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In Japan, more so than anywhere else dealers take the responcibility for the sale and care of their customer's koi. They make home visits, negotoiate prices between buyer and seller and make recomendations to their regular customers
on newly arrived koi.
here in the states, as in any business relationship, the more exclusively you trade with a dealer the better your chances of building a rappore to help in selection and "deals".
In the Uk, I always dealt with one dealer for all my japan travel and purchases over there. I felt he got me into places where I'd never have been able to go.
I paid a good price for the service but in general got what i paid for and more.
When fish arrive from a shipment, they can be pretty stressed. I've had First place koi from the all japan show keel over in the bag when fish and game opened the box to confirm contents. As already indicated by Arthur, once a bag is opened the ammonia burn begins. A koi can deal with a temperature swing alot better than bad water!
When i was first learning about koi I volunteered many a time with our closest dealer to help with shipments. I did learn alot. I'm still learning. About 4-5 years ago i met a wholesaler who had tremendous "luck" with his new arrivals
over the others I'd learned from. I now know why. Without giving away his
hard earned knowledge it has to do with no mixing! and Direct flights.
Recently the most fun I had was showing Lester who posts here how to select tosai and sent him home with a Ochiba he fell in love with that i bred.
People were generous to me when i was learning so I always felt i needed to return the favor for others.
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