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Re: NFC: Re: Re: RE: buyer for exotics (PS: road trip)
Mark is on the NANFA list, and although young has his
stuff together.
jake
--- james graham <busterg at voyager_net> wrote:
> Jim,
> Check out www.jonahsaquarium.com.
> Jim Graham
> Hastings, Mi
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Jim Capelle <JCapelle at tampabay_rr.com>
> To: <nfc at actwin_com>
> Sent: Friday, February 16, 2001 11:38 AM
> Subject: NFC: Re: RE: buyer for exotics (PS: road
> trip)
>
>
> >
> > As one of the newer members of the Exotics Removal
> Team or sometimes known
> > as the (wet and/or muddy) bucket brigade, I have a
> couple of questions and
> > thought on giving or reselling removed exotics.
> >
> > Yesterday I saw the E-mail from someone with
> "jones" in the E-mail address
> > wishing for any exotics for resale. 1. Is this
> person an owner of a shop
> or
> > someone working sales on e-bay without thought of
> who or where the fish
> > goes? If the person owns an shop, do they inform
> new hobbyist about the
> > growth rate and potential size of fish fry? Will
> they take back most any
> > fish they sell that out grows the owner? Do they
> educate customers about
> the
> > fish they sell or just sell a great tank set-up
> and a bunch of fish to
> > anyone? When they have too many fish refuse to
> take any back and leave the
> > new owners to work it out on their own or release?
> What safe guards do we
> > have in place on these matters?
> >
> > There is a shop in Tampa, (Fish World) who will
> not sell a Pacu fry as a
> > cute fish. They will show a 350+ gal tank that
> holds 4 Pacu (fully grown)
> > and a red tail cat fish (3+ feet) to show how big
> they will get. When they
> > sell an Oscar the shop personnel will show a full
> grown one or two that
> are
> > in the shop. They will take back most every fish
> they sell and some they
> > didn't. None of the big cichlids they have sold
> have come back due to the
> > shop policy of informing buyers as to the
> potential of size and feeding
> > needs. They even tell customers not flush dead
> fish down toilets, but to
> > take them to the backyard and dig a hole near a
> plant to get rid of any
> dead
> > fish. Now if you get fry he'll give the same deal
> as for any fish they
> take
> > in, 50 per cent of selling price.
> >
> > Heck I could bring exotics to them and get gas
> money for the long trips we
> > take to do this task, not to forget the dry
> cleaning bill for my socks
> too.
> > And heck again the money could be pooled to by
> more nets after the gators
> > get hold of them. But if we do "give" them away I
> hope the receiver pays
> for
> > boxing, and shipping costs.
> >
> > Just my thought today. JiM C.
> >
> > PS: The wild Tilapia and Placos are starting to
> set up nests around my
> house
> > (in the retaining ponds of course) I think March
> is starting to look good
> > for rode trip again
> >
> > (for me its only 100 yards out back). JC
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "chuckmiro" <chuckmiro at wdn_com>
> > To: <nfc at actwin_com>
> > Sent: Friday, February 16, 2001 9:49 AM
> > Subject: NFC: RE: buyer for exotics
> >
> >
> > > > ...remember guys sustainable commercially
> viable
> > > > exotic removal is the goal!!
> > >
> > > I'm sure you old-timers know what this sentence
> means but I would
> > appreciate
> > > a translation. :)
> > >
> > > Chuck
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
>
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