Salt prices going thru the roof....

t316

t316

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What's up with salt prices lately....

I ordered a few 5 gal. buckets online back in April and paid $31.99 with free shipping. Just placed another order, same thing (Reef Crystals 5 gal. bucket) and it's now $46.99
plus shipping on top of that. Checked around first, but it looks like it's gone up everywhere.
 
matt b

matt b

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Is the price at your fish store so high that its worth paying shipping? Isent shipping like 20-40 bucks? I just use IO and get a box of three bags for $30. Looks like the same as most online stores but I dont have to pay 30 bucks for shipping.
 
t316

t316

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Originally Posted by Kelly
http:///forum/post/2832969
I normally buy from Petsolutions, and they have it on sale for $32.99 plus shipping.
Now that's more like it. Thanks, I did not know about this place.
Originally Posted by MaTT B
http:///forum/post/2833009
Is the price at your fish store so high that its worth paying shipping? Isent shipping like 20-40 bucks? I just use IO and get a box of three bags for $30. Looks like the same as most online stores but I dont have to pay 30 bucks for shipping.
LFS is higher on everything. Shipping on the 2 buckets I just ordered comes out to like $5 per bucket.
Originally Posted by saltyfish808
http:///forum/post/2833060
Tropic Marin pro reef is 85$ shipped for a 5gal bucket
It went up 10 bucks since my last buy.
Glad I'm not using that brand...
 
coral keeper

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I found a site that sells a bucket that can make 160 gallons for $35.99 and that's not on sale. PM me your email if you want the link.
 
matt b

matt b

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Originally Posted by Coral Keeper
http:///forum/post/2833345
I found a site that sells a bucket that can make 160 gallons for $35.99 and that's not on sale. PM me your email if you want the link.
If your talking about *********** then your not really saving money. It adds 19 bucks to your shipping ontop of the normal shipping rate. So its around 25 bucks for ground shipping.
 
mkzimms

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our local reef club gets us 20% off livestock and 15% off dry goods from most of our LFSs. im paying in the 50's for a bucket of tropic marin pro right now.
 
notsonoob

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Originally Posted by MaTT B
http:///forum/post/2833363
If your talking about *********** then your not really saving money. It adds 19 bucks to your shipping ontop of the normal shipping rate. So its around 25 bucks for ground shipping.
Right, which is tacked onto your price at the LFS, plus markup.
At least you won't pay the markup,
 
unleashed

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I recently moved to northern mich and I called what few LFS we have and one place quoted me 100 bucks for a 5 gal bucket of instant ocean i freaked.. talk about price gouging
 
notsonoob

notsonoob

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Originally Posted by T316
http:///forum/post/2832897
What's up with salt prices lately....

I ordered a few 5 gal. buckets online back in April and paid $31.99 with free shipping. Just placed another order, same thing (Reef Crystals 5 gal. bucket) and it's now $46.99
plus shipping on top of that. Checked around first, but it looks like it's gone up everywhere.

You got it for free shipping? I had that same promise too, then at the checkout page, they added a weight charge, but the nominal $8.00 shipping charge was waved
 
dragonboy

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Originally Posted by MaTT B
http:///forum/post/2833363
If your talking about *********** then your not really saving money. It adds 19 bucks to your shipping ontop of the normal shipping rate. So its around 25 bucks for ground shipping.
I live near *********** hehehe so I just pay the tax on it and pick it up.
 
coral keeper

coral keeper

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Originally Posted by MaTT B
http:///forum/post/2833363
If your talking about *********** then your not really saving money. It adds 19 bucks to your shipping ontop of the normal shipping rate. So its around 25 bucks for ground shipping.
Damn! That sucks! lol
 
cranberry

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If you go to "certain" pet stores with an online printed page, they will honour the online price instore.
 
t316

t316

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Originally Posted by Coral Keeper
http:///forum/post/2833345
I found a site that sells a bucket that can make 160 gallons for $35.99 and that's not on sale. PM me your email if you want the link.
PM sent....

Originally Posted by MaTT B
http:///forum/post/2833363
If your talking about *********** then your not really saving money. It adds 19 bucks to your shipping ontop of the normal shipping rate. So its around 25 bucks for ground shipping.
I wasn't talking about ***********, maybe Coral was. I have been getting mine from the Dr.s site.
 
t316

t316

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Originally Posted by NOTSONOOB
http:///forum/post/2833377
You got it for free shipping? I had that same promise too, then at the checkout page, they added a weight charge, but the nominal $8.00 shipping charge was waved

Yes, when I purchased months back there was free shipping, even on the salt. Maybe I caught a sale or something. But even this time, I bought two 5-gallon buckets and the shipping was only about $10 ($5 each). So I'm not complaining about the shipping, just the cost of salt going sky high.
 
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