BettaBetta Posted April 3, 2010 Report Share Posted April 3, 2010 that plakat's were kinda boring (flame away lol). $1001.00 for a HM Plakat White boy: Gadzooks, there's money in them thar fish!!! http://www.aquabid.com/cgi-bin/auction/clo...ashmp1269826265 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rainy Posted April 3, 2010 Report Share Posted April 3, 2010 OMG thats just mad...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuckie Posted April 3, 2010 Report Share Posted April 3, 2010 Plakats rule. You'll see :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BettaBetta Posted April 3, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2010 N-E-V-E-R! Hades will freeze over first! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuckie Posted April 3, 2010 Report Share Posted April 3, 2010 They just don't photograph well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zhong89 Posted April 3, 2010 Report Share Posted April 3, 2010 god, when will come the day when I can spend this much on a fish? What makes him so special? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BettaBetta Posted April 3, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2010 Much hearty laughing & guffawing here - stop giving my emphasyma (sp?) such a work out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuckie Posted April 3, 2010 Report Share Posted April 3, 2010 (and they never eat their tails) Seriously, look at the breeder register at what I used to breed. I fell for the allure of the HM too, at first. But each to their own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BettaBetta Posted April 3, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2010 (and they never eat their tails) Ho hum, no come-back to that one - Oh yes there is ... that's 'coz they can't reach the stumpy little things! Hmm, what/where is this breeder register you speak of? No, DON'T tell me, NO MORE FISH for me! I don't ever intend to breed so it's a moot point for me to go looking for girls. Always happy to lend a boy to someone who wanted to bring their girl over though, so long as I don't gotta watch them tear each other up :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuckie Posted April 3, 2010 Report Share Posted April 3, 2010 Such high bids are not uncommon on Aquabid but as far as I know, the fish rarely actually change hands for those prices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BettaBetta Posted April 3, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2010 Such high bids are not uncommon on Aquabid but as far as I know, the fish rarely actually change hands for those prices. Ah, yes, being a huge volume eBay seller, I thought I would check out the possiblity of "shill bidding". However the winner appears to have been a legit American who's won several different fish from an assortment of different sellers ranging from $25, to $100 & then this. Now, I could understand such an amount a little better if it had a tail to speak of! There was an opaque white HM Rosetail that went for $440(?) a couple of weeks ago, same deal, buyer USA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuckie Posted April 3, 2010 Report Share Posted April 3, 2010 I just know what has happened in the past, including with some Australian bidders who were members of another betta forum I used to participate on. I know they bid over $500 for a tri-band, but I am pretty sure that wasn't what they paid. The seller was so flattered that they thought the fish was worth that much that they ended up with a very good deal on not one, but several fish (if I a remembering correctly). But as the auction is a binding contract, you'd have to be willing to part with the $1,000 in case the seller wasn't so easily flattered and didn't offer to waive the contracted price! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BettaBetta Posted April 3, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2010 That's happened to me so many times selling on eBay - I pay $1 for something, it sells for $120 & I email the buyer saying, "Hey, I gotta sleep at night $?? will do thanks!" I once sold 3 x identical new items in one night, paid $14 ea & they sold for $250 ea, sigh, they were the days but greedy excecs have screwed it for everyone now. LMAO with my run lately I'm in a tailspin about paying $25 for a fish (plus quarantine etc which is amazingly inexpensive when one considers what's involved). That wouldn't surprise me, those Thai guys are just amazing (especially our Ketapang Jeff) - more obliging, sweet & polite guys you could not hope to meet - I always add $2 to cover paypal fees whenever I've bought a fish & we argue for about 10 emails because they want to give me a refund! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuckie Posted April 3, 2010 Report Share Posted April 3, 2010 For the record, Jeff's not Thai, he's a UK expat . That has no bearing on his awesomeness though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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