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Old 07-15-2005   #7 (permalink)
luke frisbee
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Koi DEALER!?
Well gee they are people too.....aren't they? But am I wrong by referring to them as "middlemen"?

Now Koi BREEDERS.
They often have other goals as well. like making enough money so they can get better and stay in the business of creating koi.
and here is one angle you must consider. Good koi are Limited. Breeders often pick their best koi to be sold to the best koi keepers they know that SHOW koi and have suitable set ups. If you don't establish a two-way communication with breeders as to what you can do with their koi then you won't get as good a tategoi as the guy that does. You'll pay the same, you just won't get the best till you have the breeder's confidence..
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