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Pet Forum / Aquaria / Marine Reef / December 2006Tanks
Does anybody know of a website that sells tanks? Both the LFS and ULFS have a 100-200% mark up on their products, so I'm assuming that carries over to tanks as well. --Kurt I have only ever run across one website that sold tanks online and they had a disclaimer that they would ship a tank at customers request but due to packing and such it required a surcharge of such and such so it could be insured to meet shipping regulations and even then it was an iffy affair and that they preferred tanks to be local pickup only. Acrylic tanks are a nother matter. They generally ship those without much of a problem, as they are much more durable than glass. All glass cages makes all glass tanks, and they only deliver their tanks, and do not ship by way of 3rd party services..... I find that tanks are generally the cheapest part and more or less an enticement to customers to get into the hobby. You know sort of like bait em with the cheap stuff and sock it to them when they get totally hooked, and want to upgrade lights, pumps etc etc..... <<>> <<>>Does anybody know of a website that sells tanks? Both the LFS and ULFS <<>>have a 100-200% mark up on their products, so I'm assuming that carries <<>>over to tanks as well. <<>> <<>>--Kurt ------- I forgot more about ponds and koi than I'll ever know! > Does anybody know of a website that sells tanks? http://www.drsfostersmith.com George Patterson Forgive your enemies. But always remember who they are. Kurt, where do you live? It's usually cost prohibitive to buy a tank online. You might want to look here as well, maybe find a gently used one you can pick up at a discount: craigslist.org (click on your city) A lot of people get into the hobby, spend a ton of $$, then decide it's not for them and sell their equiptment at a huge loss, so maybe you can find someone who's had enough! A glass tank is a glass tank and unless it's cracked or has a leak (which you could pretty much tell via a water test) you should be OK buying a used one. Lisa Ashley Rafter > > Does anybody know of a website that sells tanks? > > http://www.drsfostersmith.com > > George Patterson > Forgive your enemies. But always remember who they are. > Kurt, where do you live? Florida. Craigslist is how I ended up with my current tank. I've been watching and hoping... Ended up at walmart for a quarantine tank. :-) --Kurt * Lisa Ashley Rafter wrote, On 12/18/2006 2:57 PM: > Kurt, where do you live? > It's usually cost prohibitive to buy a tank online. [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > buying a used one. > Lisa Ashley Rafter Garage sales. I got an 80-gal. glass tank with the fake wood edging for 20 bucks. No leaks, no scratches. I think it might have been a divorce sale. And I find 10-20 gal. tanks cheap all the time. Cindy 100 % markup BUT you don't pay shipping for a 100+ lb tank. > Does anybody know of a website that sells tanks? Both the LFS and ULFS > have a 100-200% mark up on their products, so I'm assuming that carries > over to tanks as well. > > --Kurt If they had tanks at that kind of markup, they would not sell. Tanks are usually marked up very low. Wayne Sallee Wayne's Pets Wayne@WaynesPets.com KurtG wrote on 12/18/2006 8:11 AM: > Does anybody know of a website that sells tanks? Both the LFS and ULFS > have a 100-200% mark up on their products, so I'm assuming that carries > over to tanks as well. > > --Kurt > If they had tanks at that kind of markup, they would not sell. Tanks are > usually marked up very low. Not from what I've seen. Freight would run about $400 on a 120g tank, and it seems to be about half price. $1300 vrs. $2500 (or higher). There's also a person that builds them from scratch in my area. They are easily half price the LFS. I imagine that competition will drive down prices, but LFS here has a near monopoly. --Kurt Wow! your lfs selling 400 gallon tanks (tank [no stand or anything]) for 1300.00 or more??? They usualy sell for around 400.00 depending on brand and model. Wayne Sallee Wayne's Pets Wayne@WaynesPets.com KurtG wrote on 12/21/2006 3:00 PM: >> If they had tanks at that kind of markup, they would not sell. Tanks >> are usually marked up very low. