[Nancy M.]

Quote: Originally Posted by koiczar PPP I am aware of gspotmc's situation he's talking about. It was seen at the breeder's facility by a very well known dealer who knew it had a defect at THAT time. A different dealer, the one that gspotmc dealt with, is the one who sold it for 20K US. The fish is from a VERY WELL KNOWN breeder. I don't think the breeder represented this fish as being in perfect condition at the point of sale. I think this one goes to a greedy dealer!!!!! Mike

Mike, I am also aware of Michael's fish. I told Michael NOT to buy that fish or any other fish from a picture, Michael drove down to see this fish at that dealers. Michael did not have the fish even panned for closer inspection on it, because it was in QT. This fish was bought last year 2006 right before the ZNA Gardena show. When the fish arrived at the show, several people including myself, pointed out the deformity to Michael. Since then I believe the dealer took back the fish and compinsated Michael for it. Not many dealers, would have taken the fish back. Michael did not have the experiance and or knowledge at that time, he was on a buying roll, and was purchasing several high end fish. He was after that $6 trophy. I think that Michael has learned a great deal from that experiance. And I would hope that he never buys from a picture again.