$1k zoa polyp! Yes ONE POLYP $1K! [Archive]

Mr Cob

Mon, 28th Apr 2008, 10:41 PM

Check it....

http://cgi.ebay.com/RARE-Paly-Zoanthid-OE-or-EO-coral-sps-lps-zoanthids_W0QQitemZ140228448336QQihZ004QQcategoryZ 46308QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

You even get free shipping!!!

merlin0883

Mon, 28th Apr 2008, 10:44 PM

good lookin polyps, but not the coolest ever. Must be EXTREMELY rare or an EXTREME ripoff

phrog

Mon, 28th Apr 2008, 10:46 PM

That's awesome. One UPS truck gets too hot and you receive a small piece of slime in a bag. No way of knowing that thing won't shrivel up and die as soon as it gets into your tank. Or that fish that "never picks at YOUR corals" takes one bite and swallows a $1000 lunch.

Mr Cob

Mon, 28th Apr 2008, 10:46 PM

good lookin polyps, but not the coolest ever. Must be EXTREMELY rare or an EXTREME ripoff

I'm thinking that's a crazy price.

Check out the site: http://www.reef2reef.com

Maybe a scam??? Confused as to why they have the site listed in the auction. Pretty sure the site is not sponsoring that auction.

Mr Cob

Mon, 28th Apr 2008, 10:47 PM

Mr Cob

Mon, 28th Apr 2008, 10:51 PM

Some people adressed the ebay auction in a thread on reef2reef.com...

http://www.reef2reef.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=10185

Jonthefishguy

Mon, 28th Apr 2008, 10:56 PM

:Timeout: This whole fragging thing is getting completely out of hand. I see many individuals ripping people off, over charging for coral and inverts like this for no other reason other than they can. There is no justification in that price regardless of how rare it is and I can assure you NONE of these zoa's on the market are rare. Mother nature didnt make a certain amount and said THATS IT, I JUST MADE RARE! Now, HARVEST IT AND SALE IT ON EBAY FOR AN OUTRAGEOUS PRICE AND WAIT FOR SOME MORON TO BUY IT. I am glad I dont charge outrageous prices for zoa's and that still after all the shipping costs and CITES permit that I pay for.

phrog

Mon, 28th Apr 2008, 10:56 PM

Look at this thread (http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=1361482)... it's the same picture. No wysiwyg goin' on, that's for sure.

Mr Cob

Mon, 28th Apr 2008, 11:00 PM

Look at this thread (http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=1361482)... it's the same picture. No wysiwyg goin' on, that's for sure.

Classic.

ErikH

Mon, 28th Apr 2008, 11:31 PM

Not like my big 1 dollar a polyp sham, lol. :)

Paul28

Mon, 28th Apr 2008, 11:38 PM

Well look on the good side least there free shipping :hypnotyized:

ErikH

Mon, 28th Apr 2008, 11:55 PM

"Umm, what color are they again?" "RED SIR, DO YOU WANT THEM OR WHAT?" "I'll call you back..." Imagine what the wife would do.

Paul28

Tue, 29th Apr 2008, 12:02 AM

I dont think i would be stupid to even attept to ask the wife if its alright, she would probley make me get out of the hobby thinking ive lost my mind totaly this time :Timeout:

joelb

Tue, 29th Apr 2008, 12:14 AM

im in the wrong business!

Jonthefishguy

Tue, 29th Apr 2008, 12:17 AM

Obviously the seller is either dumb enough to actually think it will sell, or smart enough to know some idiot will pay.

phrog

Tue, 29th Apr 2008, 12:46 AM

What kind of recourse could a buyer possibly have? Any color could be sent in the mail and the seller could claim that it is a difference of light/conditions.

Buyer: Hey, these look brown. I think I was ripped off.
Seller: What kind of lights do you have?
Buyer: I have two 250w MH and a three way 50-75-100 watt GE incandescent.
Seller: Oh, I use 10 D-Cell MagLites and a Dora the Explorer night light. Guess they look different because of the spectrum of your lights. Have a nice day.

BigKGlen

Tue, 29th Apr 2008, 06:06 AM

eBay shut him down!

sly fox

Tue, 29th Apr 2008, 08:27 AM

hahaha, classic...

What kind of recourse could a buyer possibly have? Any color could be sent in the mail and the seller could claim that it is a difference of light/conditions.

Buyer: Hey, these look brown. I think I was ripped off.
Seller: What kind of lights do you have?
Buyer: I have two 250w MH and a three way 50-75-100 watt GE incandescent.
Seller: Oh, I use 10 D-Cell MagLites and a Dora the Explorer night light. Guess they look different because of the spectrum of your lights. Have a nice day.

Mr Cob

Tue, 29th Apr 2008, 08:57 AM

eBay shut him down!

I bet you reef2reef.com reported him.

What would Maast.org do if someone was selling on ebay utilizing maast's logo and web url...???

Probably report it to ebay right...?

ErikH

Tue, 29th Apr 2008, 08:59 AM

Obviously the seller is either dumb enough to actually think it will sell, or smart enough to know some idiot will pay.

SO TRUE!

What kind of recourse could a buyer possibly have? Any color could be sent in the mail and the seller could claim that it is a difference of light/conditions.

Buyer: Hey, these look brown. I think I was ripped off.
Seller: What kind of lights do you have?
Buyer: I have two 250w MH and a three way 50-75-100 watt GE incandescent.
Seller: Oh, I use 10 D-Cell MagLites and a Dora the Explorer night light. Guess they look different because of the spectrum of your lights. Have a nice day.

That was so funny I almost lost some snot. :D

LoneStar

Tue, 29th Apr 2008, 01:11 PM

Obviously the seller is either dumb enough to actually think it will sell, or smart enough to know some idiot will pay.

