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A. Hole.. Is that the scientific name? ;p
Jeff's LE A. Hole for sale $$$$$$$$ hehehe
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I have one of these from Jeff's and I think this is 100x better than the $2k one.
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lol christie! =)
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Hi,
I never meant to offend anyone. That is cool you are a ceo. That is wonderful that you donate to your church as well. It is extremely wonderful you help shelter animals and the homeless. That is wonderful god bless you. I was just a little outraged to see a coral going for that much. If I had the money to buy a home with just cash, then I would. Most people don't. I have seen a lot of selfish people in the world that are all out for themselves, without helping others. It just makes me a little upset. The rich have to remember those that are barely able to scrape by and those that can't. I've met many that don't care. I'm glad you do. I was a little frustrated when I saw that coral. Sometimes I should keep things to myself. I'm sorry if I upset anyone.
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Yeah it's expnesive, and perhaps they will make a high profit margin, but for everyone of these high priced corals, there are hundreds of inexpensive, nice looking, captive bred, and easy to propogate corals available for reefers to chose from.
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i did not take offence but, i was merely trying to answer some of your questions i hope you did not take offence by the answers and i certainly was not trying to flaunt that i had money of any sort, just merely stating the facts. not everyone who has money acts like a stuck up snob and some worked very hard to get there... i totally agree that is a UGLY piece and is way over priced! also, it sure does look better in there tank then mine! i don't care how much money you have if you buy something for your tank that costs that much and it does not do well..........it hurts and yes you should have donated it instead......... i have previously spent a large sum of money on a rare fish to have it not do well in my tank... luckily it did not die and i was able to re-sell it. that was the first and last time i will ever put that kind of money in a fish..
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Okay, outraged was not the right term. Maybe flabbergasted. It makes me feel bad when there are others out there in the world suffering and some people will sell these corals for $2,000 grand? That's all. I know not all rich people are snobs. I never meant to make it seem like that, if I did. We are all equal here on earth. I just feel very bad for poor people in the world. Abused, neglected, homeless people and animals. Or those dying from incurable disease. I just hope and pray they pay it forward if they sell that coral. I've always tried to do that in my life, even though I have very little. I've suffered in life, as have very many. Sometimes life does not seem fair. If you go to a very poor country you will understand. Mexico in particular is one of the poorest countries. It is sad. Having to sleep on a dirt floor, children selling gum to buy food for their family, not having enough food, bathrooms, water, shelter. Us everyone at times can take things for granted. All of us have done it in life. I was just sad to see something so expensive go up for sale. Please no one get upset with me. I was just saying how I felt.
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What might appear poor to you is wealthy to some. It's all relative.
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i'd still like to know how a hybrid can be called a 'scolymia' (no 'scolyima with 'x' 'var.'' ?, heh)-
a hybrid is a CROSS between various species, like a mule is a hybrid between a horse and a donkey-(from a web dictionary: "an organism that is the offspring of genetically dissimilar parents or stock; especially offspring produced by breeding plants or animals of different varieties or breeds or species )there some 'used car salesman pitch' going on here, folks, and some sucker's gonna get cleaned out hook line and sinker for what MIGHT be a nice color morph of a fairly common coral what coral species can hybridize with another ? and how did they even verify a breeding/cross between two 'varieties' (if there ARE such things) of scoly? |
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Ever been to Mexico? That country is very poor. My father grew up there. Being poor is something he's known. I understand poor. We've been poor before. I praise God for bringing us through to the good times. At least better times. I understand shoes to someone is very important. Having a reef tank is yes a luxury. Tacocat, I am currently not keeping anyone's food. I have yet to set up my tank. I am not trying to argue here. That is what I said in my last post. I am not trying to offend anyone here. So like I said before I apologize if I did.
Vitz I agree with you.
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marinegirl411,
no one is mad at you i can assure u of that! we all agree with you on the issue. you seem to be a very kind and nice person at heart. the world would be a better place if everyone thought the way you do. but you are correct there are people out there who think that they are better then everyone else. |
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Knowing poor, I know that a poor person won't be buying that thing. Ryan I'd pony up $2K for a liger.
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You couldn't pay me $2k to keep a liger. Can you say Roy Uwe Ludwig Horn? (crap, I guess I can't either - Uwe?!)
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Ugh gross not those type of ligers. They're freakin' useless. I'm talking about the ones with magical powers.
Uwe = oooh vay I think. I took a closer look at that coral. It's not too bad looking online. It was collected at Pohnpei (or Ponape). Back in the day, this island had a reputation for producing the best looking corals and clams. It is a pretty remote island. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pohnpei I once asked Steve tyree what the stink was with Pohnpei and why he had so many Ponape LEs in his collection. He said that the Pohnpei station closed up and it was extremely unlikely that they will ever open another collection island.
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It looks like expensive food for my Foxface!
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i dont want a coral that expensive i want that liger though
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I tend to agree with every post except, the poor people in a way, I know some people can't work, and jobs in other countries are hard to come by, But have you looked at the help wanted ads, more job's than you can shake a stick at....
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Quite possibly a few reasons for that being so expensive. It may be an uncommon item from his supplier, he may be wanting to keep a brood stock, a display to lure walkins, or just really likes it and wants to hold onto it for a while, so may make an outrageous price to deter selling, but thinks"if there willing to pay for it, they can have it, and more power to them!.." I know of quite a few retailers/etailers that do that for one of those reasons. That I can understand, I think simply a NFS would be more appropriate/ethical. But too agree with above posts if behind the intent is just to break some fool and there money. Which this occurs equally as the above reasons in this hobby unfortunately
Tacocat: good point on relativeness, just hate to admit that Im guilty of it in some form or another -Justin
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