy.
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