Large trade show pricing: Overpriced, Underpriced, or just right?

[FrostyFrags]

Hello all! I'm going to my first large Aquarium show, Reefapalooza NY. I have a list of coral I want as well as expecting I'll find things I want that I didn't know existed. My question is what is the pricing like for higher end stuff compared to hobby prices?

For example, an OG Bounce is high on my list, but would the price vary from a vendor and hobbyist to the point where it is worth it to buy from the hobbyist? Or is the price difference somewhat negligible?

Also I am very aware a vendors prices in general have to be higher due to the overhead cost being larger than that of hobbyist. I more trying to gage by how much, like would a $300 bounce on R2R sell for closer to $450 from a vendor?

 

[SPR1968]

I can’t help with the specific question but I can bump the thread to see if we can get any answers for you

 

[albano]

If you want the best selection, you need to be there at the ‘opening bell’ and quickly buy what you want, at prices that you probably don’t want to pay...
If you want the best prices, you need to be there at closing, but all the other bargain hunters will also be waiting!

 

[ca1ore]

Exactly!!!!

 

[old salt reefer]

What albano said. Prices will always be cheaper from a hobbyist. In "most" cases the frags will stand a better chance of being pest free from a hobbyist too.