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mrshall1027

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  • Birthday 02/29/1984

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    Round Rock
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    135G
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  1. Our new Leopard Wrasse finally woke up after 2 weeks!! Still waiting on one more.

  2. I finally have some free time to sit here and write this out! I started college right out of high school at ACC but I was young and stupid and quit after my first semester. My dad had just started up our company and asked me to help him with bookkeeping and appointments. It turned into a full on learning experience and I have become part owner. We've been in business for 10 years now, and even though we've had our large share of struggles, these last two years have been better then ever. We started as an asset disposition service. Companies would hire us to dispose and sell off their excess IT equipment on a commission basis. Our business model really hadn't been tried before and we gained a lot of interest. Some of our first clients were Travelocity, Kodak, Charles Swab and Grande Communications. We started growing like a weed and it actually almost killed the company. The demand was so high and we were so new, we just weren't ready for that amount of business. We restructured a bit and started to get a handle on things when our warehouse was flooded in 2006. Hundreds of thousands of dollars were lost and most of our internal infrastructural was damaged. It took over a year for our insurance company to pay out the settlement and again, were were faced with almost shutting down the company. By luck, we came across some deals that we could buy out right and turn into a substantial profit. This allowed us to stay afloat and quickly became our new focus. We switched over to buying and selling enterprise class computer equipment as our main business about three years ago and it's been doing really well ever since. We are currently in the beginning stages of building an online web store and sales are 50% higher than last year with profits continually rising. It's a really exciting, yet still stressful, time for us. All of our hard work and dedication has brought us to this point and I just hope it continues paying off. If you are ever in need of a server, switch, router, etc, you know where to look! Also, if you have some extra equipment laying around, I'm always in the market to buy.
  3. Has anyone bought from Reef Pets on ebay? They have some awesome pieces on there!

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    2. Niko's Reef

      Niko's Reef

      Yeah, I checked it out. Nice corals. Wonder how much the shipping runs?

    3. mrshall1027

      mrshall1027

      It seems like they have some of the nicer, harder to find pieces. I could be wrong though because I'm just getting into SPS. But what they had looked really nice. I asked about shipping and he doesn't make it free after a certain $ amount, but it's not too bad. $34 + $2 for each additional piece.

    4. Richard L

      Richard L

      Ordered once. Small sticks for big $. I think everything is wild though and I believe he's a little heavy on the photoshopping.

  4. Loving this Sunday night AAF bidding entertainment!

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    2. mrshall1027

      mrshall1027

      Agreed! I think they have great deals and last time we were up there, we ended up purchasing a HUGE long tentacle plate coral for $80! I've seen similar ones go for almost $200. The auctions we won this weekend averaged around $15 and we got some great pieces!

    3. esacjack

      esacjack

      not paying shipping makes up for the price you pay in the end, IMO. Mrs.Hall, I think I saw you and Mr.Hall at AAF saturday buying that plate coral. I never know what anyone looks like from the club so I never say hi. :)

    4. mrshall1027

      mrshall1027

      I always wonder if someone from the club is there when I go and I just haven't met them yet :)

  5. Does anyone know if kids are welcome at C4? If so, do they require a ticket to get in as well?

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    2. (Bio)³
    3. mrshall1027

      mrshall1027

      Ha. Ha. Ha. But, if that's true, I get to save $30!

    4. brian.srock

      brian.srock

      You were due a refund but we are unable to provide it at this time due to it being on government records, as fictious as it is we must use it.

      "Nope. Just had my physical - doc put down 5'! And that's what on my DL so that further solidifies it. -mrshall1027"

  6. So one of my RBTA just got sucked into my powerhead...

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    2. mrshall1027

      mrshall1027

      Hopefully it will recover soon. Looks like it only lost a little flesh on one side. It's pretty pissed right now though for sure!

    3. Funkness

      Funkness

      I was posta pick it up today :(

    4. o0zarkawater

      o0zarkawater

      'Tis but a scratch! Just a flesh wound.

  7. Just got our Reef Octopus Calcium Reactor Setup in!!

  8. We went to Grand Cayman for our honeymoon at the end of October. It was the first time either of us have snorkeled and it was awesome! We only went one day because the water was too rough the other days we were there. We definitely want to do it again, hopefully in the later part of 2013. We saw a ton of different creatures and coral. These are pictures that we got on a cd that our tour guide took while on the excursion.
  9. On our way to RCA for the third time today. Gotta take advantage of their awesome sale!

  10. Looking for blue xenia. Let me know if you have a small frag for sale :)

  11. Stuck at work when I would much rather be at home staring at my empty tank. Is that insane?

    1. blindside

      blindside

      Perfectly fine!

    2. Robb in Austin

      Robb in Austin

      You're not Dr Hall by any chance are you?

    3. mrshall1027

      mrshall1027

      No, just recently acquired the last name through marriage :)

  12. FedEx just delivered my two new AI Sol Blues. I'm a happy camper :)

    1. mcallahan
    2. mrshall1027

      mrshall1027

      Too rich for me. My husband almost had a heart attack when I said I wanted the sols.

  13. On my way to pick up my BuildMyLED fixture! Can't wait to see this thing in action :)

    1. (Bio)³
    2. Juiceman

      Juiceman

      I wanna see! just ordered mine today!

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