When I was at the store yesterday, returning the 20 gal TopFin tank, I noticed another TopFin tank and although I swore off brand new retail price aquarium shopping, the tank really got my attention.
The tank itself was a squared aquarium, instead of the "bowed" or "bent" shaped" and it was a 56 gal.
When I looked at the retail shelf price I just about died. The sticker price was $299.99! Three hundred dollars for a 56 gallon tank? That was not right.
I must have been reading it wrong and sure enough a sales associate easily explained that this particular TopFin tank was called an "Ensemble" tank. The beautiful wooden (probably pressed plywood) stand was included with the tank.
Now that made a little more sense, but was it a good deal? $300.00 dollars, plus sales tax, for a 56 gallon tank and a wooden stand ensemble unit. That is basically $150.00 dollars a piece.
What do you think? Would you buy it?
The tank itself was a squared aquarium, instead of the "bowed" or "bent" shaped" and it was a 56 gal.
When I looked at the retail shelf price I just about died. The sticker price was $299.99! Three hundred dollars for a 56 gallon tank? That was not right.
I must have been reading it wrong and sure enough a sales associate easily explained that this particular TopFin tank was called an "Ensemble" tank. The beautiful wooden (probably pressed plywood) stand was included with the tank.
Now that made a little more sense, but was it a good deal? $300.00 dollars, plus sales tax, for a 56 gallon tank and a wooden stand ensemble unit. That is basically $150.00 dollars a piece.
What do you think? Would you buy it?