the thermos blind trade

reefkprz

Active Member
I did a trade with a SWF.com member and they sent it in a thermos that had been used for other trades amongst SWF.com members. there were a couple screen names on it already, I added mine and the person I recieved it from as well as who I was sending it to.
when I sent it out, it was for a thing some of my friends and I do called blind trading. we dont know what we are gettting, the frags are small, but its fun, we try not to trade super commons, usually moderately rare stuff nothing super rare, but uncommon stuff. its fun to not have any idea what your getting. maxalmon now has the thermos. if any one else is interested in joining the blind trade circle, post here, there are never any set dates or any strict guidlines we do singles of rics 3-5 polyps on zoas. stuff like that. nothing huge. (it has to fit in the thermos) I want to see how many SWF names we can cram on this little thermos. and when the thermos runs out of rooms hopefully whoever has it at the time can spare a buck or two and add a little autograph book to the package with the thermos to keep it going. I would have but I didnt think of it untill after I sent off the thermos.
I figure the first person to post in on this will be next in line for the trade. keep in mind you end up doing two trades one to get the thermos and one to send it off on its way. if you cant afford to ship twice PLEASE dont participate as it would halt the thermos's journey around the US of A. and please keep it amongst SWF.com posters, dont send it to some one who is never going to trade with another member.
I believe maxalmon is going to post pictures of the thermos at some point here once he finds this thread. lets keep it fun. there is a chance that you may get something you already have. thats life in a blind trade, its happened to me more than once, but its still fun.

we ship USPS priority, so the coral has to be hardy enough to handle the shipping zoas palys, uncommon shrooms etcetera. try not to ship super commons please. I figure I'll let the thermos go through several trades before jumping back into the loop.
if there are any hang ups or confusion during this run of trades PM me and I will try and sort things out as best I can.
So who wants to play?
 
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jrthomas40

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i would love too...but seeing as i dont have anything to trade i will sit back and watch
 

alix2.0

Active Member
Originally Posted by jrthomas40
i would love too...but seeing as i dont have anything to trade i will sit back and watch
same here... sounds like fun though!
 

dreamer44

Member
would love to be in on it...
need to know what some Uncommon frags are though, can you put a few names of them on a list?
Im kind of new to all of this, but I LOVE getting new corals! and im sure I would enjoy the surprise of someone else receiving a new one also! :)
thanks
Lori
How do we go about giving and getting addy's for the shipping?
 

reefkprz

Active Member
Originally Posted by janastasio
Whats the approx cost that you have had to pay for shipping either total or each way?
USPS priority flate rate shipping is 8.95$ so total cost would be 17.90 for both exchanges.
 

reefkprz

Active Member
Originally Posted by Dreamer44
would love to be in on it...
need to know what some Uncommon frags are though, can you put a few names of them on a list?
Im kind of new to all of this, but I LOVE getting new corals! and im sure I would enjoy the surprise of someone else receiving a new one also! :)
thanks
Lori
How do we go about giving and getting addy's for the shipping?
I dont know about specific rare names but things we avoid are watermelon mushrooms, red mushrooms, green mushrooms, stuff you see in everyones tanks, brown zoas, boring stuff. my friends and I do this to spread rarer stuff for minimal cost to try and drive DOWN the cost of rarer stuff by having more people growing and propagating them. basicly if you can buy a colony of 50polyps of it for 20-40$ retail, its common. tree corals, as well as most leathers, are common. (unless its something like a neon green or bright yellow) I shipped out purple w/blue center zoanthids. not super common not super rare. but they can sell for $5+ a polyp wich I think is ridiculous. I try to never charge more than 2$ a polyp no matter how rare it is. Some times I sell rare stuff at a loss so people who cant afford to buy the expensive stuff can get something that would normally be out of their price range.
 

reefkprz

Active Member
Originally Posted by Dreamer44
How do we go about giving and getting addy's for the shipping?
once we nail down who is going to participate. I'll make a list and contact each person in turn as to the people they are trading with and I will have each person PM the others their shipping address. I'll try not to make this too confusing
 

reefkprz

Active Member
Any one who definatly wants to participate type a post in red saying "IN" in a large font. we can leave enrollment for this open for a couple days, then we'll start the rounds of gathering information and order. once the full run is complete, we'll do it again. remember the more people that agree to participate the longer the intial round will take so if your one of the last to join it will take the longest for the thermos to reach you. depending on the numbers it could be well over a month before it gets to you.
 

teen

Active Member
lol, thanks for putting my name on it. i didn't even think about signing it when i recieved it or sent it out.
 

reefkprz

Active Member
yeah its for rare softies/lps SPS just cant handle 3 days in a bag. lps can but they have to be packaged really well.
 

reefkprz

Active Member
Originally Posted by BadBoyJ
would love to be in , but not sure what is rare , would something like pink zoo's be ok ???

yeah pinks are fine IMO
 

isistius

Active Member
IN
just slightly confued on the shipping?!?! if i pay for shipping in and shipping out, and the next person pays for shipping in also, that's double shipping. i'm just confused. maybe you can clarify.
 

saltn00b

Active Member
ok why not i will play too :)
i had the same thought as isty LOL yes we are brothers....
i have had some bad luck with USPS , but maybe in the thermos it would work out better.
 
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