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    Default where to get quality fish bags for cheap

    I'm gonna need some quality fish transfer bags pretty soon, anyone know a good vendor online?

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    I always just go grab a handfull of bags and rubber bands from Petsmart or Petco or whatever... FOH FREE
    -Cody

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    U-line is where a lot of Stores get theirs. I ordered from them

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    Alamo Aquatics sold me a ton of them a while back, nice and cheap, though they did give me a lot of funny looks and told me they probably wouldn't do it again.

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    lol
    the lfs here is a buncha ignorant tightwads, i "donated" a 100 gallon glass tank to them for a live rock tank because they can never catch their fish in theirs, i told them to just hook it up as a sump for filtration or just use it for curing then storage.... the actual trade consisted of 4 bags of live sand on their part, and they didnt order it the week when they said they would, then the next week she told me she couldnt get oolite white sand and now i got four bags of brown stuff with sea shells all in it, which im gonna use in my new 120 anyway but still, what a buncha shiesty people.... ooh yeah and she made it a freshwater tank and still has all her live rock mixed in with her fish where it takes 1 and a half hours to catch 4 green/blue chromi's rotfl.... whatever i never am gonna shop there again...

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    ooh yeah and she still charges me over 100 percent markup on everything they've got.... all im asking for is mabe a 50 percent markup on the prices she pays for my good deed lol, for a small bag of salt that mixes 55 gallons she charges 35 bucks plus tax..... a 20lb bag of carib sea live sand = 70 dollars to her lol.... people these days, ooh well she just missed out on over 2 grand of business from me that i spent online...
    Last edited by Noober; Wed, 5th Nov 2008 at 08:10 AM.

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    U-line carries bags of any size you need and they are very reasonable and ship fast. Here's their link.

    http://www.uline.com/Grp_3/Poly-Bags-FlatOpen

    Steve

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    Quote Originally Posted by Noober View Post
    ooh yeah and she still charges me over 100 percent markup on everything they've got.... all im asking for is mabe a 50 percent markup on the prices she pays for my good deed lol, for a small bag of salt that mixes 55 gallons she charges 35 bucks plus tax..... a 20lb bag of carib sea live sand = 70 dollars to her lol.... people these days, ooh well she just missed out on over 2 grand of business from me that i spent online...

    I hear you Noob. It seems like saltwater stores choose one of two selling options. Reasonable prices with bargains mixed in = lots of customers. Or insanely high prices = few customers. I'm not sure who makes the most money in the end, but I would think it would be the store that has the reasonable prices.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kyle46N View Post
    I hear you Noob. It seems like saltwater stores choose one of two selling options. Reasonable prices with bargains mixed in = lots of customers. Or insanely high prices = few customers. I'm not sure who makes the most money in the end, but I would think it would be the store that has the reasonable prices.
    Depends on location and competition. If you're in a busy location and have a high-profile store front you can prey on n00bs and businesses that don't know much and pay out the nose to get setup. If you're tucked away in a low profile location it's high repeat customer volume that you need.

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