How much to sell baby angelish for?

"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

99% of places will not offer cash

1st it plays hell with the books (RECORDS)
2nd they make more if they give you store credit.
Fishcost very little to the store to get.
$1 sounds more than my LFS would give ya!

Marcus

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On Wed, 27 Aug 2003 07:56:20 -0500, "Tony"
wrote:

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

If you live in a decently populated area you might want to try and
advertise them in the Newspaper..There has be a demand for these little
fellows, and also the stock has to be great( hench the culling has a lot to
do with it... Hell I can't seem to give any of my fish away and I live in
Southern Cali..)

Timmer...


"AQUATIC-STORE.COM" sales a@t aquatic-store.com wrote in message
...
99% of places will not offer cash

1st it plays hell with the books (RECORDS)
2nd they make more if they give you store credit.
Fishcost very little to the store to get.
$1 sounds more than my LFS would give ya!

Marcus

http://www.aquatic-store.com/

Co2 tanks on sale
Eheim 2026 $143
Co2 regulator and bubble counter with needle valve $75

WEBBOARD

http://aquatic.yupapa.com/phpbb/index.php

On Wed, 27 Aug 2003 07:56:20 -0500, "Tony"
wrote:

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