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greenman
10/11/2003, 01:08 AM
The left hand hermets from West Coast Tropical Marine are cool!



Went in on and order with work I will have to say everything came in great shape and well you cant beat the cost.....


Now if i can stay up long enough to acumulate them....

greenman
10/11/2003, 01:10 AM
Nassarius snails @ only $0.65 each
Cerith snails @ only $0.85 each
Nerite snails @ only $0.94 each
Right Hand Hermit Crabs @ only $0.70 each


Now im not sure whats what but it was a great deal I should have gotten a few more..... Didnt wana end up killing them if they didnt have enough food....

Marc Daniels
10/11/2003, 02:52 AM
Th Nerite snails are the green round ones, they look like small olives. The Cerith have the long conical shape, and the Nassarius would be the remainder.

I'm gald that everything arrived okay.

witowsks
10/11/2003, 08:06 AM
for the cost of shipping, you could prolly buy this stuff locally cheaper.....

Marc Daniels
10/11/2003, 10:54 AM
witowsks brings up a good point. With almost all mail order, the problem is to overcome the shipping cost. Now, I'm not familiar with retail prices in your area, so I'll use the prices in mine as the example.
Cerith snails locally are sold for $1.99, or $10.00 for 6 which puts the price at $1.66 per snail. Then we have a 7.25% sales tax. For 24 Cerith snails I would pay locally $42.90. When you compare this to my pricing $42.90 - $15 shipping leaves $27.90 for snails. $27.90 divided by $.85 per snail allows for 32.8 snails. That's almost 9 more snails forth same price. When you add Nassarius, hermits, etc. to the mix you then start to see even greater savings.

If you only want a couple of things, and can't overcome the shipping cost, then I would suggest that you purchase them locally.
Marc