Theres a sucker born every minute...

p00num3lli

Tue, 29th Apr 2008, 04:10 PM

what a ripoff, why would some1 spend 1k$ on 1 polp that has a chance of dying after u put it in...dumb....

tony

Tue, 29th Apr 2008, 04:15 PM

i would pay that for the hoff paly

Jonthefishguy

Tue, 29th Apr 2008, 04:22 PM

i would pay that for the hoff paly

wow, i guess what lonestar said is true. lol

RayAllen

Tue, 29th Apr 2008, 04:27 PM

Id like 10 of them please and throw in a couple of those rare xenia stocks at $500 a peice. LOL NOT. I wont even pay $20 for a single polyp, $10 for one is my limit.

tony

Tue, 29th Apr 2008, 04:43 PM

who wouldnt pay $1k for one of these beautys???

http://zoaid.com/index.php?module=Gallery2&g2_itemId=3965

phrog

Tue, 29th Apr 2008, 05:32 PM

OH, THAT'S NOT RIGHT!!!

Put a disclaimer up if you're going to post offensive material. Please. Ugh, now I can't eat dinner.

:sick:

Mr Cob

Tue, 29th Apr 2008, 05:36 PM

who wouldnt pay $1k for one of these beautys???

http://zoaid.com/index.php?module=Gallery2&g2_itemId=3965

LOL!

Paul28

Tue, 29th Apr 2008, 05:38 PM

HAHAH OMG :hypnotyized:

andysgr

Tue, 29th Apr 2008, 05:39 PM

The owner of Reef to Reef put this up as a joke..or so he says.

revhtree

Thu, 1st May 2008, 11:35 AM

Hello this is revhtree the owner of reef2reef. Guys trust me when I say this was a joke for the the forum at reef2reef. We had been discussing that this was the same morph as the original Envy Orange that was selling for $600 per polyp and people were paying it. I came up with a goofy name and threw it up there to get some giggles and to get some more people looking at the site. This is why I started the bid at $999 because I knew no one in their right mind would pay that. Heck I don't even have a polyp to sell. I only have a couple myself. LOL! If someone were to bid I would have canceled the auction. Ebay removed it because of my links to the site. :D

If you read the threads you'll see it was a joke and you'll see that this paly was the center of a nice debate! ;)

I agree with you all about pricing stuff so high, and again this was a joke and to get people talking. I didn't think people would take it serious trust me.

Thanks.

sly fox

Fri, 2nd May 2008, 10:08 AM

haha, nice to see you on here

welcome...

well it certainly brought up a debate :)

ErikH

Fri, 2nd May 2008, 10:18 AM

I have a few of the Hoff LEs. Everytime I look at them I think "My future's so bright....:shades:"

revhtree

Fri, 2nd May 2008, 10:21 AM

LOL you gotta love David! :D

SoLiD

Fri, 2nd May 2008, 10:26 AM

revhtree

Fri, 2nd May 2008, 10:41 AM

Ha ha LOL... revhtree actually joined Maast to post a comment. Our Little Club Isn't So Little Anymore. Masst will soon become the ReefCentral for Texas, Then The United States, Then The Universe... Yes, in that order. :bigsmile:

Thanks, but I'm just a little guy myself.......:bighug:

ErikH

Fri, 2nd May 2008, 10:49 AM

Ha ha LOL... revhtree actually joined Maast to post a comment. Our Little Club Isn't So Little Anymore. Masst will soon become the ReefCentral for Texas, Then The United States, Then The Universe... Yes, in that order. :bigsmile:

As soon as Ace finishes his DiY projects he will finally be able to put those lasers on sharks for us. Then, world domination is inevitable.

revhtree

Fri, 2nd May 2008, 10:55 AM

Ooooh Lasers huh! Then we can hold the world hostage for One Million Dollars!!!

Jonthefishguy

Fri, 2nd May 2008, 11:16 AM

Why make a trillion when we could make... billions? muahahah muahahaha mhuaahaha

SoLiD

Fri, 2nd May 2008, 11:39 AM

OMG... My wife just told me that We were Dorks! Hey... I resemble that remark... err sometimes. :lmao2:

ErikH

Fri, 2nd May 2008, 12:02 PM

Correct, we "were" dorks. Now we are much, much cooler. :)

revhtree

Fri, 2nd May 2008, 12:58 PM

My wife says were all nerds......

SoLiD

Fri, 2nd May 2008, 01:28 PM

I used to be a Nerd Jock. Now I think I'm just a Super Dad with a little Nerd Jock mixed in at times.

revhtree

Sun, 4th May 2008, 07:31 PM

So who wants 10 of these?? :D

Mr Cob

Sun, 4th May 2008, 08:28 PM

So who wants 10 of these?? :D

You should become a sponsor then you could surely get some hype for your site.

Not sure pratical jokes will get you where you want in regards to traffic to your site :)

revhtree

Sun, 4th May 2008, 08:44 PM

Thanks for your concern Rob... :D

My site is a reef forum. I don't sell anything...

Mr Cob

Sun, 4th May 2008, 08:58 PM

Thanks for your concern Rob... :D

My site is a reef forum. I don't sell anything...

I know.

Just thought it would be a more constructive way to generate traffic versus wasting everyone's time with pratical jokes. :wink_smile:

revhtree

Sun, 4th May 2008, 09:06 PM

As far as I know I can't be a "sponsor" of any site just being a forum...

Anyway it was a joke between me and some members of my site. We had a big discussion/debate on whether or not the new orange palys that had been coming in were Envy Orange polyps which were selling for $600 per polyp.

Thanks for your concern and warm welcome though...

revhtree

Sun, 4th May 2008, 09:19 PM

I just realized you were the one who started this thread so you know all about it from the other threads. Anyway sorry if I wasted your time or offended you. ;)