Apparently since a few of us shop on eBay for saltwater supplies, including live rock, some sellers have been using the old bait and switch technique to scam a few of our members. Generally we don’t encourage users to buy saltwater supplies, which mainly includes livestock on eBay. Most of the operations on eBay are fly-by-night and are realitivey new or really don’t know what they are doing. They are out to make a “quick buck”. A RBÂ member paid $60 (including shipping mind you) for 25 pounds of live rock. They advertised that the rock was going to look like the above picture…and to our members surprise, he got this rock. (click the read link for the picture)
Live rock bait and switch on eBay
Ryan Gripp
Ryan Gripp founded Reef Builders in 2006. He writes about technology, industry and other associated news relating to saltwater fish tanks. He went to Depaul University and has been keeping reef tanks for over 15 years.
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