Who's buying?

[Leishman]

It's getting hot out there. Do you buy coral (that needs to be shipped) in summer?

 

[Hungriee]

i dont own a chiller so the summer time i get heat waves, some days hot, some days cooler w/ my tank fan on. There are great sales in summer, but I opt not to buy since alot of my sps have tend to brown or bleach out - needs to be hospitalized in friends tank w/ a chiller for the season.

 

[JR's Reef]

I buy if I have the money and its a good deal.

 

[143gadgets]

Doesn't matter to me. :D

 

[Leishman]

Doesn't matter to me. :D

We know that.

 

[Acroholic]

If it is what I want I buy. That is what cool packs are for!:D
Dave

 

[143gadgets]

We know that.

;) We should post our video from Tuesday.

 

[laskopyre]

I'm not ordering due to lack of cash. Have to replace part of my fence $400 in lumber, and I have to do some work on the house. Kind of takes all the coral money away.

 

[Azurel]

I buy all year round for the most part....Except last winter we had 74 days below 32 degrees straight. I didn't buy anything then.

 

[mpoletti]

I usually do not buy "as much" coral in the summer months either.

 

[revhtree Verified Admin]

I don't buy as much since I am saving or trying to save for vacation! LOL!

 

[afboundguy]

I only buy with the money I make off frags and not a lot of people seem to be buying now so guess it's a no for me...

 

[CTMarinelife]

With no reserve and the economy ebay has had awesome deals.

 

[Aloha Corals]

I personally don't like summer. I would much rather ship in the winter. It is much easy to control in the cold. I have heat packs that will last different lengths of time up to 60 hours. I'll be lucky if a cold pack lasts longer than 14 hours. With a 20 hour trip from Honolulu to the east coast, most cold packs do not last.

I do ship in the summer, but if it is close or over 90 degrees it has to be held for pickup or i refuse to ship. Air Freight is nice for fish or large coral packs since i can get from Honolulu to the east coast (airport to airport) in about 13 hours. On large orders its usually cheaper too.

AC-Kevin

 

[reefboy]

I have no issues shipping either time of year:)

 

[JR's Reef]

With no reserve and the economy ebay has had awesome deals.

Agree but with the cost of shipping you end up paying more for the coral than its worth. Well in some cases not all.

 

[Znut Reefer]

I usually don't buy much either this time of yr. It's just getting too hot.

 

[H@rry]

I ship year round with equal results. In extreme temps (cold or hot) the pack needs to be held at FedEx for pickup.

 

[oceanparadise1]

Never a down time IMO