Tanks

Does anybody know of a website that sells tanks? Both the LFS and ULFS
have a 100-200% mark up on their products, so I'm assuming that carries
over to tanks as well.

--Kurt

I have only ever run across one website that sold tanks online and
they had a disclaimer that they would ship a tank at customers request
but due to packing and such it required a surcharge of such and such
so it could be insured to meet shipping regulations and even then it
was an iffy affair and that they preferred tanks to be local pickup
only. Acrylic tanks are a nother matter. They generally ship those
without much of a problem, as they are much more durable than glass.
All glass cages makes all glass tanks, and they only deliver their
tanks, and do not ship by way of 3rd party services.....


I find that tanks are generally the cheapest part and more or less an
enticement to customers to get into the hobby. You know sort of like
bait em with the cheap stuff and sock it to them when they get totally
hooked, and want to upgrade lights, pumps etc etc.....

On Mon, 18 Dec 2006 08:11:30 -0500, KurtG
wrote:


Does anybody know of a website that sells tanks? Both the LFS and ULFS
have a 100-200% mark up on their products, so I'm assuming that carries
over to tanks as well.

--Kurt



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I forgot more about ponds and koi than I'll ever know!

KurtG wrote:

Does anybody know of a website that sells tanks?

http://www.drsfostersmith.com

George Patterson
Forgive your enemies. But always remember who they are.

Kurt, where do you live?
It's usually cost prohibitive to buy a tank online.
You might want to look here as well, maybe find a gently used one you
can pick up at a discount:
craigslist.org (click on your city)
A lot of people get into the hobby, spend a ton of $$, then decide it's
not for them and sell their equiptment at a huge loss, so maybe you can
find someone who's had enough!
A glass tank is a glass tank and unless it's cracked or has a leak
(which you could pretty much tell via a water test) you should be OK
buying a used one.
Lisa Ashley Rafter
George Patterson wrote:
KurtG wrote:

Does anybody know of a website that sells tanks?

http://www.drsfostersmith.com

George Patterson
Forgive your enemies. But always remember who they are.

Lisa Ashley Rafter wrote:
Kurt, where do you live?

Florida. Craigslist is how I ended up with my current tank. I've been
watching and hoping...

Ended up at walmart for a quarantine tank. :-)

--Kurt

* Lisa Ashley Rafter wrote, On 12/18/2006 2:57 PM:
Kurt, where do you live?
It's usually cost prohibitive to buy a tank online.
You might want to look here as well, maybe find a gently used one you
can pick up at a discount:
craigslist.org (click on your city)
A lot of people get into the hobby, spend a ton of $$, then decide it's
not for them and sell their equiptment at a huge loss, so maybe you can
find someone who's had enough!
A glass tank is a glass tank and unless it's cracked or has a leak
(which you could pretty much tell via a water test) you should be OK
buying a used one.
Lisa Ashley Rafter

Garage sales. I got an 80-gal. glass tank with the fake wood edging for 20
bucks. No leaks, no scratches. I think it might have been a divorce sale. And
I find 10-20 gal. tanks cheap all the time.

Cindy

100 % markup BUT you don't pay shipping for a 100+ lb tank.


"KurtG" wrote in message
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Does anybody know of a website that sells tanks? Both the LFS and ULFS
have a 100-200% mark up on their products, so I'm assuming that carries
over to tanks as well.

--Kurt

If they had tanks at that kind of markup, they would not
sell. Tanks are usually marked up very low.

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets



KurtG wrote on 12/18/2006 8:11 AM:

Does anybody know of a website that sells tanks? Both the LFS and ULFS
have a 100-200% mark up on their products, so I'm assuming that carries
over to tanks as well.

--Kurt

Wayne Sallee wrote:
If they had tanks at that kind of markup, they would not sell. Tanks are
usually marked up very low.

Not from what I've seen. Freight would run about $400 on a 120g tank,
and it seems to be about half price. $1300 vrs. $2500 (or higher).

There's also a person that builds them from scratch in my area. They
are easily half price the LFS.

I imagine that competition will drive down prices, but LFS here has a
near monopoly.

--Kurt

Wow! your lfs selling 400 gallon tanks (tank [no stand or
anything]) for 1300.00 or more??? They usualy sell for
around 400.00 depending on brand and model.

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets



KurtG wrote on 12/21/2006 3:00 PM:
Wayne Sallee wrote:
If they had tanks at that kind of markup, they would not sell. Tanks
are usually marked up very low.

Not from what I've seen. Freight would run about $400 on a 120g tank,
and it seems to be about half price. $1300 vrs. $2500 (or higher).

There's also a person that builds them from scratch in my area. They
are easily half price the LFS.

I imagine that competition will drive down prices, but LFS here has a
near monopoly.

--Kurt