Ripped off for pleco?
- Thread starter josephjeon
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Way I see it with fish like that, you paid the store a $25 adoption fee. This is actually fair enough, the big fat thing probably took up a whole tank to itself, and ate who knows how much food. If the store had stocked the tank with baby plecos, bought for $5 and sold for $10, and sold 10 of them in a week, they would have made $50 on that tank.
As it is, they probably swapped that puppy for a $5 (cost) baby, then sold it to you for $25, so only made $20 from that tank.
They aren't a charity, and a fish is worth what someone is willing to pay for it. To you it was worth $25, so that's what you paid. A bargin? Maybe not, but it's a big fish. Per ounce it's still a pretty good price
Enjoy your pleco
Ian
As it is, they probably swapped that puppy for a $5 (cost) baby, then sold it to you for $25, so only made $20 from that tank.
They aren't a charity, and a fish is worth what someone is willing to pay for it. To you it was worth $25, so that's what you paid. A bargin? Maybe not, but it's a big fish. Per ounce it's still a pretty good price
Enjoy your pleco
Ian
I'd say that by driving back, would be wasting your money.. your time and gas..I don't think that price was bad .. a common at that size would probably be aroud $15 at a mom & pop shop here.. but at Petco or Petsmart don't remember which one you went to... it sounds about right... GL though!
