Conference buying approaches

[dnledman]

Hey everyone, I am going to try and make the trip over to NJ for reefapalooza and wanted to pick peoples brains on their strategy as I am going to try and stick to a budget.

So without the budget in mind I normally would go Saturday morning trying to target specific corals but this time I am debating going later on Sunday with the hopes of getting a better deal on something random.

Has anyone had success with that strategy, finding a fire coral at the end of the conference at a great deal or is everything pretty well picked over by that time and you might get a deal but on something that I might already have?

 

[bluemon]

really depends on what you want.

If you are going there to catch a nice deal more than anything, then go on the second day.

If you are looking for the hottest and best looking coral (and perhaps a good deal that might sell out fast) then go early first day.

I went on the second day this RAP CA, and the sales weren’t as fire as you would expect, maybe you have to be a lot more convincing

 

[dnledman]

See this is good feedback though, the worst thing would be to go on Sunday afternoon and the deals be….not great deals.

 

[bluemon]

See this is good feedback though, the worst thing would be to go on Sunday afternoon and the deals be….not great deals.

I’m sure you can be a lot more persuasive on that front

In their defense, it was my first visit in like 5 years and it was my first real visit to a coral show or even a real coral focused LFS post COVID so i think my standard on prices were a bit stricter and outdated