i want a briareus!!!!

[joefish84]

why cant i seem to find a briareus anywhere?

i know that the octopus fishing industry was devistated last year but come on i can go to the bahamas and find one just walking the beaches at night!! i want one! anyone know any divers i can call in florida or the keys and get them to catch me one and ship it? or someone that can put a claypot trap out and catch one that way?

 

[3000gtman]

i got mine on ebey, the forst one that was listed on one of the forums on here so i had to buy. thats the mother octo i have had for the past 11 months. the guy is a local diver and the octo was wild caught.
well any other questions please ask.
greg

 

[joefish84]

you think your local diver could catch me one?

 

[joreed3]

http://cgi.ebay.com/Live-Coral-Salt...ryZ66788QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

i found one on ebay

 

[joefish84]

are you bidding on it? it has an outragous 45 dollar shipping fee!!!! theres no way it cost that much to ship it!

 

[Nancy]

Did you notice the statement about how difficult briareus are to find in that area because of the hurricanes?

Nancy

 

[joefish84]

yeah ive talked to tom and another distributor about that but that shouldnt account for the high shipping cost.

 

[joreed3]

are you bidding on it? it has an outragous 45 dollar shipping fee!!!! theres no way it cost that much to ship it!

No, im still looking

But that is a good looking Octi! For a hard to find species currently I think that it is an excellent buy! If I were you I would snatch it up!

-jordan

 

[joreed3]

but to be honest.. hard to find species or not.. I would never buy a "wild" octi.. Which is what I think this is

 

[joreed3]

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[DocFrye]

You are overnight shipping a live animal in a container of water.... what exactly do you think this should cost?

 

[joefish84]

well from octopets which is in california to sc it cost me $12 to overnight about 9 months ago so theres no way it can cost $45 to get it anywhere in the US unless they are plannning on shipping it in like 5 gallons of water

 

[DHyslop]

I doubt that story quite a bit...you're the first person I've heard of to pay less than about $35 for overnight from Octopets.

Dan

 

[DocFrye]

Overnighting an envelope through the USPS now costs over $12. I ship a lot of live animals (dart frogs) and I have never heard of overnighting any box for less that $35.

 

[bmatson]

I remember octopets being about 60-70$ plus shipping. That was when an octopus was 20-30$. 45$ doesn't sound that bad, when you figure your overnight a live animal with saltwater.

Ben