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > --Kurt I mean selling 120 gallon tanks :-) Wayne Sallee Wayne's Pets Wayne@WaynesPets.com Wayne Sallee wrote on 12/21/2006 3:11 PM: > Wow! your lfs selling 400 gallon tanks (tank [no stand or anything]) for > 1300.00 or more??? They usualy sell for around 400.00 depending on brand [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] >> >> --Kurt > Wow! your lfs selling 400 gallon tanks (tank [no stand or anything]) for > 1300.00 or more??? They usualy sell for around 400.00 depending on brand > and model. That's not what I said, but these are tank + stand. I can buy a 400 gallon tank for $400? where? 120 gallon stands should sell for around 200.00 depending on brand and model. Wayne Sallee Wayne's Pets Wayne@WaynesPets.com > 120 gallon stands should sell for around 200.00 depending on brand and > model. I agree with *should*. >> 120 gallon stands should sell for around 200.00 depending on brand and >> model. > > I agree with *should*. Ok. Kurt, you're up around Jax. Wayne runs a store northwest of Orlando. Uhaul rents vans for $20. It might pay you to buy a tank from him and haul it home? George Patterson Forgive your enemies. But always remember who they are. > Ok. Kurt, you're up around Jax. Wayne runs a store northwest of Orlando. > Uhaul rents vans for $20. It might pay you to buy a tank from him and > haul it home? Good idea. * Wayne Sallee wrote, On 12/21/2006 2:45 PM: > 120 gallon stands should sell for around 200.00 depending on brand and > model. I have never seen one that cheap. > * Wayne Sallee wrote, On 12/21/2006 2:45 PM: > >> 120 gallon stands should sell for around 200.00 depending on brand and >> model. >> > I have never seen one that cheap. Me neither. I am considering driving all the way to Wayne's just to buy a new tank. (I live in the northeast!) 600 or so for a 120gal WITH stand. Not to shabby. That's a good 30% less than LFS would sell me the same for. And that's for a an All -glass plain tank For a 120g black trim with overflow, they would sell for around 480. Wayne Sallee Wayne's Pets Wayne@WaynesPets.com Add Homonym wrote on 12/22/2006 10:29 AM: >> * Wayne Sallee wrote, On 12/21/2006 2:45 PM: >> [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > 600 or so for a 120gal WITH stand. Not to shabby. That's a good 30% less > than LFS would sell me the same for. > Wow! your lfs selling 400 gallon tanks (tank [no stand or anything]) for > 1300.00 or more??? They usualy sell for around 400.00 depending on brand > and model. What planet are you on? I need to move there! (400 for a 400 gal tank? I have never seen anything CLOSE to that!) I have seen LFS here sell 90 gal corner tanks for that much. 120 gallon :-) Wayne Sallee Wayne's Pets Wayne@WaynesPets.com Add Homonym wrote on 12/21/2006 5:38 PM: >> Wow! your lfs selling 400 gallon tanks (tank [no stand or anything]) >> for 1300.00 or more??? They usualy sell for around 400.00 depending on [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > I have seen LFS here sell 90 gal corner tanks for that much. > Add Homonym wrote on 12/21/2006 5:38 PM: > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > Wayne's Pets > Wayne@WaynesPets.com Ah. OK, that is more in line with what I have seen 'round these parts. Wow, I priced a 220 gal. setup here, and it was going to be about $1500 for a tank and stand and canopy I think. You should probably not shop at We gouge you pets. >> If they had tanks at that kind of markup, they would not sell. Tanks >> are usually marked up very low. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > --Kurt > Wow, I priced a 220 gal. setup here, and it was going to be about $1500 > for a tank and stand and canopy I think. You should probably not shop > at We gouge you pets. Nice. Ya, I'll be getting something like that when I get some extra dough. >> Wow, I priced a 220 gal. setup here, and it was going to be about >> $1500 for a tank and stand and canopy I think. You should probably >> not shop at We gouge you pets. > > Nice. |
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