Fish Buying Ethics NEED HELP!

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BDawg364

BDawg364

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Ok, well I need a few opinions on a touchy subject. As you all probably do, I love to go to as many fish stores as possible, and check out the selection and prices, etc. I have been to a few, and noticed many have a HUGE price difference, because I am going to different parts of the state since I am away from school. I found out that usually in trading fish, the stores will give you half of what they can sell it for as a credit for another fish. My question is..... If store X has a green phantom pleco marked for $40, and juvie tsn for $40, and store Y has green phantom plecos for $50, but juvie tsn's for $8, is it bad to buy 2 juvie tsn's from store Y and trade them in to store X for their green phantom ($20 a tsn), making my green phantom $16? Store X makes their money on the regular priced tsns (and the green phantom came in at cost), and store Y makes their money because I bought the tsn's at full price.

Is this bad fishkeeping ethics, or just a saavy way of getting what I want for less?
 
I'd do it. But then again that doesn't answer you question on whether or not it's bad.
 
I'd do it.

The lfs mark up prices based on what they think is a viable profit margin. Up to them to set the price, up to you on whether to accept that price or not.
 
Well, I was thinking if I didn't do it with too many fish, it would be ok. I was gonna bring in my 5 GORGEOUS cobalt blue cichlids (I got theem free, they are 3-5") and 2 juvie tsn's (from store Y) and get store X's 3" greem phantom and their 5-6" blue phantom.
 
Yup, and make sure store x and store y are not connected. You don't want store x to be like " you got these from store y, didn't you."
 
I'd do it... then again I'll do anything to get cheaper L200s. By the way do you know which species of L200 it is?
 
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