Lotsa new fishies @ Ultimate Fish

[Obed]

Re: Lotsa new fishies @ Ultimate Fish

when you buy fish from Alex, as they are imports, remember to have your qt tank ready, use it wisely, so you do not lose the fish you already have..... alex has a right to try and make money....
as far as a hippie having fish in his garage, I have them in my garage, and in my yard in the summer and in most rooms in my house, but while the hippies were smoking dope and demonstrating, I was doing my thing in vietnam, I might take being called a hippie as an insult

[rrocket2002]

Re: Lotsa new fishies @ Ultimate Fish

some hippie with no storefront, no overhead, employees, etc. selling out of his garage with a regular every day job.

Thank you Sooner!  I don't consider myself a Hippie either.  I ask what is wrong with someone with alot of fish in their garage?  If i had room inside, they would be inside the house instead.  AVG, you said it like it was a bad thing.

Raul

[a_Vertigo_Guy]

Re: Lotsa new fishies @ Ultimate Fish

Im sorry, I shouldnt have used the term "hippie" as it carried a negative and deragotory connotation.

What I meant to convey, is that when someone sells from their own home/garage/warehouse or whatever, naturally they do not have to markup as a storefront since they more than likely dont have the extra expenses a store would need to put out.

How many ppl at home keep a full line of dry goods comperable to a fish store? Do any of them have employees or do they do the work themselves?

Sooner, if fish stores are marking fish up only a dollar above cost plus shipping and counting losses, stores would be out of business VERY quickly! Its simple mathematics and Im not going to belittle you by explaning them out to you.

You also mentioned you are a stay at home father. Is your fish income the primary and sole income of the household or is there supplementary income from your wife (assuming you are married)?

To the rest of your post, you dont make any concrete arguements or good examples. You say the most you have spent on shipping is $70. Thats like one, maybe two boxes of fish. And a standard sized box can carry anywhere from 1-200 fish. You ever order a dozen boxes of fish? I assure you it costs way more than $70. Depending where fish come from, one box, yes ONE box can cost beyond $70 per box.

Your response just shows me that you know little of what it takes to run an aquarium store.

[jklntx]

Re: Lotsa new fishies @ Ultimate Fish

As Nam Vets know..dope was not exclusive to that generations "hippies"

[eklikewhoa]

Re: Lotsa new fishies @ Ultimate Fish

I visited Alex today to check out what he brought in and will have to say that his prices on the fish were either comparable to recent internet prices or better!!!!!

Lots of freaking cool fish that some will probably never see other then on the discovery chanel!!!!!

Luis Navarro brought some Tanganyika Killies to my attention.... 8O

[Tiapan]

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oh goodness ek is that another tank i feel coming on for you.

[eklikewhoa]

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I think a pre-marriage divorce is coming!!!


They had everything!!!!

Tropheus... kachese, moliros, chimpimbi, nkonde, ilangi, chaitika, mpulungu, probably some others but I forget...sandsifters, foai, featherfins, gobies, petros, moba fronts!!! too many cool things in there!

I don't know if it was the weather but I started sweating really bad in there.....  8O  

[Bogdan]

Re: Lotsa new fishies @ Ultimate Fish

Hi,
Can somebody please tell where is this store located?

[Brownsnoutuk]

Re: Lotsa new fishies @ Ultimate Fish

On FM 2920 about 3 miles West of I-45.

[RonR.]

Re: Lotsa new fishies @ Ultimate Fish

ek, how much for wc mobas?  and what size?

Let's see how competitive Alli's prices really are with other out-of-towners or internet fish folks.

I'll bet your F1 moba juvies (Houston home-grown) are just as nice as Alli's wc mobas.