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I dont think it does, its not like your polyps will come with paperwork to make the value go up even more.
I dont think it does, its not like your polyps will come with paperwork to make the value go up even more.
I didn't read all of the post above mine, sorry, I don't have time nor do I feel as if they have any importance to me, I'm posting my take on this, and leaving it at that.
First off, no, I will strait up say that linage DOES NOT matter, for a multidue ot reasonings.
To get on my soap box, I'll start by saying that each coral comes from the ocean, there is no such thing as one of a kind. One thing that makes me so mad is when I see a vendor (not naming names) venture off and say "This is a one of a kind never see again piece". Awesome, great advertisment for the newbies, but for those of us who have been in this hobby, there is PLENTY more of the same thing in the ocean. PLENTY more. If the money is there, so is the coral, plain and simple. Of cource there was only one Barbie Bently that Paris Hilton had, now there are more when the money was put on the table for the same car. It's the same situation for the coral industry. I could walk into a wholesaler and if I deep enough pockets, I could pick up anything I wanted regardless.
Second, I have seen on the internet so many look alike corals and I haven't been able to tell the difference between some of them. I will not name the corals I've seen, but trust me, some of the industries TOP corals, yeah, those I've seen for VERY low prices and they look almost exactly the same, call BS on me, but I'm willing to provide links. (DO NOT PM ME ASKING FOR CHEAP CORALS, I WILL NOT RESPOND).
Third, if it looks exactly the same and you can't tell the difference, what is the point in paying for linage? There isn't one, I know there are some, but they are quite frivolous.
There is a place for linage in some situations, the old classics, I would buywith linage just because they are older and its cool to know that it is legit, but with todays corals there is so many look alikes, it dosen't make a difference.
Thank you, good luck with spending money for those of you who love to buy corals with linage...
Off my soap box now.
Good info, thanks for sharing.Especially buying corals from forums and such. With the price of shipping and the full out outrageous asking price of so called linage corals. People out there are definitely over charging on corals they bought and raised. There's always going to be a money value of all corals but full paid price on a coral you grew out under your condition cannot be sold on a forum online at a high price. It does matter a little bit if he has good feed back, but doesnt mean he has the linage and could charge up on his corals. It only mean he good at shipping and you wouldn't receive a dead coral. Like stated in my above post. Its only fair for a person to sell a coral at 30% less then vender prices but selling the corals for same retail value is doing the hobby wrong and only trying to make money. Spend your money how you want and goodluck to anyone selling or doing so. I recently bought from someone on this forums with high feed back and bought a package deal of znp. The communication was horrible and he ended up sending me the wrong pack i wanted. Plus sent me a single polyp of darth maul and a frag of another high end zoa. Once i acclimated the corals and put into tank the high end zoa opened right up but the darth maul didnt open up at all. I called the seller asking whats going on and tried to get a DOA on that darth maul but he stated not all zoas with open up and might take days to weeks. So i let it by and in the end the polyp just disappeared. This came from a reputable seller on this forum with high feedback and with the DOA rules they so called claimed. Theres always a loop hole that benefits the seller. What could i have done? My tank was in good order and the znp i buy always opened up. The seller blamed it on my tank and that the zoa had linage. I lost out on money that i thought would be safe from a reputable seller with high feedback. That is why i say people that sell on forums overcharged on their corals and is ruining this hobby.