kyrie_eleison
Has been struck by the ban stick
Today I was in this lfs (not one the usual ones I shop at) and they had a rock that had an enormous size "somewhat fragged" blue xenia. This thing was beautiful; no doubt. I couldn't believe my eyes! Could've been the lights, I wasn't sure. I've been looking for a xenia frag for what must have felt like forever. There was no mistakening it and I could have settled for a pom pom but a blue? NO WAY!
Anyways, I asked one of the store people how much for a frag? The girl who was working in there at the time was "clueless". The girl must've had the brains of a vegetable. She said, "Which one?" I looked at her and said, "The xenia?! That IS a xenia you have there...you do know that?" In the back of my mind I was like, "You don't have any other xenia in your entire 'store'; if you're even aware that this is a aquarium store." She was looking at me like, "I'm not sure which one is the xenia". I then said, "Is there someone here that knows anything about corals?"
Soon, another guy approached saying, "Can I help you?" Obviously my interests involved the xenia. After an exchange of a few words, he looked over and was like..."Oh! Yeah, the xenia! It's not for sale."
I was like, "WHAT?! Why is it in there then?" He tells me that it belongs to an associate in the store and he's not here right now but I can call him for you and see if he'd like to sell a frag of it. After he talks to the associate he tells me he'll sell me a 1/4" frag for $30. I mean...not even a branch. Clearly these guys are smokin' crack or something. I was thinking more along the lines of $10 bucks for that small of a frag. I was like, "keep it; I'll go somewhere else." That was the dumbest encounter I've ever had with any lfs. Not ever Petco was that stupid.
What do you guys think? $30 for a 1/4" frag? Is that a bit much? I kind of thought so. I've bought a 1 lb rock full of zoas for cheaper than that.
Anyways, I asked one of the store people how much for a frag? The girl who was working in there at the time was "clueless". The girl must've had the brains of a vegetable. She said, "Which one?" I looked at her and said, "The xenia?! That IS a xenia you have there...you do know that?" In the back of my mind I was like, "You don't have any other xenia in your entire 'store'; if you're even aware that this is a aquarium store." She was looking at me like, "I'm not sure which one is the xenia". I then said, "Is there someone here that knows anything about corals?"
Soon, another guy approached saying, "Can I help you?" Obviously my interests involved the xenia. After an exchange of a few words, he looked over and was like..."Oh! Yeah, the xenia! It's not for sale."
I was like, "WHAT?! Why is it in there then?" He tells me that it belongs to an associate in the store and he's not here right now but I can call him for you and see if he'd like to sell a frag of it. After he talks to the associate he tells me he'll sell me a 1/4" frag for $30. I mean...not even a branch. Clearly these guys are smokin' crack or something. I was thinking more along the lines of $10 bucks for that small of a frag. I was like, "keep it; I'll go somewhere else." That was the dumbest encounter I've ever had with any lfs. Not ever Petco was that stupid.
What do you guys think? $30 for a 1/4" frag? Is that a bit much? I kind of thought so. I've bought a 1 lb rock full of zoas for cheaper than that.