Selling Forum Question

[Braves Fan]

Something I don't understand :squigglemouth: I see this a lot in the Selling Forum,,, For sale, will frag if sold and will take three weeks for corals to heal before shipping. My question: If you plan on selling something, why not go ahead and frag the corals, let them heal, then offer them up for sale with pics of the frags. If I were spend x amount of $$$ on a frag pack, I want to see what I am getting .Maybe its just me, can someone explain this to me?

 

[soccerbag]

Valid question and since I'm a Braves fan too, I'm happy to help...lol. There are some folks who want a commitment to buy before they will cut. There are some folks here that I would do that with. If you see a pretty good amount of feedback on a seller, you can "typically" know that they will do the right thing. But as with all selling threads, it is the buyers responsibility to ask the right questions before committing to such a deal. I have had many people ask me to cut different chalices for them. I typically ask for most to pay a bit upfront. That way, I know that they are serious about buying. I take pics after I cut, send them pics along the way (while healing), and then send pics just before shipping. If the buyer is happy with the pics, they can pay the rest of what the agreed upon price is. I will say that I do that mainly with people that I have dealt with before. It's not for everyone. You are certainly entitled to want to see actual frag pics before buying. Nothing wrong with that at all! For those who want to go this route (paying before fragging), ask a lot of questions, check out the seller's feedback, and ask to see pics along the way. Do your homework!

Hope that makes sense...: )

 

[Braves Fan]

That makes sense. If its just a couple of frags of zoas, thats one thing, but if its a frag pack of chalices that might be several hundred $$$ thats another thing. But you are right Soccerbag, there are a few people that I wouldn't worry about buying this way from, You are one of them.

 

[revhtree Verified Admin]

I am a Braves fan as well. They better get it together dang it!! HA!

 

[soccerbag]

I am a Braves fan as well. They better get it together dang it!! HA!

Yeah, we are due for good season.

 

[Tabasco1]

Soccerbag-great explanation and recommendations about purchasing buy before cut. As a person newer to reefing I probably would have learned to ask questions the hard way.

 

[drainbamage]

soccerbag nailed it pretty well- on the more expensive things, I don't frag them unless I know they're going to be sold- at the same time, I don't want to ship them before they're ready. Hence the combo of "I'll frag it once you've paid, then ship when healed. Typically though, I'll always send a pic of the actual cut frag, and if there's any problems, I won't hesitate for a moment to just refund their money and keep everyone happy. But I don't have a ton of spare room for excess frags (hard to believe with my current setups, but true) so it's not as easy to just have things laying around fragged as it may seem.

 

[fsu1dolfan]

Soccerbag and Brian nailed it on the head - Expensive pieces and just not any room are usually the two main issues.

 

[Braves Fan]

The reason I hate buying recently cut frags,,, more than once buying recently cut, shipped frags. They seem to come unglued off of the frag plug during shipping, I would rather have a coral that is starting to encrust the plug a bit before shipping. All of the corals I have bought on line though have been zoas, other types of corals may stay on the frags better. Zoas are a pain to get reattched to a frag plug.

 

[RogerWilco357]

I think If I know I am going to sell X amount of frags from my mother colony (if I had one) I would just cut let heal then post the sale I understand what your saying but what if you had 5 orders and 2 didn't make it ?