Re: [GSAS-board] FW: What About Bob, the giant clown loach?

I had won the bid, but then Mike (one of the other bidders) came up to me and talked about his 600-gallon tank replete with clown loaches which allegedly had bred, sans artificial hormones, once already. I felt my 180-gallon clown loach spa was not as good a spot for Bob, whom I assumed was healthy and ready to rumble, so with considerable regret I agreed to shift off so that Mike could acquire him from the auction for the winning price. We settled this before checking out, so Mike was the owner. Then Mike and Phil went over to Bob's bucket. Oooh. Bob did not look in the mood for petting or, well, anything. His tail fin was twitching a bit but he did not look, um, healthy. So I left the premises with hopes for Bob's recovery but also one of the better fish auction stories. I truly am sorry that Bob did not make it -- he was a spectacular fish. But Mike and I made the shift of winning bidder before anyone knew about Bob's death spiral and also before checkout.

On Sun, Apr 19, 2009 at 9:56 PM, Seattle_Aquarist <Seattle_Aquarist@comcast.net> wrote:

Hi Phil,

OK, since Margie isn’t involved, as the seller how would you suggest it be fairly handled? Technically Mike bought loach from “The Club”, the other choice would be have a board member contact Mike and make the decision. If there are any precedents that older member may have knowledge of maybe they can provide some suggestions

Roy

From: gsas-board-bounces@thekrib.com [mailto:gsas-board-bounces@thekrib.com] On Behalf Of Phil Lacefield Jr.
Sent: Sunday, April 19, 2009 3:17 PM

To: 'GSAS board members and alumni'
Subject: Re: [GSAS-board] FW: BOB the giant loach

>>Just so I have this clear, you auctioned the Clown Loach and Margie purchased it. The club got 40% and you received 60%. Margie then sold the loach to Mike as a separate private transaction.

Not exactly. Margie and Mike switched the purchase at the time they checked out, so that it didn’t ever show up on her ticket, only his. Margie doesn’t have a stake in this one.

Phil

From: Seattle_Aquarist

To: 'GSAS board members and alumni'

Sent: Sun Apr 19 12:00:55 2009
Subject: Re: [GSAS-board] FW: BOB the giant loach

Hi Phil,

I agree it is a tough break, I do feel badly for the guy. Just so I have this clear, you auctioned the Clown Loach and Margie purchased it. The club got 40% and you received 60%. Margie then sold the loach to Mike as a separate private transaction. The loach died on the trip home.

I think the club is a smaller player in this than Margie and yourself. I would like to hear Margie and your views and suggestions for resolving it. I would hope that we would all want to see this resolved fairly; how would we like to be dealt with if we were Mike?

Roy

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