Question on this deal!!!!

What do you guys think of this deal here I am trying to work out:

light purple acro 5" with many tips
Acro pinkish with blue tips 5" with many tips
green Spongodes two - 3" - 4" frags
green Hydno 3" branched frag
Green star polyps 3" x 4" (approx) chunk
purple photosynthetic gorgonian 5" multi-branched frag
Pink birdsnest - two 3" - 4" frags with many tips each
green slimer 3" - 4" MASSIVE multi tipped frag
blue staghorn 4" - 5" multi tipped frag
A 10 or 12 head candy cane.
A shroom rock with about a dozen small blue shrooms
Several 2" branches of orange monti dig.
About a 2x2" chunk of monti cap.
And the duncans.

I can get all this shipped to me for $350.00 Would you do it? Is it a good deal you think? or am I being overcharged for what is there?

 

Do they come with an arrive alive guarantee? If so I'd say that's a pretty sweet deal.

 

+1 with reefmonkey

 

Without seeing pics of the actual corals, it is hard to say exactly how good a deal you are getting. It does sound like a pretty good deal though.

Most SPS frags of 2-3 inches will run $20-$30
Most colonies of 4-5 inches will run $50-$90

 

There's no arrive alive deal....its from someone else who is breaking down their tank in WV and gonna ship to me in CT overnight.

Do you think they will ship well...he said he is going to triple bag them and insulate them with overnight shipping?

I am really worried about the shipping....that is why I am trying to get the biggest pieces I can so the survival rate is better ....right?

 

Here is a pic of his main tank where the corals would be coming off of.

 

Ewww...
Well unless you know this person personally I'd be vary careful then. It'd be real easy to send you pics of good healthy corals and send you crap. $350's a pretty good chunk to risk.

* vary lol...VERY even

 

WV is not that far, you could drive down friday night and stay in a hotel, have him pack as if shipping and then drive home saturday afternoon. should take about 6 hours by the posted limits

 

That would not go over too well with the wife and daughter. They look at me weird when I drive almost 2 hours for a coral.

Could be worth the drive....but may not be worth the trip...(yogi ism);D

 

While in that pic, many of the corals look decent, but they also looked bleached a bit, be aware of that. If that's what you're getting, it's a good deal, but remember, shipping that many corals is hard to do with one package and the larger pieces will most likely break. I've shipped small frags with no real issues, but for pieces that are 4-5", they most likely won't show up that size. Maybe pick out a few choice pieces and just buy them.