What Are My Fish Worth?

(Ryan) wrote in message . com...
I've got 2 tiger oscars 9" and 8" long. I'm looking to sell them. My
problem is that i have absolutly no idea what they are worth. So, any
suggestions on what's a fair price? It would be greatly appreciated.

ryan


Hi Ryan --

I read the other responses to your post. I'd take their comments with
a grain of salt. I looked around (on my usual weekly LFS tour) and
discovered two shops here in El Paso that have large Oscars for sale.
One had a pair, each one around seven inches, that were going for $25
each. The proprietor tells me that he sells these large specimens at a
brisk pace.

The other place in town is quite a legend -- it's a Jolly Jim's pet
shop in a local mall (Bassett, if you happen to live in El Paso) --
This guy sells large Cichlids (mostly Oscars and a few Dempseys) for
around $70 each. Yep, seventy. Each time I go in there's a different
group of fish, and he tells me that they sell quite briskly! I would
tell people to go getcha an Oscar at PetSmart for $4.99 and feed it
for a year to get the same result, but apparently there's people
willing to pay the big bucks for the instant gratification. This
fellow is quite an aquarist, so I don't doubt that he makes sure that
the new owner has the correct aquarium and attitude for his new pet.
(You know, come to think of it, it might not be "Jolly Jim's", it
might be another one of those chains -- name slips my mind right now)

Experience over the last few years, however, leads me to think that
around $25 to $30 is a fair price for an healthy adult Oscar. I guess
it depends on your sales ability! :-)

Regards, Mark


Mark Stone tractorlegs at msn dot kom
OSCAR Lovers! http://www.geocities.com/cichlidiot_2000/oscar.html
The ".Edu" meens i are smart.

Thanks for the info Mark, I appreciate it.

ryan

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(Ryan) wrote in message . com...
I've got 2 tiger oscars 9" and 8" long. I'm looking to sell them. My
problem is that i have absolutly no idea what they are worth. So, any
suggestions on what's a fair price? It would be greatly appreciated.

ryan


Hi Ryan --

I read the other responses to your post. I'd take their comments with
a grain of salt. I looked around (on my usual weekly LFS tour) and
discovered two shops here in El Paso that have large Oscars for sale.
One had a pair, each one around seven inches, that were going for $25
each. The proprietor tells me that he sells these large specimens at a
brisk pace.

The other place in town is quite a legend -- it's a Jolly Jim's pet
shop in a local mall (Bassett, if you happen to live in El Paso) --
This guy sells large Cichlids (mostly Oscars and a few Dempseys) for
around $70 each. Yep, seventy. Each time I go in there's a different
group of fish, and he tells me that they sell quite briskly! I would
tell people to go getcha an Oscar at PetSmart for $4.99 and feed it
for a year to get the same result, but apparently there's people
willing to pay the big bucks for the instant gratification. This
fellow is quite an aquarist, so I don't doubt that he makes sure that
the new owner has the correct aquarium and attitude for his new pet.
(You know, come to think of it, it might not be "Jolly Jim's", it
might be another one of those chains -- name slips my mind right now)

Experience over the last few years, however, leads me to think that
around $25 to $30 is a fair price for an healthy adult Oscar. I guess
it depends on your sales ability! :-)

Regards, Mark


Mark Stone tractorlegs at msn dot kom
OSCAR Lovers! http://www.geocities.com/cichlidiot_2000/oscar.html
The ".Edu" meens i are smart.

Thanks for the tip, Paul.. We are in Australia, where they play Rugby in
Heaven, The World Cup is on at the moment, and the kiwi's had a lot of
trouble with the Welsh, the other night.. I digress, Please excuse my
rantings, I live in the hills, and the altitude does affect, whats left of
my brain cells.

Anyway,, as I was saying Large fish do command large prices,, I wandered
into my local Aquarium [[ Coffs Harbour, NSW]] and there in a 6ft tank was
one large, fat Oscar, around 6 or 7 inches. With that "poor me" look, Next
thing someone came in complete with a Nappy bucket, handed over $150.00 aus
which is about 120 us dollars and left, with a very happy look on his
face..
They also have a pair [two's a pair] of orange Discus around one and 1/2
inches accross, for $85.00 each. and they won't last long 6 stripe
Formosia's
[I think thats right, the things with the large hump] they start at $120.00
each..

We just don't have the fish supplies here that you people in North America
enjoy. You would think that with the Great Barrer Reef, our Marine Fish
would be plentyfull,, But there also in very short suppy, and very expencive


bassett




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I've got 2 tiger oscars 9" and 8" long. I'm looking to sell them. My
problem is that i have absolutly no idea what they are worth. So, any
suggestions on what's a fair price? It would be greatly appreciated.

ryan


Hi Ryan --

I read the other responses to your post. I'd take their comments with
a grain of salt. I looked around (on my usual weekly LFS tour) and
discovered two shops here in El Paso that have large Oscars for sale.
One had a pair, each one around seven inches, that were going for $25
each. The proprietor tells me that he sells these large specimens at a
brisk pace.

The other place in town is quite a legend -- it's a Jolly Jim's pet
shop in a local mall (Bassett, if you happen to live in El Paso) --
This guy sells large Cichlids (mostly Oscars and a few Dempseys) for
around $70 each. Yep, seventy. Each time I go in there's a different
group of fish, and he tells me that they sell quite briskly! I would
tell people to go getcha an Oscar at PetSmart for $4.99 and feed it
for a year to get the same result, but apparently there's people
willing to pay the big bucks for the instant gratification. This
fellow is quite an aquarist, so I don't doubt that he makes sure that
the new owner has the correct aquarium and attitude for his new pet.
(You know, come to think of it, it might not be "Jolly Jim's", it
might be another one of those chains -- name slips my mind right now)

Experience over the last few years, however, leads me to think that
around $25 to $30 is a fair price for an healthy adult Oscar. I guess
it depends on your sales ability! :-)

Regards, Mark


Mark Stone tractorlegs at msn dot kom
OSCAR Lovers! http://www.geocities.com/cichlidiot_2000/oscar.html
The ".Edu" meens i are smart.

This is a tricky question. Worth is based on what someone else is
willing to pay. If your area is saturated with fish stuff than you will
not get much for them, but if your area is sparse than you can make a
good bit of change.

Vicki

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