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Of course this would happen as I was about to start buying from Marine Depot given a recent bad experience with BRS.
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I would bet my Marine Depot points that the video is already recorded.Cue the inevitable video from Randy and Ryan telling us how this is going to make it "better" for us the consumer...
What are your thoughts on a BRS / WWC merge?This was a hedge. If not, Bertram needs a new diligence team. Although I'm sure they don't reserve their A players for pet supplies.
The natural move would be a Saltwater aquarium reverse merge with MD (assuming it's still smaller than MD).
SWA gets a lot of the new reefer $, and it's becoming a noob driven hobby. They're better on social media, have been fastest to embrace Amazon, and come across hipper/cooler.
MD would have gap filled SWA distribution/product reach. SWA would Maintain the best market acceleration.
Buying MD is still a solid move for BRS. Will buy them a few yrs before this happens to them.
BRS made a name with their videos, but at this point they create sales for Amazon and SWA with them. Idk anyone that actually buys BRS bc of the videos anymore. They watch and then check Amazon/others.
BRS videos are basically free sales collateral for competitors anymore. Buying MD keeps true threats like SWA too small to matter for now.
I’m in the same situation, 15% is 15%, especially for life.I bought my RODI from Marine Depot because they had a deal that so long as you purchased the unit from them, you got 15% off of the replacement filters, etc. for life. It was a nice deal. They also had amazing service when one of the elbows broke. I'll miss them as a vendor. I wonder of @Bulk Reef Supply will honor that program?
MD sold out, no one put a gun to their head hehePretty crazy coming back into the hobby after a ~20 year break and still seeing Premium Aquatics and Marine Depot around. I'm in Indiana and used to buy from Jason @ PA when he was still working out of his house! Like most others, I buy almost all my dry goods at BRS... love the selection/availability and all the videos that demo/explain product. It does suck to see a longstanding business get gobbled up though
Well, that’s not good, guess it’s stock up time from MD.I just checked with BRS. They will not be honoring the filter discount for RODIs purchased at Marine depot.
And I am not sure why everyone raves here about saltwateraquarium.com as they seem to be all over the place with their reviews, which mostly I've seen are bad reviews for poor customer service.