Re: How much to sell baby angelish for?

 If you live in a decently populated area you might want to try and
advertise them in the Newspaper..There has be a demand for these little
fellows, and also the stock has to be great( hench the culling has a lot to
do with it... Hell I can't seem to give any of my fish away and I live in
Southern Cali..)

Timmer...


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> 99% of places will not offer cash
>
> 1st it plays hell with the books (RECORDS)
> 2nd they make  more if they give you store credit.
> Fishcost very little to the store to get.
> $1 sounds more than my LFS would give ya!
>
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> On Wed, 27 Aug 2003 07:56:20 -0500, "Tony" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>
> >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
> >
>