bulk purchasing is always cheaper. less packaging, easier to distribute, and a larger single sale. It's perfectly normal
Except the six month supply is just three two month supply boxes strapped together LOL.
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bulk purchasing is always cheaper. less packaging, easier to distribute, and a larger single sale. It's perfectly normal
Except the six month supply is just three two month supply boxes strapped together LOL.
135 canadian dollar is $100.49 usd.
You are using Canadian website.
Shipped once....
one can also order three of the two months sets at once too .....
Well worth it. If you test 2x a week with a standard test kit you’re going to be $100 in test kits a year and 10+ hours of testing and not near as accurate. You can pay yourself $10 hr or get a trident. I would say it’s well worth it. I was on the fence but now that I got mine 4 tests a day is sweet. Peace of mind and the money I spent is a fraction of what it would cost to replace all my corals in my tank.$200/yr to operate, yikes!
Buy more and save? What a concept!
Jokes aside, I haven’t had any problem finding the 6 month supply when needed. Running 2 Tridents set to 8 tests a day schedule. Between the 5-6 major online dealers I can normally find the 6 month supply within a few days when it get close to reorder time.
According to the neptune rep i spoke with they are not currently producing the 6 month, and will not be until the catch up on everything elseI can't find the 6 month supply anywhere. Purchase one when I bought the Trident and none to be found since.
Well worth it. If you test 2x a week with a standard test kit you’re going to be $100 in test kits a year and 10+ hours of testing and not near as accurate. You can pay yourself $10 hr or get a trident. I would say it’s well worth it. I was on the fence but now that I got mine 4 tests a day is sweet. Peace of mind and the money I spent is a fraction of what it would cost to replace all my corals in my tank.
First off, why is the 6 month supply has a better value than the 2 month? With this kind of pricing structure, the 6 month supply is much more difficult to get because whoever has a Trident, that person would rather buy the 6 month supply rather than the 2 month supply.
Neptune should price the 2 month reagent supply to be about $33, not $45. 95. That is not fair when the 6 month supply is much harder to get than the 2 month supply. In fact, even the 2 month supply is already hard to find.
Stop doing that. $45 is hard enough to think about. Best part is most test more and use the reagent faster.$200/yr to operate, yikes!
They do it because they can. If another company sold the reagents or you could DIY them, the price would drop to $33. I do believe them when they say the supply is short and difficult to get, but keeping the price difference shows that it is mostly just a calculated money grab.First off, why is the 6 month supply has a better value than the 2 month? With this kind of pricing structure, the 6 month supply is much more difficult to get because whoever has a Trident, that person would rather buy the 6 month supply rather than the 2 month supply.
Neptune should price the 2 month reagent supply to be about $33, not $45. 95. That is not fair when the 6 month supply is much harder to get than the 2 month supply. In fact, even the 2 month supply is already hard to find.
That's not entirely what you would expect would happen. Their alkalinity competitors all have DIY methods for reagents, yet the OEM refills for those units have not dropped in price. If a DIY reagent came out for the Trident you would instead most likely have some statement about voiding warranty, or another boogeyman like that. They would most certainly not drop the reagent price, it's a perfect vendor lock into an ongoing cost with a lower front-end outlay. Pretty much inkjet printer business model 101, but with an ecosystem lock-in on top of that.They do it because they can. If another company sold the reagents or you could DIY them, the price would drop to $33. I do believe them when they say the supply is short and difficult to get, but keeping the price difference shows that it is mostly just a calculated money grab.
Both Bulk Reef and Marine Depot offer free shipping on orders over $29 so shipping was always going to be a fixed expense regardless. What Neptune should have done was lowered the price of the two month to $33 dollars because it is their own internal issues that prevent people from getting the six month supply. They will no doubt argue that the $45.95 price tag is to prevent people from buying three packs at a time.
I honestly do not think it makes any difference to 80% of trident owners. They will still buy it and suck up the extra $39 of expense to get three of the two month boxes. So I think it only has a small effect on spreading out the reagents to more customers and a larger affect on Neptunes profits.
Anyway that is just smart business on their part.
The price as far as I know on the competitors reagents have not gone up, they remain unresponsive to the situation but as you pointed out this is no different than the Ink Jet printer market, and as you might remember, when 3rd party cartridges first came out it took years for the public to embrace them and then when they did the Chinese started to dump crap cartridges on the market and drove most people back to OEM. In this case since it's DIY I think once people see that it works long term it will probably become very popular.That's not entirely what you would expect would happen. Their alkalinity competitors all have DIY methods for reagents, yet the OEM refills for those units have not dropped in price. If a DIY reagent came out for the Trident you would instead most likely have some statement about voiding warranty, or another boogeyman like that. They would most certainly not drop the reagent price, it's a perfect vendor lock into an ongoing cost with a lower front-end outlay. Pretty much inkjet printer business model 101, but with an ecosystem lock-in on top of that.
Can a third party make regeants for them so we can generate market competition. What a concept! How hard can it be to make reagents? Any chemist here want to chime in? That's a 200 vs 300 difference to operate a year with their current pricing. And who really needs to test 4 times a day. I'd be fine with once a day and can always do manual testing if additional testing is needed. C'mon Neptune, I know we live in a capitalist country but how much does it really cost to make these reagents.
Maybe if we keep addressing this issue, they will chime in. I messaged them on IG and haven't heard back from them.
I know most of you are frustrated with their control of their reagents. Bulk reef supply, make a competing reagents only like you've done for other products. I vote BRS on this one.
Thanks,
Mel
So is Neptune closed again? I see some online stuff about Santa Clara county being on the list of mandatory closures for everything non essential.
TL; DR - It isn't slowing down here at all or any other place around the world. The virus wants to live and you know what that means.