RnB Posted November 22, 2006 Report Share Posted November 22, 2006 great auction result, proves that you can sell livestock on trademe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetskisteve Posted November 22, 2006 Report Share Posted November 22, 2006 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feelers Posted November 22, 2006 Report Share Posted November 22, 2006 I wish I got to sell my anemone and sailfin etc on TM, its driving me nuts wondering what they would have gone for! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RnB Posted November 23, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 23, 2006 Steve, i virtually gave that yellow tang to you the manderin getting a good price as well People are SO PRICE sensitive as they have no real alternatives.... a slight discount gets so much response. its good news for anyone who is thinking of ripping down a tank.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasp Posted November 23, 2006 Report Share Posted November 23, 2006 Why not share the link so we can all enjoy this conversation? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubbles Posted November 23, 2006 Report Share Posted November 23, 2006 Why not share the link so we can all enjoy this conversation? http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=77815185 I bowed out early Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KP Posted November 23, 2006 Report Share Posted November 23, 2006 Wow that is a pricey yellow tang, must have a great personality Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skippy Posted November 23, 2006 Report Share Posted November 23, 2006 KP wrote: Wow that is a pricey yellow tang, must have a great personality Jansens at Mt Eden had them at $225 on the weekend - and they weren't that big Makes the $170 current bid a bargain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KP Posted November 23, 2006 Report Share Posted November 23, 2006 Oh I must be getting out of date with Aucklands prices :lol: I thought they were round the $120 mark :oops: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reef Posted November 23, 2006 Report Share Posted November 23, 2006 no bargain on the mandarin. should advise retailers to put all the pricing up. i am sure they are about $80 at Jansens http://www.trademe.co.nz/Home-living/Pets-animals/Fish/Fish/auction-77975156.htm pointless thread. I thought they were round the $120 mark Its been a long time since yellow tangs where $120. That is inflation for you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skippy Posted November 23, 2006 Report Share Posted November 23, 2006 Reef wrote: i am sure thay are about $80 at Jansens Yip, close. Both HFF Albany and Jansens had mandarins at $85. Jansens was slightly bigger, but HFF had both the picturatus (spotted) and the splendidus (striped). Very nearly bought the splendidus BTW Reef. I got that piece for the streams that I was missing. Cheers anyway Skippy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reef Posted November 23, 2006 Report Share Posted November 23, 2006 BTW Reef. I got that piece for the streams that I was missing. Cheers anyway good TM bargain then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skippy Posted November 23, 2006 Report Share Posted November 23, 2006 Absolutely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaneo Posted November 23, 2006 Report Share Posted November 23, 2006 wow you can sell fish on the internet ! posted by: reefman (51 ) 7:46 pm, Wed 22 Nov ????????????????????????? Saw one of those mandarins at HFF Albany looked almost belly up! so left it. been after one for a while too :-? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ady_uk Posted November 23, 2006 Report Share Posted November 23, 2006 I got yellow tang from hff albany for $85.00, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reef Posted November 23, 2006 Report Share Posted November 23, 2006 I got yellow tang from hff albany for $85.00, do you mean $185?. its been a long time since they have been $85. about the same time house prices where $100k Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petplanet Posted November 23, 2006 Report Share Posted November 23, 2006 I think you are almost always better off getting fish that have been in other peoples tanks for a long time. Especially if it is anything hard to feed. The tangs in the shops almost always tend to be skinny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookie extreme Posted November 23, 2006 Report Share Posted November 23, 2006 its been a long time since they have been $85 thats how much they were! about 2 - 3 months ago! i was quite surprised too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted November 23, 2006 Report Share Posted November 23, 2006 It was only a year or two ago I saw a website in the US selling yellow tangs for $2US each.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lduncan Posted November 23, 2006 Report Share Posted November 23, 2006 Probably because they come from American waters ;-) The freight cost to get a single yellow tang to New Zealand is more than that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pies Posted November 23, 2006 Report Share Posted November 23, 2006 I've purchased a bit of stuff from the USA this year, and freight is expensive, I can only imagine that live stock transport would be worse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lduncan Posted November 23, 2006 Report Share Posted November 23, 2006 :lol: expensive is an understatement. I've been looking at various carriers for 3 day service from the States in the last few weeks. $150/kg for a 1kg parcel dropping to $50/kg for parcels around 10kg seems the norm! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RnB Posted November 23, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 23, 2006 pointless thread. seems a popular thread tho.... so guys are you trying to say that fish that have been in a persons tank for a year should sell at a premium to a recent import shop fish? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetskisteve Posted November 23, 2006 Report Share Posted November 23, 2006 depends Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krama Posted November 24, 2006 Report Share Posted November 24, 2006 it all depends on the old supply and demand.. if it was different, better, healthier, or just there and I want it, and I want it now, then I would pay more than I would normally would. Especially fish, which I hear are very difficult to frag........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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