Could Metallic Blue Zoos really go for...

[Unarce]

...$600 bucks!?! 8O I watched this to the end and it jumped $200 in the last 45 minutes. They're just Zoos! Are blue ones that rare?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... %3AIT&rd=1

 

[Mikef1]

They must be very rare!!!!!

 

[Anonymous]

i have blue zoos..maybe not "metallic" but they are definitely blue..fragged to me for 10 bucks..grow like a weed...good for fillers that for sure...

 

[Anonymous]

P.S. mine arent that blue but if you go to Frags.org i guarantee you can find those for alot cheaper...

 

[Unarce]

Metallic blue, gloss blue, pearl blue...you practically stole 'em for 10 bucks!

 

[K9coral]

That seems like an awful lot of money for what they are selling! Its only a 2" by 1.5" frag!

 

[Unarce]

The seller also has a website, with Zoos going for reasonable prices. Still, I have a long list of stuff I'd rather spend $600 on.

 

[K9coral]

Don't get me wrong, I'm not downing the seller but I do my share of ebay buying and selling and it seems maybe someone is/has jacked up the price!

 

[Anonymous]

RIP OFF. If you like, I can get you all blue polyps for $100, it's a steal....

 

[K9coral]

TY Matt!

 

[taikonaut]

>... it seems maybe someone is/has jacked up the price! ...

I deal with Anthony (the ebay seller) on a regular bases. He is honest hobbyist/businessman, and the way the auction went is out of his control. You don't expect him to email/phone potential bidders and beg them not to exceed certain amount, do you?

The winning bidder may feel it is worth every penny, and we are in no position to judge the value of the coral to him/her. I agree that the price is a bit out of expectation, but unfortunately ebay nor sellers want any mechanism to prevent this from happening in the future.

 

[Anonymous]

*browses aquadesignz.com*

hmm ... cool.

 

[teevee]

Good point taikonaut. In that case... excuse me while I post all my zoos on ebay!

 

[K9coral]

I'm gonna try to get about $1000 for my toadstool.

 

[Anonymous]

Caveat Emptor...Buyer Beware...and since this is AMERICA..yes we do have the right to criticize and form opinions, whether they're right or wrong its a 1st ammendment right...so I say horse ish that it went so high but it is an auction...so yes i do have the right to judge that coral or anyother coral for that matter...

 

[nanocat]

There's a sucker born every minute, and it was Anthony's lucky day to find all of them in America

How much food coloring do you guys think I'll need to dye those purple zoos blue?

 

[Anonymous]

try the whole bottle of dye... :lol:

 

[jdsabin1]

Actually blues that color are very rare indeed. Those were pictures taken with and without flash, and they were that color under 10k, 20k, etc.

Money is relative. Just because I didn't have $611 to spend on a frag of rare blue zoos doesn't mean someone else didn't. I bid up to $235 and had to bow out.

If the new owner can nurture those zoos along the next few years, he will get his investment back tenfold.

Anthony by the way is one of the best online zoo vendors on planet earth .

 

[Unarce]

Money is relative. Just because I didn't have $611 to spend on a frag of rare blue zoos doesn't mean someone else didn't. I bid up to $235 and had to bow out.

I hope you weren't too offended by the thread. I just can't fathom the idea of zoos going for triple digits. But than again, rare angelfish can go for five digits.

 

[jdsabin1]

I hope you weren't too offended by the thread. I just can't fathom the idea of zoos going for triple digits. But than again, rare angelfish can go for five digits.

Oh no, not at all. I was just pointing out that the price will be determined by what the market will bear and it seems that harder to get, more rare zoanthids these days are growing in popularity by leaps and bounds.

-Jeff
http://www.zoosrus.com <-- For the Zoo Lover In All Of Us!