NetMax
August 27th 03, 02:59 PM
"Tony" > wrote in message
...
> I have a batch of freshwater angelfish that I'm trying to find a LFS to
buy
> from me, and I'm wondering what would be a reasonable asking price.
>
> The fish bodies are roughly the size of a 50 cent piece. The fish are
very
> healthy. I haven't lost one in a long time and, although some are
smaller,
> none of them appear to have deformities or other problems.
>
> The fish are the result of the spawning of a golden angelfish (female)
and a
> silver zebra (male).
>
> I talked with one LFS. His wife is the buyer. He said they'd love to
get
> tank raised angels and they do so much better than the harvested ones
they
> buy. Only problem is his wife has been gone for a while and so we
haven't
> been able to talk to her about buying them. Don't know the amount
they'd be
> willing to pay. They currently have some for sale in their store that
are
> the same size as ours but are very plain looking. They're selling them
for
> $4.
>
> Another LFS that I've dealt with only occasionally. The asst. manager
said
> they "might" be willing to offer $1 in store credit per fish. If we
wanted
> cash, he wasn't sure if they would do that, and he also figured it
would be
> less. We'd have to talk to the owner/manager. They sell their angels
for
> $5. (Everything in this store is sky high. 2x or more what I'd pay
for
> things online. In reality, $1 in store credit would be a pittance. If
I
> sold them my entire batch I could probably get a couple of containers
of
> food and a couple of fish.)
>
> My question for the group: what do you think is a reasonable asking
price?
> To me, if the stores are selling them for $4-$5, I don't think it
> unreasonable to ask $1.50 (cash, not credit). But, I don't know what
> angelfish go for wholesale. Can anyone out there tell me this? I see
no
> reason why I should be able to sell them for the same price as the
LFS's
> other suppliers, especially since mine are tank raised.
>
> The other thing is that if I don't find a LFS to buy them soon, I may
not be
> able to keep them much longer. I figure once I sell this first batch,
I'll
> probably be able to continue to do business with that store in
perpetuity.
>
> I have this batch of 50-75, another batch of perhaps 100 that will be
> "ready" in less than a month, and a group of eggs that just hatched 3
days
> ago.
>
> Tony
It's going to vary by location, country's dollar and species of fish.
Locally breed (same water conditions) Angels at selling size (50 cent
piece?) are worth 0.90 to 1.00 dollar around here. This assumes the
breeder knows how to cull properly. If not culled (which is the removal
of most of the defective specimens, ie: open gill plates, malformed fins,
etc), then the value can drop considerably. I hope you didn't think you
were going to make a money-making enterprise out of this ;~) You would
be competing with big business with acres of fish farms. I work with a
few local Angel breeders who are covering their costs, and even making
modest additions to their set-ups. Even at a $4 selling price, after
overhead, mortality, maintenance, replacement warranty and the occasional
disaster, the LFS's profits really come from the supplies the customer
takes home with their new Angelfish (JME).
NetMax
...
> I have a batch of freshwater angelfish that I'm trying to find a LFS to
buy
> from me, and I'm wondering what would be a reasonable asking price.
>
> The fish bodies are roughly the size of a 50 cent piece. The fish are
very
> healthy. I haven't lost one in a long time and, although some are
smaller,
> none of them appear to have deformities or other problems.
>
> The fish are the result of the spawning of a golden angelfish (female)
and a
> silver zebra (male).
>
> I talked with one LFS. His wife is the buyer. He said they'd love to
get
> tank raised angels and they do so much better than the harvested ones
they
> buy. Only problem is his wife has been gone for a while and so we
haven't
> been able to talk to her about buying them. Don't know the amount
they'd be
> willing to pay. They currently have some for sale in their store that
are
> the same size as ours but are very plain looking. They're selling them
for
> $4.
>
> Another LFS that I've dealt with only occasionally. The asst. manager
said
> they "might" be willing to offer $1 in store credit per fish. If we
wanted
> cash, he wasn't sure if they would do that, and he also figured it
would be
> less. We'd have to talk to the owner/manager. They sell their angels
for
> $5. (Everything in this store is sky high. 2x or more what I'd pay
for
> things online. In reality, $1 in store credit would be a pittance. If
I
> sold them my entire batch I could probably get a couple of containers
of
> food and a couple of fish.)
>
> My question for the group: what do you think is a reasonable asking
price?
> To me, if the stores are selling them for $4-$5, I don't think it
> unreasonable to ask $1.50 (cash, not credit). But, I don't know what
> angelfish go for wholesale. Can anyone out there tell me this? I see
no
> reason why I should be able to sell them for the same price as the
LFS's
> other suppliers, especially since mine are tank raised.
>
> The other thing is that if I don't find a LFS to buy them soon, I may
not be
> able to keep them much longer. I figure once I sell this first batch,
I'll
> probably be able to continue to do business with that store in
perpetuity.
>
> I have this batch of 50-75, another batch of perhaps 100 that will be
> "ready" in less than a month, and a group of eggs that just hatched 3
days
> ago.
>
> Tony
It's going to vary by location, country's dollar and species of fish.
Locally breed (same water conditions) Angels at selling size (50 cent
piece?) are worth 0.90 to 1.00 dollar around here. This assumes the
breeder knows how to cull properly. If not culled (which is the removal
of most of the defective specimens, ie: open gill plates, malformed fins,
etc), then the value can drop considerably. I hope you didn't think you
were going to make a money-making enterprise out of this ;~) You would
be competing with big business with acres of fish farms. I work with a
few local Angel breeders who are covering their costs, and even making
modest additions to their set-ups. Even at a $4 selling price, after
overhead, mortality, maintenance, replacement warranty and the occasional
disaster, the LFS's profits really come from the supplies the customer
takes home with their new Angelfish (JME).
NetMax