Re: How much to sell baby angelish for?

>Subject: How much to sell baby angelish for?
>From: "Tony" [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
>Date: 8/27/2003 7:56 AM Central Daylight Time
>Message-id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>I have a batch of freshwater angelfish that I'm trying to find a LFS to buy
>from me, and I'm wondering what would be a reasonable asking price.
>
>The fish bodies are roughly the size of a 50 cent piece.  The fish are very
>healthy.  I haven't lost one in a long time and, although some are smaller,
>none of them appear to have deformities or other problems.
>
>The fish are the result of the spawning of a golden angelfish (female) and a
>silver zebra (male).
>
>I talked with one LFS.  His wife is the buyer.  He said they'd love to get
>tank raised angels and they do so much better than the harvested ones they
>buy.  Only problem is his wife has been gone for a while and so we haven't
>been able to talk to her about buying them.  Don't know the amount they'd be
>willing to pay.  They currently have some for sale in their store that are
>the same size as ours but are very plain looking.  They're selling them for
>$4.
>
>Another LFS that I've dealt with only occasionally.  The asst. manager said
>they "might" be willing to offer $1 in store credit per fish.  If we wanted
>cash, he wasn't sure if they would do that, and he also figured it would be
>less.  We'd have to talk to the owner/manager.  They sell their angels for
>$5.  (Everything in this store is sky high.  2x or more what I'd pay for
>things online.  In reality, $1 in store credit would be a pittance.  If I
>sold them my entire batch I could probably get a couple of containers of
>food and a couple of fish.)
>
>My question for the group:  what do you think is a reasonable asking price?
>To me, if the stores are selling them for $4-$5, I don't think it
>unreasonable to ask $1.50 (cash, not credit).  But, I don't know what
>angelfish go for wholesale.  Can anyone out there tell me this?  I see no
>reason why I should be able to sell them for the same price as the LFS's
>other suppliers, especially since mine are tank raised.
>
>The other thing is that if I don't find a LFS to buy them soon, I may not be
>able to keep them much longer.  I figure once I sell this first batch, I'll
>probably be able to continue to do business with that store in perpetuity.
>
>I have this batch of 50-75, another batch of perhaps 100 that will be
>"ready" in less than a month, and a group of eggs that just hatched 3 days
>ago.
>
>Tony
>

Tony,
I haven't sold a batch in severl years, but a lot of places I've gone to would
give 50-75 cents, per....fifty cent piece-sized babies.
In my opinion....take it. They're offering a common price.
I would also recommend considering the actual shop when deciding on where to
sell them. Such as cleanliness, over all care of their tanks, knowledgeable
staff, etc.
There's shops around me that I wouldn't sell any fish to, no matter what they
offered me, because they were such horrible places.