There’s 2 people at the LFS that want it. Another good customer and the saltwater manager there for her aquarium. If I sell to the guy who’s also looking for red planet and purple haze (which I happen to have) then I may snag quite a lot. But if it’s the saltwater manager I can probably do 200-250 directly to her privately, not the fish store itself.
So it’ll probably be a private transaction. Not a trade to the LFS itself as an entity. The minimum I’d like to sell for it is 200, that way id make a 50 dollar profit.
You would be lucky if any of that happened buddy. Things move very fast. This coral is in very low demand, and worth a fraction of what it was
IMHO, you overpaid. And are trying to get something out of it, when you'd be lucky to break even.
Give it a shot, maybe you'll get lucky, or maybe I don't have my finger on the pulse of small town shops.