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syrinx · 07/07/2018, 01:34 PM

One more thing- if you get a direct account with the islands you need to order a certain $ amount to make the airfare work. But these guys are afraid to tell you they are out of something- thinking you will cancel- so a 1000$ order may be 600$ blowing the matrix for profit due to shipping. And then of course you get what has already been cherry picked, and there is no recourse for pests, DOA, etc etc etc.

07/07/2018, 01:34 PM	#70
syrinx Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: champaign Posts: 3,160	One more thing- if you get a direct account with the islands you need to order a certain $ amount to make the airfare work. But these guys are afraid to tell you they are out of something- thinking you will cancel- so a 1000$ order may be 600$ blowing the matrix for profit due to shipping. And then of course you get what has already been cherry picked, and there is no recourse for pests, DOA, etc etc etc. __________________ My views are based on 49years as an aquarist, 25 years as a pro reef consultant, 10 years of owning a LFS, and the results of thousands of customers tanks. But I am always learning.