Cornbred auction winnings

[Zazzy]

My new Cornbred aution from eBay last night (3/25/18) Spent a total of 455$

CB Pink Marshmellow acro- 55$

CB orange Passion-91$


CB stinky punch Acro- 65$

CB Rainbow Crush Chalice- $141.50

CB Fruity Pebbles Acro-$20.50

CB Jack-O- Lanturn Lepto- $43

CB inner core bowerbanski- $39.99

I think eBay is the way to go to get Cornbred frags! What do u think?

 

[ihavecrabs]

Nice pick ups!

I'd be interested to see what they look like once you get them (from shipping and to see how edited the photos are). I'm always skeptical

Would you be willing to post a few pics?

 

[JonJ]

I have ordered directly from him before and used ebay. With so many people/companies selling frags these days it is much easier to get some great deals on ebay than it used to be!

 

[Zazzy]

Nice pick ups!

I'd be interested to see what they look like once you get them (from shipping and to see how edited the photos are). I'm always skeptical

Would you be willing to post a few pics?

No problem! I still got 1000$ saved up for RAP been saving all year just goin all out haha

 

[Zazzy]

I have ordered directly from him before and used ebay. With so many people/companies selling frags these days it is much easier to get some great deals on ebay than it used to be!

Yeah there wasn't much of a bidding war besides on the orange passion. Won by $1.50 away from my max offer

 

[Zazzy]

These seems to be prices I would pay for no name across at a LFS BESIDES the chalice

 

[JonJ]

Nice pick ups!

I'd be interested to see what they look like once you get them (from shipping and to see how edited the photos are). I'm always skeptical

Would you be willing to post a few pics?

Just know when you are purchasing from him or most other vendors (there are a few exceptions) that they shoot photos under blue reefbrites or equivalent only and then adjust white balance. If you expect the pieces to look like that under 10k lighting you'll be in for a disappointment. With that said, I have been happy with what I have bought from him before. He always throws in nice freebies too.

 

[LobsterOfJustice]

Those are some blue blue blue pictures.

 

[Zazzy]

Just know when you are purchasing from him or most other vendors (there are a few exceptions) that they shoot photos under blue reefbrites or equivalent only and then adjust white balance. If you expect the pieces to look like that under 10k lighting you'll be in for a disappointment. With that said, I have been happy with what I have bought from him before. He always throws in nice freebies too.

I like a blue tank anyways

 

[jda]

The WYSIWYG part is legit. The colors are also very much not legit. I do not think that Cornbred ever claims to be anything else - I have never seen him come on any board and whine about people not liking his colors and photoshopping like WWC does. You should be happy with these.

Some stuff like Rainbow Crush, bounces, jawbreakers... it is easy to find legit photos of those, so people should know what they are buying.

 

[Michael Llabona]

Keep us posted on how the corals on the acros arrive. I've been thinking of buying from him

 

[Zazzy]

The WYSIWYG part is legit. The colors are also very much not legit. I do not think that Cornbred ever claims to be anything else - I have never seen him come on any board and whine about people not liking his colors and photoshopping like WWC does. You should be happy with these.

Some stuff like Rainbow Crush, bounces, jawbreakers... it is easy to find legit photos of those, so people should know what they are buying.

That's why I buy from the orginators cause I can't spend 400$ on a photoshopped frag! And I paid less than half of what that chalice goes for on his sight

 

[Zazzy]

Keep us posted on how the corals on the acros arrive. I've been thinking of buying from him

Will do

 

[29bonsaireef]

Nice, CB Orange Passion is the nicest version of OP in my opinion. I lost my colony during hurricane matthew, but was always one of my favorite corals. Hoping to pick up another someday.

 

[AtlCPA]

I think most people realize the color issue. I had a ~$500 order from cornbred on ebay and the only thing that was disappointing to me was the size of the frags. Some of his stuff is TINY. I would order from him again most likely, but I'd be very selective.

 

[jda]

Nobody can afford to spend $400 on a photoshopped frag... I am with you there.

FYI - none of those are likely his originations. The OP is from Sexy Corals. The SC OP sells for more than the CB OP does... so it is awesome to get it cheaper, but you will sell it for cheaper as well if you do not lie about the lineage. When I was wanting a bounce, I did not buy a CB Bounce because they go for half of what a WWC OG Bounce goes for. Renaming other people's stuff is not always good if you want to sell on the backend. If you are buying them to raise and keep, then you did it 100% the right way.

 

[Zazzy]

Nobody can afford to spend $400 on a photoshopped frag... I am with you there.

FYI - none of those are likely his originations. The OP is from Sexy Corals. The SC OP sells for more than the CB OP does... so it is awesome to get it cheaper, but you will sell it for cheaper as well if you do not lie about the lineage. When I was wanting a bounce, I did not buy a CB Bounce because they go for half of what a WWC OG Bounce goes for. Renaming other people's stuff is not always good if you want to sell on the backend. If you are buying them to raise and keep, then you did it 100% the right way.

Ya I just like to trade with local friends who have like a homewrecker and stuff. Like my buddy gave me a bigRcorals WD for 75$ and the princess peach for 30$

 

[Zazzy]

I think most people realize the color issue. I had a ~$500 order from cornbred on ebay and the only thing that was disappointing to me was the size of the frags. Some of his stuff is TINY. I would order from him again most likely, but I'd be very selective.

Well I guess this is a learning curve and I got most for alot less than from his website and that was only a 3rd of what I have saved up fOR RAP to blow there

 

[Zazzy]

I'm just trying to collect all the rare ones for as cheap as possible then when my tank crowds I frag and try to make as much back as I can from what I invested on the frag

 

[BigJohnny]

overall good score but just fair warning, his acro frags are absolute nubs