Next Powerbuy
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I'm still a bit nervous about keeping clams again, but I would probably give it a try since I love them so much. I also think the refractometers and pH meters would be a great powerbuy.
Unless other people are interested, don't do that on my account. I am mainly interested in a Clams Direct purchase as I know the quality of the clams. I don't want to repeat the incident that occured with the last clam buy.
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On a personal note (and this is just my opinion only), I don't like that we have narrowed our powerbuys to just a few local companies. The club is comprised of members who pay annual dues and support the events with our time. I don't like that sponsers have this much influence on our group when it is our membership who flip the bill in most cases. I like and recommend many of our sponsers, but it does irritate me that we can't get an OceanMotions PB going for those who were really interested, a ClamsDirect PB from a company who has contributed to our forums or that a great PB like the AC units had to be grandfathered in.
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On a personal note (and this is just my opinion only), I don't like that we have narrowed our powerbuys to just a few local companies. The club is comprised of members who pay annual dues and support the events with our time. I don't like that sponsers have this much influence on our group when it is our membership who flip the bill in most cases. I like and recommend many of our sponsers, but it does irritate me that we can't get an OceanMotions PB going for those who were really interested, a ClamsDirect PB from a company who has contributed to our forums or that a great PB like the AC units had to be grandfathered in.
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Clams direct is one of the few places that sells top quality clams and you can pick the one you want as opposed to whatever they send you. Clams are also screened and aren't fresh off the boat. I like liveaquaria.com, but it is just a different level of service from clamsdirect.com.
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Cam, call me on this issue...
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This isn't a new policy.
<span style="color: black;">To me it's not an issue of local sponsors having too much influence. The local sponsors extend discounts to our club therefore our club should honor that by making power buys exclusive to sponsors. In the long run I think this could pave the way for better discounts and power buys.</span>
Group buys that are none ARC sanctioned are still allowed if my memory serves me correctly.
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Dont forget stability of salinity, calcium, and alk. These things will suck up the clacium and carbonate, so in a small tank that is not automated (or strictly maintained), these levels would surely fluctuate or stay undesireably low. I wouldnt recommend clams for a smaller tank, personally.
I think Barry is a great guy, but I will say his availability is pretty poor because of the demand. When he loads new clams on his site, they are usually gone in a day or two. Perhaps he would operate differently if something were arranged, but this seems a big stumbling block right off the bat.
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I would like to get one more person on board to do the Oceans Motions Group Buy. I have collected the names of 4 or 5 people who tell me that they are ready. As far as who I can go thru to get the order placed ... whoever we want I assume... I dont have to "clear" it with anyone as it is an "informal" non ARC sponsored buy I think.
However that being said, Sam at AquaBuys is a seller of the OM units and is a great guy. He was trying to help out a while back when we were close to making the order. I would like to go thru him once we have enough (one more... anyone? )
However that being said, Sam at AquaBuys is a seller of the OM units and is a great guy. He was trying to help out a while back when we were close to making the order. I would like to go thru him once we have enough (one more... anyone? )
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Had two orders with slaw Friday. Can we get hushpuppies too?
New as in started in the last couple months. I think it was the May or June BoD meeting that started this.
I have more or less let go of the fact that we are turning down good sponsers that aren't local so we can keep the local sponsers happy so I don't think giving them more is necessary. They get advertising from a relatively captive audience and it doesn't cost most of the sponsers very much to do so. IMO we do as much or more for them already than they do for us. Consider at other forums such as reefcentral, they have to pay and in some cases quite a bit. I guess what I am saying is the sponsers effect PBs just seems odd to me.
