How much to sell baby angelish for?

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!

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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