got a crazy new St. Thomas mushroom
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Yeah I did, as in I paid for it and received it and it was awesome, but considering what I didn't pay I think the message behind what you're saying is pretty much exactly the mentality that's dragging this hobby down to new lows.
You don't actually need to spend a lot of money to get nice corals, we used to burn shops like that to the ground 10 years ago, but the problem is about that study they did where they gave people a $100 wine and told them it was $2, then a $2 bottle and told them it was $100, and they all just loved the pricey one and some couldn't even finish the "cheap" one.
We don't buy or sell corals anymore, we sell the idea of a coral through a fantastic picture and add a price that invites the imagination into the possibility of making money on the investment. It's the pop of the visual sense, a drive of needing to have something expensive and rare all made possible with an afterthought justification of the shamelessly unethical pricing. It's like being taken as rubes but a bunch of used car salesmen and thanking them for the privilege.
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You don't actually need to spend a lot of money to get nice corals, we used to burn shops like that to the ground 10 years ago, but the problem is about that study they did where they gave people a $100 wine and told them it was $2, then a $2 bottle and told them it was $100, and they all just loved the pricey one and some couldn't even finish the "cheap" one.
We don't buy or sell corals anymore, we sell the idea of a coral through a fantastic picture and add a price that invites the imagination into the possibility of making money on the investment. It's the pop of the visual sense, a drive of needing to have something expensive and rare all made possible with an afterthought justification of the shamelessly unethical pricing. It's like being taken as rubes but a bunch of used car salesmen and thanking them for the privilege.
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don't worry man... everyone wants to burn me at the stake lately, lol...
i just said that because you said you spent a lot of cash... everyone wanted to know how much you spent... i don't like telling people how much i spend on a coral... hahahaha... i always say, you get what you pay for... in this hobby, if you like it you buy it... or else you're never going to own it... i've spent thousands before on chalice frags, and now i laugh because i got a mini colony of BGM for 25 bucks... hahahaha...
i think the entire hundreds of dollars for mushrooms is crazy... when i left the hobby, the jawbreaker just got released... i thought it was the dumbest thing every, and that it wouldn't get worst... but it did... LOL... but no matter what, someone is going to pay for it... we can't change the game... hype is so real... it's insane... but it's in every hobby... you should see how much hype is made for chickens too... LOL...
i just said that because you said you spent a lot of cash... everyone wanted to know how much you spent... i don't like telling people how much i spend on a coral... hahahaha... i always say, you get what you pay for... in this hobby, if you like it you buy it... or else you're never going to own it... i've spent thousands before on chalice frags, and now i laugh because i got a mini colony of BGM for 25 bucks... hahahaha...
i think the entire hundreds of dollars for mushrooms is crazy... when i left the hobby, the jawbreaker just got released... i thought it was the dumbest thing every, and that it wouldn't get worst... but it did... LOL... but no matter what, someone is going to pay for it... we can't change the game... hype is so real... it's insane... but it's in every hobby... you should see how much hype is made for chickens too... LOL...
don't worry man... everyone wants to burn me at the stake lately, lol...
i just said that because you said you spent a lot of cash... everyone wanted to know how much you spent... i don't like telling people how much i spend on a coral... hahahaha... i always say, you get what you pay for... in this hobby, if you like it you buy it... or else you're never going to own it... i've spent thousands before on chalice frags, and now i laugh because i got a mini colony of BGM for 25 bucks... hahahaha...
i think the entire hundreds of dollars for mushrooms is crazy... when i left the hobby, the jawbreaker just got released... i thought it was the dumbest thing every, and that it wouldn't get worst... but it did... LOL... but no matter what, someone is going to pay for it... we can't change the game... hype is so real... it's insane... but it's in every hobby... you should see how much hype is made for chickens too... LOL...
i just said that because you said you spent a lot of cash... everyone wanted to know how much you spent... i don't like telling people how much i spend on a coral... hahahaha... i always say, you get what you pay for... in this hobby, if you like it you buy it... or else you're never going to own it... i've spent thousands before on chalice frags, and now i laugh because i got a mini colony of BGM for 25 bucks... hahahaha...
i think the entire hundreds of dollars for mushrooms is crazy... when i left the hobby, the jawbreaker just got released... i thought it was the dumbest thing every, and that it wouldn't get worst... but it did... LOL... but no matter what, someone is going to pay for it... we can't change the game... hype is so real... it's insane... but it's in every hobby... you should see how much hype is made for chickens too... LOL...
The so called high end corals are indeed getting out of hands as far as pricing goes. I understand the effect of supply and demand but I'm not sure if that's really the case with these hyped up prices. For example, I got a master scoly for $170 about a year ago from someone who got it for $350. Towards the end of last year, I saw one very similar to it going to $250 and that sat around for a long while until it's sold. And just yesterday I saw another similar one but the price is now $950. Even though the vendor is known to have his price at the upper end, but not $600 higher. I was told what the invoice price is for pieces like that for these current ones so I understand why the retail price is as high as it is. The true problem IMO are with the whole sales, that would just price these gems at whatever they want to meet their sales target. This is bad for the hobby coz there is such a discrepancy in prices between the so called high ends and regulars. Everyone wants to have these high end gems and naturally wouldn't look at the regular ones as much. Vendors need to buy a whole bunch of regular ones to have a chance to get to these gems, and would need to rely on the sales of these gems to make up for the excessive amount of the common ones that will sit around for a long time. It's just bad for the hobby and business.
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