Fish Buying Ethics NEED HELP!
- Thread starter BDawg364
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Hey man, what ever it takes. Personally I try to get as many free fish as possible, simply because my wife has cut me off
Its all the cost of doing business. Do what you need to do to keep your self going. Your just taking advantage of the service of the fish store. I think it sucks that you would go and buy a fish and find out that the fish is too agressive for your tank (even when its not suppose to be) and when you go to return it they only give you half of what you paid as a trade in. So why not make a little savings if you can?
Howdy,
I guess I am against popular opinion: I wouldn't do it. Not necessarily out of etiquette, but out of respect for the fish: You said you frequent LFSs across the state. Traiding fish from one store to the other means for the fish: bagging, road trip, different water chemistry. I know that this happens often enough on the fish's trip from origin to home aquarium, but it's one more trip nevertheless.
And, as others said, there is always the risk of purchasing the fish for trade-in and getting stuck with them because the other store won't take them...
HarleyK
I guess I am against popular opinion: I wouldn't do it. Not necessarily out of etiquette, but out of respect for the fish: You said you frequent LFSs across the state. Traiding fish from one store to the other means for the fish: bagging, road trip, different water chemistry. I know that this happens often enough on the fish's trip from origin to home aquarium, but it's one more trip nevertheless.
And, as others said, there is always the risk of purchasing the fish for trade-in and getting stuck with them because the other store won't take them...
HarleyK
You have a lot of factors in here that could burn you. take into account the running around fuel etc time the possibility that they might not want them, and then you are stuck with them! and of course the worst scenario death. It sounds good on paper but could work out costly In the UK something like that you would get less then ½ its retail value trading it in.
Its maybe OK to buy fish at store A and then trade them in at store B but you are assuming a risk.Store B is under no obligation to offer any set price or even take them at all.Often times stores due to lack of room or overstocking of a variety will either offer you a smaller trade in or ask you to try back at a later date.Then you will be left holding the bag.
good point about fuel and time, whats your time worth? other than that I wouldn't feel bad for store X oy Y, business is business. cash rules everything around me, cream, get the money....
Well, I'm at school, and was planning on visiting home once again on thursday. I could make the drive to store Y (only 20 minutes out of the way on the trip, plus I would get to see their selection), and I wouldn't do it unless I called store X and made sure they were going to take my fish. It is to save more than a few dollars. I already want to trade in some cichlids for one of their awesome plecos, so I have to end up at store X anyways, so why not stop by store Y and transfer some baby tsn's in order to get a green phantom? They are so hard for me to get anywhere else, and I can get one for $16 if I do the trading (less than half of retail).
