Just checked Amazon. Bucket of reef crystals $56.70. 50 gallon bags of IO $16.80
IO 50 gallon bags are $21. Not sure why, but I can't post the link. Anyway, it's $21 lol.
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Just checked Amazon. Bucket of reef crystals $56.70. 50 gallon bags of IO $16.80
Yeah when the sale happened I paid around $40 delivered.I did. Just not enough, evidently.
Maybe it's their algorithm or something. I always get that price. Maybe depends on how far it goes. There are Amazon distribution centers all around me. Maybe that's why?IO 50 gallon bags are $21. Not sure why, but I can't post the link. Anyway, it's $21 lol.
That's still $84 for the amount in a box...IO 50 gallon bags are $21. Not sure why, but I can't post the link. Anyway, it's $21 lol.
I started in the reef hobby in about 1986, so it all seems like madness to me.Right? Could you imagine if single polyp zoas or 1/4" acros were being sold for hundreds of dollars? Lol.
Maybe it's their algorithm or something. I always get that price. Maybe depends on how far it goes. There are Amazon distribution centers all around me. Maybe that's why?
That's still $84 for the amount in a box...
The ‘problem’,of course, is neatly summarized in three little words in the original post: I need salt. I’ve no idea what the margin is on IO and whether $84 is a fair price or not. But this is a hobby where ‘willingness to pay’ predominates. If people are willing to pay then they’ll continue to price it at $84. Until next month, when it will be $90.
160g bucket, which I prefer because hey. Free bucket. For 57$ With the 15% off code
More like double. I’ve been buying the 200 box off Amazon since 2015, and the lowest standard list price I paid was $40.It's nearly triple the cost of what it was 5 years ago. Even with the outrageous inflation that we've experienced in recent years, this is ridiculous. However, as you've said, if people are willing to pay then the price will continue to increase.
I understand businesses wanting to be as profitable as possible but I think it likely really is at a point where people are being priced out of the hobby. Honestly, if it weren't for the money I make selling frags, I would likely be priced out myself. Or I would at least be forced to downsize, that's for sure.
2014 - dr foster smith orderMore like double. I’ve been buying the 200 box off Amazon since 2015, and the lowest standard list price I paid was $40.
If so, I guess he's having a party.I really hope that g doesn't stand for gram
Agreed. Prices on everything in this hobby has been heading in wrong direction.Prices on salt been heading the wrong way for a while now. Fortunately everything else in this hobby is so reasonably priced.