Favorite LFS "CUSTOMER" STORIES ...
- Thread starter Miles
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sad but true. They serve their purpose I guess; but offer soo little to the aquarium hobbist. Beats a blank if there is nothing else around...of course a some of the time they are the reason nothing else is in town.Darth Scohin;4437998; said:
It makes me sick though when someone comes in with their problems that they bought at a big chain store, and the fact that the employees there disregard that they sell living creatures. I think it happens more with fish as well, because it seems that a lot of people don't see fish as something that can know the difference between a tiny, dirty tank and the environment they should have in captivity. Or, well, I don't know, but I'm glad that it's a rule not to sell to someone if they're not capable of caring for the animal properly where I work. I don't think I could do the job otherwise, with some of the people who come in. Today's story: a young man came in, grabbed a 2.5 g off the shelf (nothing else), and wanted to put some piranhas in it.
Noa;4438086; said:
I Actually am the opposite I do my best to discourage people buying fish that won't go in a healthy enviorment many times I succeed but others people just dont give a dace about fish. And "I dont care if it dies" I cant deny a sale so it urks and also makes me shed an emotional tear when I have to send a fish to its inevitable demise from JackA customers
....Agreed. I've worked at a pet store for over 5 years now, and I try to talk people out of animals they will obviously neglect. Granted, this only works probably 1/4th the time, but I figure that if I warn them first then the animal's death isn't on my hands in the endDarth Scohin;4438167; said:I Actually am the opposite I do my best to discourage people buying fish that won't go in a healthy enviorment many times I succeed but others people just dont give a dace about fish. And "I dont care if it dies" I cant deny a sale so it urks and also makes me shed an emotional tear when I have to send a fish to its inevitable demise from JackA customers
Not too many people care if the fish dies because they can return it and get a new one totally free.
Went to one of my LFS(They are highly overpriced and employees hide in SW all the time) Here's why, I go in thinking"Maybe something will be cool -I got my Endli there so...." I look and see little 1" Congo tetras BARELY coloring up $8.99 next tank over 1.25" Congos for $9.99 I mean really. Also well over 30 bettas in the same tank All "female" I could tell some were young males many fins were shredded
....Then went to my Favorite LFS same size Congo Tetra(same Vendor too) $5.99
....Then went to my Favorite LFS same size Congo Tetra(same Vendor too) $5.99
xPe_MONeYx;4438415; said:
Free wow...way to fuel the fire eh! At least my lfs only gives you half of the worth of the fish to use towards something else.
free replacements are certainly not the rule everywhere, tho' I'm sure there are plenty of places that will do it. my suspicion is that the better the LFS, the less likely they are to do this. the one I go to requires you to bring a water sample if you return a fish . . . I have never had to (knock-on-wood), but just yesterday I saw a guy going thru this
he was complaining about how every time he brings a fish home, it dies . . . well, maybe he's the problem . . .
he was complaining about how every time he brings a fish home, it dies . . . well, maybe he's the problem . . .
Petsmart has a 14-day guarantee on theirs. They'll replace (free) up to two times for the same fish.
