Fair price for a 3-bar IT?

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fishmanejr

Jack Dempsey
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Sorry to bug you all about pricing, but I'm looking at buying a 4 inch long 3-bar IT. Please see the picture below. The seller says the left side of the fish is completely identical to the right side in the picture. He also said this IT is more stable than others he's sold, displaying the nice colors as in the picture 75% of the time or better. He is asking $100 plus shipping. Is this a fair price for this fish? I already have 2 "normal" patterned IT's and a NTT, so spending $100 on another dat needs to be worth it. I'm thinking this is the closest I'll get to the look of an ST; IF it is as stable as the seller claims! Thanks all for your input!
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bomber

bomber

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Over priced and this IT looks very thin. Might have worms. I would pass on this guy or offer 40 bucks.
 
Dionysus

Dionysus

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Too much! Id say $50 tops. N the stable thing, that can always change. Sometimes Indos can appear to b more stable cause they stressed, so could hav something wrong with it like Bomber said.
 
Atfownz

Atfownz

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Tell the seller you will give him 100 pennies. Not worth $100 in a million years.
 
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nid

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Plus shipping means inclusive or exclusive? 100 for the fish alone is expensive. Over here in Singapore they go for between $35 to $48 SGD, roughly $27 to $38USD. A word of warning through, 3bar IT are very prone to SDS when small. I lost a couple in the past. I have a friend who lost something like 10pcs when they were around that size. Even a camera flash could kill them.

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Gage Zamrzla

Gage Zamrzla

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$30 tops, I have two 3 bar indos and I paid about $17 each they're not as hard to come across as you'd think. Also don't take stability into too much consideration when buying a datnoid because it can change literally in seconds for one of many, many possible reasons.
 
T1KARMANN

T1KARMANN

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fishmanejr said:
Sorry to bug you all about pricing, but I'm looking at buying a 4 inch long 3-bar IT. Please see the picture below. The seller says the left side of the fish is completely identical to the right side in the picture. He also said this IT is more stable than others he's sold, displaying the nice colors as in the picture 75% of the time or better. He is asking $100 plus shipping. Is this a fair price for this fish? I already have 2 "normal" patterned IT's and a NTT, so spending $100 on another dat needs to be worth it. I'm thinking this is the closest I'll get to the look of an ST; IF it is as stable as the seller claims! Thanks all for your input!
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It's not about what a fish is its what it looks like and how much you think is fair not what anyone else thinks

If everyone says a fair price is $50 but the asking price is $60 will you not buy it just because its $10 more than everyone tells you it's worth

Only the seller can put a price on a fish its up to you to bargain and try to sort out a price you are both happy with


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rodger

rodger

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Well said, T1
 
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