ORA Stick supply

[AJreefs]

Whats a good source for ORA corals Online? Local vendors here are charging ridiculous prices and we are driving distance to ORA; wish they sold to the public. I have a hard time believeing I should be paying sixty dollars for common ORA pieces. Honeslty, I wouldnt buy anything from their tank anyhow; Its all brown and RTN;s in about two weeks, hopefully they get it under control.

 

[Poseidon]

Most ORA corals cost the vendor $28 to $45 AND you HAVE TO buy so many clowns first, before you can order the corals... they are pricey.

 

[kschweer]

Yea $60 doesn't sound too far off. As far as the quality from your local vendor that sounds like that is on them. Maybe take a look around from a different vendor. The ORA name does command a higher price than some other corals. Along with having to order so many clowns before you can get coral there minimum order is pretty high as well.

 

[gmoney243]

Or get them from local reefers. I got a nice sized piece of ora pearlberry the other day for $60 is about 4" long with like 10+ branches

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[aherre07]

rocky mountain frags is a vendor on r2r and they usually have some of their nicer corals in stock. best bet would probably be to keep an eye in the for sale forums and acquire from fellow reefers.

 

[darryl_v]

Or get them from local reefers. I got a nice sized piece of ora pearlberry the other day for $60 is about 4" long with like 10+ branches

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....my warning on this is know what one looks like though because I see a lot of fakes out there. Seems a lot of people like to use the name pearlberry.

 

[AJreefs]

Most ORA corals cost the vendor $28 to $45 AND you HAVE TO buy so many clowns first, before you can order the corals... they are pricey.

the fish store made the mistake of leaving their invoice out and all corals were priced from the 15 dollars to 30 dollars. I figured based on the amount of livestock they were losing they had to raise their prices, apparently, I might have been mistaken.

 

[AJreefs]

there is a lot of good advice in that thread. I am going to check the local forums before trying to purchase o r a corals online so I can avoid those imposter corals.

 

[kuyatwo]

Battle corals carries some Ora stuff too


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[wish]

I got a great pack from Rocky Mtn Frags and you should shoot him an email.

rocky mountain frags is a vendor on r2r and they usually have some of their nicer corals in stock. best bet would probably be to keep an eye in the for sale forums and acquire from fellow reefers.

 

[AJreefs]

Battle corals carries some Ora stuff too


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Adam its awesome to work with... Goods idea

 

[CUNAReefer]

Hi AJreefs,

Hope all is well!

There was a time when I purchased an ORA coral for 200% above the actual cost of the coral. Much like you, I was not happy to learn of the huge price increase. This was in my early reefing days and before I obtained a degree in Finance. So here is the deal with retail and overhead. When a LFS doubles or triples the price of a coral, there are many costs (including cost of goods sold) that are rolled into that inflated number. In the Finance department, we call all associated costs of selling the coral a "fully loaded" cost. LFS have many overhead costs such as Rent, Payroll, Insurance, Electricity, livestock losses, and targeted profit margins that they need to plan for. Now with that said, our LFS are for profit enterprises. We live in a capitalist society and prices are driven by supply and demand. If the entire reefing community chose not to compensate the LFS for the coral in question, then they have no motivation to sell the coral. Hence, we no longer have access to the coral within the LFS. LFS need to drive as much revenue (much like any business) as efficiently as possible within their limited store front space. Revenue and operating costs work this way all the way back to the distributor. Unless the importer is willing to work for free, we all have to pay the price to keep the economic cycle going. Profit is the reason we are all able to have jobs and purchase the goods and services that make us happy. Profit also drives innovation, technological improvements, and the growth of the hobby.

With that said, I support my LFS, local fraggers, and the vendors that support R2R. Back in November, I had a LFS order 16 pieces of ORA coral for me. They provided the actual ORA invoice as my receipt. Even though I know what the coral costs, I had no problem paying more than double the actual cost. As instructed, they left the coral in the original bag and shipping box. I could not be happier.

If you do not want to support your local LFS (and there is nothing wrong with that), you can always find some awesome ORA pieces from a local reefer for a fraction of the cost. Just know what the coral looks like as there is no shortage of imposters out there. I purchased a faux Purple Plasma and Hawkens Echinata. The corals are still very nice, but they are not ORA. I confirmed by repurchasing the corals through the order I mentioned above.

Whatever way you choose to purchase your corals, I wish you nothing but the most success in purchasing the perfect ORA specimen.

Warmest Regards,
James

Whats a good source for ORA corals Online? Local vendors here are charging ridiculous prices and we are driving distance to ORA; wish they sold to the public. I have a hard time believeing I should be paying sixty dollars for common ORA pieces. Honeslty, I wouldnt buy anything from their tank anyhow; Its all brown and RTN;s in about two weeks, hopefully they get it under control.