ebay buys

RogerWilco357 · Feb 26, 2011

anyone buy corals off ebay if so which sellers have you used looking for some extra nice pieces of acro or acans or kick butt chalice but have no clue as to who you guys score from on ebay?

skinz78 · Feb 26, 2011

I buy a lot of stuff off of Ebay, I won 6 auctions last night.

As to who I buy from, that's classified info and I can not share it at this time....:tongue:

fsu1dolfan · Feb 26, 2011

lol skinz

Here are a couple that keep an eye on because of cheap shipping in florida:

eBay My World - rnegret258
eBay My World - retangsfriendlyfrags

Speg · Feb 26, 2011

fsu1dolfan said:
lol skinz

Here are a couple that keep an eye on because of cheap shipping in florida:

eBay My World - rnegret258
eBay My World - retangsfriendlyfrags

I've seen rnegret's stuff and looks good...although, I wonder if donovan and he are the same person since they always have about the same coral selection...

That being said, I've had horribly bad experiences with Donovan from his photoshopping pictures and selling coral that doesn't even closely look like what you originally purchased...and he tries to make it all better by saying "This is an original shot of the colony when I purchased it. The color has changed under higher lighting and will change back if you put it under lower lighting."

Sorry, I wasn't buying a coral for what it COULD look like in the future IF....

but I have purchased from others. One guy here in FL who seldom puts stuff up because he's basically just a hobbyist that funds his hobby with frags...his stuff was awesome.

Also made a purchase from Reefpets and I've got no bad things to say about them.

Just be really careful of photoshopping that's done...if the frag plug looks purple/blue, then the coral is obviously under actinics and certain actinics make brown coral look magical.

skinz78 · Feb 26, 2011

Speg said:
I've seen rnegret's stuff and looks good...although, I wonder if donovan and he are the same person since they always have about the same coral selection...

That being said, I've had horribly bad experiences with Donovan from his photoshopping pictures and selling coral that doesn't even closely look like what you originally purchased...and he tries to make it all better by saying "This is an original shot of the colony when I purchased it. The color has changed under higher lighting and will change back if you put it under lower lighting."

I actually wonder the same thing.

I recently bought from Donavon and I am not too happy. Colors were off, the two Chalice's I got were booger sized at best, and the clam I bought died 2 days later.

Speg · Feb 26, 2011

skinz78 said:
I actually wonder the same thing.

I recently bought from Donavon and I am not too happy. Colors were off, the two Chalice's I got were booger sized at best, and the clam I bought died 2 days later.

You really need to file a complaint with paypal about it because he has done this to two others that I'm aware of..so that makes 4 of us and I'm sure that we're not the only 4.

skinz78 · Feb 26, 2011

It has been a month and a half since I got the shipment and it clearly states that he isn't responsible for deaths other than DOA's. When I saw this I didn't even bother with contacting him about it.

Andy Nguyen · Feb 26, 2011

never buy anything form ebay cause its fake

skinz78 · Feb 26, 2011

Andy Nguyen said:
never buy anything form ebay cause its fake

How so? Please explain?

I buy off of Ebay all the time and rarely have any problems what so ever.

Bubbles_B · Feb 26, 2011

I too fell victome to that Donovan person. Bought what I thought were Agave's turned out to be a ugly brown paly. I made a complaint but that Donovan guy did nothing to compensate me after I had made a complaint to paypal. It made me sooo :ah:!!!!
Never buy from that DONOVAN on eBay. NEVER!

swannyson7 · Feb 26, 2011

I've never bought anything from Donovan, but I've purchased from Rnegret before and I was happy. The pictures were acurate representations (under pretty blue lighting, but my tank is about 22k, so they looked the same in my tank) and frags were good sized and well healed.

Lenny · Feb 26, 2011

What's Donovan's ebay handle?

skinz78 · Feb 26, 2011

donavonsreef

I mean don't get me wrong he often gets stuff in that other sellers don't. My blue teardrop Maxima clam is originally from him and he is one of the few who gets the Haitian Ricordeas. But for me it isn't worth the risk anymore.

Lenny · Feb 26, 2011

Thanks for the info and I'll use it as a guide :bigsmile:

Andy Nguyen · Feb 26, 2011

Well last year i won a bidding contest for a coral off of ebay.
after i won it they told me that the hard coral was one inch.
but when i got it, it was only a 1/2 inch. And it wasen't even the
right coral. that i was bidding on.
the coral was totally differnt too! so after that i never bought from
ebay again.

Speg · Feb 27, 2011

skinz78 said:
donavonsreef

I mean don't get me wrong he often gets stuff in that other sellers don't. My blue teardrop Maxima clam is originally from him and he is one of the few who gets the Haitian Ricordeas. But for me it isn't worth the risk anymore.

Yeah, I have one or two pieces from him in my tank and I love them and I feel like they were a totally accurate representation of what he had originally showed me...however, there were 4 pieces that I purchased that didn't even closely look like what I was paying for. I had made a complaint through paypals buyer protection plan and I was refunded for the difference in price.

FRAGJUNKY · Feb 27, 2011

Speg said:
I've seen rnegret's stuff and looks good...although, I wonder if donovan and he are the same person since they always have about the same coral selection...

That being said, I've had horribly bad experiences with Donovan from his photoshopping pictures and selling coral that doesn't even closely look like what you originally purchased...and he tries to make it all better by saying "This is an original shot of the colony when I purchased it. The color has changed under higher lighting and will change back if you put it under lower lighting."

Sorry, I wasn't buying a coral for what it COULD look like in the future IF....

but I have purchased from others. One guy here in FL who seldom puts stuff up because he's basically just a hobbyist that funds his hobby with frags...his stuff was awesome.

Also made a purchase from Reefpets and I've got no bad things to say about them.

Just be really careful of photoshopping that's done...if the frag plug looks purple/blue, then the coral is obviously under actinics and certain actinics make brown coral look magical.

Where in Florida are you? Would you mind sharing who you get stuff locally from? Im always looking for some good locals to trade or pick up stuff from

fsu1dolfan · Feb 27, 2011

FRAGJUNKY said:
Where in Florida are you? Would you mind sharing who you get stuff locally from? Im always looking for some good locals to trade or pick up stuff from

I actually have a thread for florida people of some online stores...here take a look. I live in south florida btw.
https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/general-reef-discussions/46130-online-florida-reef-stores.html