this kind of thread will always draw me in, here is my response:
the market is dictated by the people who are willing to spend. How come people don't complain about diamonds costing so much when the people harvesting them out of rocks and dirt get paid next to nothing but risk getting killed by the middleman?
If all the peacock bass like kelberi and azul were $5.00 each, the demand would no longer be there, relatively speaking, azul, and kelberi are rare in the hobby, compared to lets say oscars? you cannot say that oscars are not good looking right? how come they're so cheap, because they have been in the hobby for over 100 years, literally, and been bred up and down, left and right already. How many pairs of kelberi and azuls do you know of are breeding?
It doesn't matter how much the fish costs at its origin, I had just mentioned the other day, all fish are practically free, or food for people, birds and other fish, nothing makes anything worth money until someone gives it a value. However people neglect to realize what it takes, and what it took the first few to get these fish, risking money, time, and even lives to find, obtain and share with the hobby.
I cannot say how many shipments of 6-12000 dollar shipments I've had where half of the fish I import are either not sellable, die upon arrival, I not only lose on the fish, but also time, labor, and shipping costs. How many of you hobbyists are willing to take these risks? So once all said and done is it unreasonable for then the person to dictate the price? and stores, they have overheads, rent, employees, food, electricity, equipments.
I'm so tired of all these hobbyists at the beginning, always asking for fish like they come off a shelf at the grocery store, and when I make the effort to get them, they all fizzle away. Wake up people. and the phrase by JLnguyen "you go where the wind blows" is just common sense., and describes a lot with a few words, most people drift with the current aimlessly. The end
the market is dictated by the people who are willing to spend. How come people don't complain about diamonds costing so much when the people harvesting them out of rocks and dirt get paid next to nothing but risk getting killed by the middleman?
If all the peacock bass like kelberi and azul were $5.00 each, the demand would no longer be there, relatively speaking, azul, and kelberi are rare in the hobby, compared to lets say oscars? you cannot say that oscars are not good looking right? how come they're so cheap, because they have been in the hobby for over 100 years, literally, and been bred up and down, left and right already. How many pairs of kelberi and azuls do you know of are breeding?
It doesn't matter how much the fish costs at its origin, I had just mentioned the other day, all fish are practically free, or food for people, birds and other fish, nothing makes anything worth money until someone gives it a value. However people neglect to realize what it takes, and what it took the first few to get these fish, risking money, time, and even lives to find, obtain and share with the hobby.
I cannot say how many shipments of 6-12000 dollar shipments I've had where half of the fish I import are either not sellable, die upon arrival, I not only lose on the fish, but also time, labor, and shipping costs. How many of you hobbyists are willing to take these risks? So once all said and done is it unreasonable for then the person to dictate the price? and stores, they have overheads, rent, employees, food, electricity, equipments.
I'm so tired of all these hobbyists at the beginning, always asking for fish like they come off a shelf at the grocery store, and when I make the effort to get them, they all fizzle away. Wake up people. and the phrase by JLnguyen "you go where the wind blows" is just common sense., and describes a lot with a few words, most people drift with the current aimlessly. The end
