I Got Corals/Seaside Aquatics Warranty Issue?

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I do not think it is wise for a company to bring dealer issues up on a forum! I would think if IgotCorals broke the MAP policy then Seaside has the option to cut them off. With that said why would this take away warranty for product they already bought? Unless the said skimmers have not been paid for(and why would this affect warranty)? I also think that many do not understand what a Map policy means and what they can legally enforce. A Minimum Advertised Price policy is saying that you cannot advertise a product for less than a set price. With that said if IGotCorals wants to sell a $500 skimmer for $1 this would not go against MAP unless he advertises it. I understand MAP pricing is put into place to protect margins for all dealers and there are many in the Aquarium industry who have strict policy. With this said price fixing is illegal and the Map policy does not allow a company to set a price, just a advertised price.

As far as quality of Seaside skimmers in my opinion they work very well and have what I consider a quality Sicce pump. I had two of the CS-2(new CS-7 same skimmer) skimmers on grow out tanks and they always worked very well for me and never had start up issues like other skimmers I have tried. I sold one and the other I keep as a spare for my 90 and Phil is borrowing now because his SWC Atman pump went out. Now SWC skimmer for sure is a POS! I think Toms skimmers are great affordable skimmers.

I do find it funny that Tom is enforcing a MAP policy on IGotCorals as if I remember back not too long ago Tom was the hook up for Vortech and Apex and cash was King in the same location. Obviously this sounds personal, and personal should be kept off a public board or opinions will fly!

We all like to get hooked up and when you do get the hook up it is best to keep it between the store and yourself, mentioning a lower than MAP price or saying Brian hooked me up on a Seaside Skimmer can get people starting pointless threads!

Sorry for my rant, I wasted my time reading it so I decided to waste some time writing about it.

Jolly thread!
 
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Tommy Ngo said:
I think what Seaside Aquatics is doing is also illegal. You can't void a warranty on the products if there is a conflict between the two parties. Seaside maybe opening the pandora box with that announcement.


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you guys do remember when tom was the owner of socal tropical tom was sell vortech for cheap and ecotech would not warranty the pmp if you bought from tom.
 
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I do not think it is wise for a company to bring dealer issues up on a forum! I would think if IgotCorals broke the MAP policy then Seaside has the option to cut them off. With that said why would this take away warranty for product they already bought? Unless the said skimmers have not been paid for(and why would this affect warranty)? I also think that many do not understand what a Map policy means and what they can legally enforce. A Minimum Advertised Price policy is saying that you cannot advertise a product for less than a set price. With that said if IGotCorals wants to sell a $500 skimmer for $1 this would not go against MAP unless he advertises it. I understand MAP pricing is put into place to protect margins for all dealers and there are many in the Aquarium industry who have strict policy. With this said price fixing is illegal and the Map policy does not allow a company to set a price, just a advertised price.

As far as quality of Seaside skimmers in my opinion they work very well and have what I consider a quality Sicce pump. I had two of the CS-2(new CS-7 same skimmer) skimmers on grow out tanks and they always worked very well for me and never had start up issues like other skimmers I have tried. I sold one and the other I keep as a spare for my 90 and Phil is borrowing now because his SWC Atman pump went out. Now SWC skimmer for sure is a POS! I think Toms skimmers are great affordable skimmers.

I do find it funny that Tom is enforcing a MAP policy on IGotCorals as if I remember back not too long ago Tom was the hook up for Vortech and Apex and cash was King in the same location. Obviously this sounds personal, and personal should be kept off a public board or opinions will fly!

We all like to get hooked up and when you do get the hook up it is best to keep it between the store and yourself, mentioning a lower than MAP price or saying Brian hooked me up on a Seaside Skimmer can get people starting pointless threads!

Sorry for my rant, I wasted my time reading it so I decided to waste some time writing about it.

Jolly thread!
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agree with scott. the skimmers works great.

i dont think either party posted this. some guy marcus on the board did. he claim he found it somewhere. then this thread happen. tada.
 
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lowbudget said:
agree with scott. the skimmers works great.

i dont think either party posted this. some guy marcus on the board did. he claim he found it somewhere. then this thread happen. tada.
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it's on seaside's website... i friend texted it to me and wanted me to do the thread... LOL... but then i saw that one was already posted.. haahhaa... we are a very tight community...
 
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Only gay people get mad at the word gay.
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it depends... if a gay person says it, they let it slide... but if a straight guy says, that movie is dumb and gay... he will get lynched...

i for one don't care... even racial slurs... they don't bother me one bit... the word gay some how turned into the "G" word... like the "N" word... haahhaha....
 
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it depends... if a gay person says it, they let it slide... but if a straight guy says, that movie is dumb and gay... he will get lynched...

i for one don't care... even racial slurs... they don't bother me one bit... the word gay some how turned into the "G" word... like the "N" word... haahhaha....
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So two gays will cancel each other out?


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So two gays will cancel each other out?


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well... i've said it around gays and they're cool with it... i've said it around gays that didn't know i was gay and they were fine with it... i've heard other gays call eachother f-a-g and other words... now that word is a messed up word... with it's dark origin...

but i guess.. i dunno.. a lot of straight guys now and days look to fem to be straight... so it's hard...LOL...
 
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I do not think it is wise for a company to bring dealer issues up on a forum! I would think if IgotCorals broke the MAP policy then Seaside has the option to cut them off. With that said why would this take away warranty for product they already bought? Unless the said skimmers have not been paid for(and why would this affect warranty)? I also think that many do not understand what a Map policy means and what they can legally enforce. A Minimum Advertised Price policy is saying that you cannot advertise a product for less than a set price. With that said if IGotCorals wants to sell a $500 skimmer for $1 this would not go against MAP unless he advertises it. I understand MAP pricing is put into place to protect margins for all dealers and there are many in the Aquarium industry who have strict policy. With this said price fixing is illegal and the Map policy does not allow a company to set a price, just a advertised price.

As far as quality of Seaside skimmers in my opinion they work very well and have what I consider a quality Sicce pump. I had two of the CS-2(new CS-7 same skimmer) skimmers on grow out tanks and they always worked very well for me and never had start up issues like other skimmers I have tried. I sold one and the other I keep as a spare for my 90 and Phil is borrowing now because his SWC Atman pump went out. Now SWC skimmer for sure is a POS! I think Toms skimmers are great affordable skimmers.

I do find it funny that Tom is enforcing a MAP policy on IGotCorals as if I remember back not too long ago Tom was the hook up for Vortech and Apex and cash was King in the same location. Obviously this sounds personal, and personal should be kept off a public board or opinions will fly!

We all like to get hooked up and when you do get the hook up it is best to keep it between the store and yourself, mentioning a lower than MAP price or saying Brian hooked me up on a Seaside Skimmer can get people starting pointless threads!

Sorry for my rant, I wasted my time reading it so I decided to waste some time writing about it.

Jolly thread!
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True indeed. Tom was the king of selling on the cheap, so for him to be all upset about it now is stupid. There is more to this issue I believe then what any of us know. I still feel that a customer should not have to pay the price for it.
lowbudget said:
you guys do remember when tom was the owner of socal tropical tom was sell vortech for cheap and ecotech would not warranty the pmp if you bought from tom.
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I thought GAY meant.......Happy, and Care Free:) Here I will use it in a sentence........President Obama is Gay when it comes to protecting real US citizen's right's and keeping America strong as a world leader.
 
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