is this a good deal?

[hir0]

i was considering keeping new fish, as i've had tanganyikans for a while now. i went to my lfs just now and talked to the owner. i was wondering if this is a good deal. he offered me $200 in store credit for my fish. this includes 4 fronts(about 3 inches), 2 spawning leleupi - and 10 of their offspring (about 1.5 inches). should i pass or is this reasonable? i'm not sure what the going price is for fish in other places, but he has some fronts for sale (slightly smaller than mine) for $59 each. i understand he needs to make a profit. (i bought my fronts for about $4 each because the fish store people thought they were kenyi cichlids ROFL.

 

[Ibn]

Really depends on what you're willing to let them go for. Fish stores around here give half credits for trade-ins. Let's just assume that he sells your fronts for $80 each...that's $40 credit that you would usually receive around here per fish. That comes out to be $160 for just those four fish alone. You're getting $40 for the your group of leleupi (pairs are sold at around $40 around here, and the young that size are around $10 each). That group alone is worth $140 and even if you received half credit, that's $70. Tack that onto the $160 and you end up w/$230.

Just depends on how much you value that extra $30 (this number is dependent on how much he sells fronts at the size you mentioned yours are at). If he sells them at those fronts at $65 then he breaks even...any more than that and he gains (he gains less I should say, since he's already gained some from the half credit that's he's giving you).

*Sorry, but had to use prices around here for the leleupi...

If it were me, I'd probably ask him to up it by 10% to 220 and see what he says. In the end, I'd take the $200 if he doesn't up it since I don't like fronts (actually prefer moori...).

 

[alanhill]

Remember that if you are getting credit, the store makes a profit twice over - on what you sell them and on what they sell you (which is why shops prefer to offer credit rather than cash ;-) ). This is not to say that you should or shouldn't do a deal like this - it would be silly for me to try to advise you from the other side of the world.

Alan

 

[Andreas Werth]

it would be silly for me to try to advise you from the other side of the world.

that´s true,
different countries - different prices

Also, there are many different Frontosa species. For some you will find no one to buy them, others are very expensive and rare.

 

[benny]

The stores in Singapore hardly takes any fishes back.

Cheers,