Equipment Review and Discussion

Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2008 2:16 pm **XP3 at Big Al's**

Has anyone seen that the xp3 has gone up drastically in price at Big Al's? I went on there today to buy some media for my xp3 and noticed that it went up in price from $89.99 to $125.99 (and that's on sale)! That is a big price jump from when I bought mine in December. Just wanted to let everyone know because we always recommend that people buy from Big Al's and I was just shocked.

Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2008 3:03 pm

Hmmm, that's interesting. I see that their regular price ($139.99) is the same as the Canadian price.
I'm glad to see at least the prices are evening out now. Big als used to have everything on the Canadian site priced at double the US site. Just a few months ago they brought the Canadian prices down. But I can't think of a reason why they would raise the US price...

Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2008 4:54 pm

Wow! That is a big price jump. I actually just bought an XP3 the end of December also and it was only $89.99. Guess I'm glad I bought it when I did! It's sad that the price jumped so much.

Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2008 5:08 pm

yea i seen that also because i was going to get one from that site but when i went to buy it i seen it went up so i didnt get it

Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2008 5:11 pm

The price of the XP3 varies so much from place to place. Petsmart online had their price at $105 + free shipping the last two weeks, meanwhile, in their stores, it's $179.99. The aquarium place that I got my tank from was selling it for $219. (Can you tell I just priced places all over to buy one?) I finally ended up getting it online on ebay from a seller called PetSolutions, nice place, even sent a catalog. It came out to be $120 after shipping.

Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2008 8:01 pm

I noticed it as well. I got mine from there almost a year ago for 80 bucks. I've been toying around with the idea of having two filters but not at those prices! :-p

Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2008 11:51 pm

I saw this too. I was wondering why they raised the price so much. I am glad I bought mine in November!

Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 9:32 am

I just got my XP3 delivered on Saturday. I bought everything else that I needed to upgrade my tank at Big Al's but ordered the filter from www.4petsdirect.com. It was $99 but I believe it's a sale price for the month of January...so hurry if you need one.

Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 12:26 pm

I asked their customer service why the price went up and they told me the sale has ended.

Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 4:34 pm

If the price on ole Al's has gone up, buy it some place else. I bet you can Google xp3 and get a better price. If 350, 360 gph is in line with what you want, you can try a Marineland. I have had several and they do fine. Big Al reads these forums.

Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 8:05 pm

i just bought the xp3 at petsmart and it was 180 bucks. i should have shopped online. oh well i dont feel like returning it.

Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 8:19 pm

I've seen this happen at bigal's before, and I suppose it happens at other retailers as well---the price is really good for a while, and then is increased quite a bit. A few years ago I was thinking of buying an Eheim, which was on sale at bigals; suddenly the sale was over and the price was increased by about $50.

It's also possible that the mfgr has hiked the price and bigal's is responding by increasing theirs---this happened with Hagen and Aquaclears last year.

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