Mat_hunt Posted June 20, 2014 Report Share Posted June 20, 2014 Hi there Just wondering if there is any one in New Zealand who imports guppies from Gold Pisces in Thailand Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted June 20, 2014 Report Share Posted June 20, 2014 Most importers would consider their exporters to be commercially sensitive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mat_hunt Posted June 21, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2014 Hi What do you mean by commercially sensitive? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted June 21, 2014 Report Share Posted June 21, 2014 Hi What do you mean by commercially sensitive? It means: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted June 21, 2014 Report Share Posted June 21, 2014 They aint gunna tell ya. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trilobite Posted June 23, 2014 Report Share Posted June 23, 2014 Im curious too, are there any importers who get specifically high quality stock, instead of the mass produced stuff? Like quality fighters/guppies/whatevers from a top Thai breeder as opposed to the culls we get. It seems like most importers get their fish from wholesalers who just focus on making as many fish as poss Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Discusguru Posted June 23, 2014 Report Share Posted June 23, 2014 Everyone want top quality fish but don't want to pay the high price for them. Importer is not going to bring in high price fish if they can't sell them. Not a lot of people will pay $$$ for a quality fighter when they can get all those rubbish crossing being bred in NZ for $5.00. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trilobite Posted June 23, 2014 Report Share Posted June 23, 2014 Yeah unfortunately thats very true. But the recent Redwoods import where they asked us which fighter colours/types we wanted in the next shipment all got snapped up within a week or so and they were priced around the normal 50-65 range youd see for the nicer types. I think theres definitely a market for them, even if not imported often, just enough to get some good blood and start up some quality lines. Then every now and again a fresh import of some more quality stock so our lines dont get too inbred. I saw some amazing guppies yesterday in Australia and I usually hate guppies but honestly, these guppies were stunning!! completely made me change my views on them. Theres so much more out there than just vt and orange guppies...its a shame nz has to miss out on them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted June 23, 2014 Report Share Posted June 23, 2014 Someone imported fancy guppies a few years back and sold hardly any so he crossed them all up and sold them cheap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trilobite Posted June 23, 2014 Report Share Posted June 23, 2014 Yeah its always a gamble, could go both ways. How feasible do you reckon it would be to get a bunch of interested people willing to pay an importer to get some. I know its against forum rules to organize it on here but just wondering the feasibility of it all. How much is the average cost to import? Eg how much in general do the inspections/quarantine/etc cost Is it cheaper/easier quarantine-wise if they come from Australia compared to Thailand? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted June 23, 2014 Report Share Posted June 23, 2014 Guppies are a high risk fish to import and that is why most importers keep bringing fish in from exporters they know and are familiar with. They usually have freight deals for bulk imports so you would be looking at it being pretty expensive. I have not been involved for a long time so am not aware of present costs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ss_boy86 Posted June 23, 2014 Report Share Posted June 23, 2014 Everyone want top quality fish but don't want to pay the high price for them. Importer is not going to bring in high price fish if they can't sell them. Not a lot of people will pay $$$ for a quality fighter when they can get all those rubbish crossing being bred in NZ for $5.00. You know ill pay the price Ron, if you can get me what I want Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reef Posted June 24, 2014 Report Share Posted June 24, 2014 Discusguru wrote: Everyone want top quality fish but don't want to pay the high price for them. Importer is not going to bring in high price fish if they can't sell them. Not a lot of people will pay $$$ for a quality fighter when they can get all those rubbish crossing being bred in NZ for $5.00. So true, you bring them in and when they see the price you don't see them again :lol: For most a fish is a fish, only experience hobbyist seem to appreciate quality of a fish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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