Koi Blog

As I promised a couple of weeks ago, I am giving my customers who can not make the trip to Orlando to attend the Central Florida Koi Show an opportunity to get the same special pricing that I am offering at the show. In order to do so, you will have to enter the corresponding coupon code below into the shopping cart, where prompted to do so. These blog specials are effective from February 28 thru March 14. The more products you purchase, the more money you will save!

COUPON CODES

KOIZYME8 gives you $5 off 8 oz Koizyme

KOIZYME16 gives you $10 off 16 oz Koizyme

KOIZYME32 gives you $15 off 32 oz Koizyme

PRAZI10 gives you $5 off 10gm Prazi

PRAZI50 gives you $15 off 50gm Prazi

PRAZI100 gives you $25 off 100gm Prazi

DECLR gives you $5 off 1 gallon Chlor-No-More

CARB1 gives you $5 off 1 gallon activated carbon

SALMET gives you $12 off KoiMedic Salinity Meters

So get busy and start your shopping for your springtime needs TODAY!

Earlier this month, officials of Georgia's Water Management Department gave the 'ok' for koi pond builders to once again build and fill FISH ponds in the state of Georgia. A ban was imposed in the fall of 2007, due to the severe drought conditions throughout the state. Although water is still below recommended levels, we have had a faily wet winter. The ban still applies to other water features, such as ornamental ponds.

The drought was so bad this year that several commercial nurseries went bankrupt because without the ability to keep their plants watered, their stock withered. Homeowners were under watering restrictions also, so buying and planting shrubs and trees was out of the question. It will most likely take several years before the nursery business to recovers.

The drought also hurt koi dealers. They were left holding their stock of fish that would in normal conditions have been sold. Koi keepers did not want to add fish to their ponds because they could not do regular water changes that are necessary in order to promote good koi health.

It will be here before you know it...The Central Florida Koi Show will be held at the Holiday Inn Resort on International Drive in Orlando, Florida March 7-9, 2008! I will have a booth in the atrium this year and honestly hope to meet many of my friends and customers there. This year, I am going to let my other customers who can not attend take advantage of my "Show Specials".

How can you order online and still get the show special pricing? Well, beginning February 28th, I will post coupon codes in my blog that you can enter at the appropriate place in the shopping cart. Each item will have a separate code. By entering that code in the cart, the customer will be charged the special price for the product. This can amount to significant savings, especially if you are stocking up for the spring/summer season.

I will run the specials on the website for the week prior to the show through the week after the show, giving you three weeks to take advantage of the sale. This is a pretty sweet deal. I hope everyone who reads my blog will take advantage of the great pricing.

Just remember, if you don't enter the coupon code, yhou will be charged my regularly published price. No dealers, please. I will be glad to negotiate a fair price with dealers over the telephone for quantity orders.

In order to serve my customers in the best, most efficient way possible, I use UPS almost exclusively. The most obvious exceptions would be for shipping potassium permanganate, which I ship U S Postal Service. There are some rare times when I might have a supplier drop-ship an order for me and that will be shipped via the supplier's chosen means. And of course, there is the issue of shipping to Canada. I am finding that using UPS to do this is becoming more hassle for the customer than I want them to go through, thus I will use the post office for those shipments also.

Below are some tips that I feel will be helpful to you in making your choosing your shipping option.

*If you have a sick fish and need your products FAST, don't choose ground service.

*If you choose 3 Day Select on Wednesday, Thursday or Friday, It will arrive next week. (UPS does not count weekends as shipping days.)

*Next Day Air sent on Friday, will arrive on Monday; 2nd Day Air sent on Thursday will arrive on Monday.

*Generally, orders placed before 3PM Eastern Time will ship the same day. Orders I receive after 3pm Eastern Time will ship the next SHIPPING day (A 5PM order on Friday will not ship until Monday)

*If you are desperate and need Saturday delivery, you need to call me at the office (706 374 3037) during business hours so we can put together a shipping plan. I can ship on Thursday or Friday for Saturday delivery but it will cost you an extra $15 on top of UPS's already high rate for Next Day Air or 2nd Day Air Service. It can't go through the shopping cart because there is no accomodation for Saturday service in the cart.

*UPS picks up at my location at 4PM and I need to have time to process and pack your order for shipment. Calling in at 4:05pm won't make it on the truck!

*All orders are prepaid by credit card. Please don't ask me to ship your order and you will send me a check. I like to think that everyone is honest, however I have been burned more than once.

I hope this information will be helpful in making your shopping experience with us a little easier. We truly appreciate your patronage!