Favorite LFS "CUSTOMER" STORIES ...
- Thread starter Miles
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ok ok..so i dont work at a lfs but i do go twice a week for feeders or whatever..
and i for some reason i went to this place called "mirmaids or marmaids?? Tropical fish" in Garden Grove right off gg blvd and newland.anyways i pull into the parking spot and theres like a lemon tree or some shat and my truck hits a branch and cracks it..i didnt even notice since the truck is lifted..this old man with short shorts hoblles out and yells"what DA heck...you try kill flowwaz? you go back up dont hit dis time"
i say "sorry i didnt realize" then back up the truck. so finally i get into this place.........HOLYSMOKES was this place dirty.im thinking wtf kinda shop is this?
not one tank was clear and he had mabey 7 huge FH like 14inch in 10g tanks
and some sort of smell like a fresh cat dump or a sugar cane factory..lol
so im looking threw the fish and come across a gold gar and a silver aro both about 20+ inch in 55g tanks so i start to chat with the guy about how much the gar is and he says "no way..no sell here sowweey" i say "well were does it sell at? and how much for the aro?" he replys "ok i make deal you seem into fish. so 1900 pho gar and 1200 pho arowamma" i say " damn what a steal..being sarcastic..well what about the watermellon pleco and the 2 knife fish? whats the price for all three?" and for some odd reason he say "ahh yes you know gar the use in cia special ops to eat people..they eat all the bad people..they huge gar like 20 feet big..no evidence bcuz they eat man whole." i reply.."hhmm i didnt know about that..thats crazy..will you take 30 bucks for all the fish?"--him "no way ..he thinks for a min. and is rambleing and saying a bunch of diff numbers.then he says...i want 45 pho all. that sweet deal broww..i buy no questions asked..why you try to bargin? it waste of time..for you it 50 now.." so i say "well thanks man i apricciate it.what a deal"while lmao under my breath.after we talk for another 5-10 mins he keeps trying to sell me these big ass pacu's like 15inch and they dont even have lips..i was like dood i dont want pacus.
anyways..i finally leave the place after steping on a cockroach by a pond or something in there..
if you live in the area you have to check it out.its like the most dirty lil un strocked lfs ever..ha
jw has anyone ever been there and what did they think?
and i for some reason i went to this place called "mirmaids or marmaids?? Tropical fish" in Garden Grove right off gg blvd and newland.anyways i pull into the parking spot and theres like a lemon tree or some shat and my truck hits a branch and cracks it..i didnt even notice since the truck is lifted..this old man with short shorts hoblles out and yells"what DA heck...you try kill flowwaz? you go back up dont hit dis time"
i say "sorry i didnt realize" then back up the truck. so finally i get into this place.........HOLYSMOKES was this place dirty.im thinking wtf kinda shop is this?
not one tank was clear and he had mabey 7 huge FH like 14inch in 10g tanks
and some sort of smell like a fresh cat dump or a sugar cane factory..lol
so im looking threw the fish and come across a gold gar and a silver aro both about 20+ inch in 55g tanks so i start to chat with the guy about how much the gar is and he says "no way..no sell here sowweey" i say "well were does it sell at? and how much for the aro?" he replys "ok i make deal you seem into fish. so 1900 pho gar and 1200 pho arowamma" i say " damn what a steal..being sarcastic..well what about the watermellon pleco and the 2 knife fish? whats the price for all three?" and for some odd reason he say "ahh yes you know gar the use in cia special ops to eat people..they eat all the bad people..they huge gar like 20 feet big..no evidence bcuz they eat man whole." i reply.."hhmm i didnt know about that..thats crazy..will you take 30 bucks for all the fish?"--him "no way ..he thinks for a min. and is rambleing and saying a bunch of diff numbers.then he says...i want 45 pho all. that sweet deal broww..i buy no questions asked..why you try to bargin? it waste of time..for you it 50 now.." so i say "well thanks man i apricciate it.what a deal"while lmao under my breath.after we talk for another 5-10 mins he keeps trying to sell me these big ass pacu's like 15inch and they dont even have lips..i was like dood i dont want pacus.
anyways..i finally leave the place after steping on a cockroach by a pond or something in there..
if you live in the area you have to check it out.its like the most dirty lil un strocked lfs ever..ha
jw has anyone ever been there and what did they think?
A very reliable lfs told me I might be able to find live bloodworms there, I guess the place used to be better but needless to say I was very saddened to see the condition the fish were kept in.
losertastictoaster;4611024; said:
ha i think the lfs are trying to make there selves look immaculante
compaired the that place?
Lady rudely cuts ahead of everybody in line.
"I need a big fish that I can put in a wine glass"
"The wine glass will have a lit candle floating on the top"
I explained to her that a betta would live the longest, probably a few days.
"...isn't there anything bigger?"
"I need a big fish that I can put in a wine glass"
"The wine glass will have a lit candle floating on the top"
I explained to her that a betta would live the longest, probably a few days.
"...isn't there anything bigger?"
I have 2 chain stores in my area and 2 smaller LFS. 1 of the LFS keeps the bettas in 1+ gallon bowls/tanks. But she only keeps 5-10 on hand and hand picks them all. The rest of the places keep them in the cups.
The 2 I got were in cups but I had other stops and a long trip home so I have the fish baged to avoid any accidents. Especially in the new car with leather.
The 2 I got were in cups but I had other stops and a long trip home so I have the fish baged to avoid any accidents. Especially in the new car with leather.
Industrial;4611151; said:
You have got to be kidding me.
I'd have her try to fish the 1'+ pacus out of a tank by hand after a comment like that.
The dwarf angelfish thing got me... Alot of people ask about them. some want an angelfish for a 5 gallon tank (No joke). So theres this couple that comes in all the time, they want a porcupine puffer for the future. They have a brackish tank as of now, slowly bringing the salinity up for it. I told them that figure 8 puffers can be acclimised to full salt. And they can. But they want one for a 10 gallon tank. Ive seen those things get HUGE. It just gets me that they think they can put one in a rinky 10 gallon. *Rage*.
Another one, couple comes in and they have a crayfish. Their neons and everything all got killed by it. They come in, and buy mad stuff to restock the tank after being told the crawdad would slaughter everything in there. Some people. -_-
Another one, couple comes in and they have a crayfish. Their neons and everything all got killed by it. They come in, and buy mad stuff to restock the tank after being told the crawdad would slaughter everything in there. Some people. -_-
I went to a Petco to grab a few hundred feeder guppies (thats for another story), when I was waiting for them to net them all up, I was listening in on a conversation between a employee and a mother with a whiny kid screaming at a few shellie cichlids
Mother: I would like to buy 10 of these
Kid: I WANNNNNNNNNNNT THEM!
Employee: how big is your tank?
Kid ITS THE BIGGEST ONE EVER
Mother: I believe its 10 gallons
Employee: ummm
Kid: I GOTTA CATCH EM ALL, ASH KETCHUM TOLD ME SO!
Employee: I can't sell you these fish, they get too big, why not try some neon tetras, you can even get 10 of them.
Kid: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
mother: lets go now
kid NO I HATE YOU NOOOOOOOOOOOO
and then they left, while I was in the check out I had my bag of guppies, some baby sunfish were mixed in AND there was a betta fish. I got all of it for 2$. The betta got rehomed but w/e
Mother: I would like to buy 10 of these
Kid: I WANNNNNNNNNNNT THEM!
Employee: how big is your tank?
Kid ITS THE BIGGEST ONE EVER
Mother: I believe its 10 gallons
Employee: ummm
Kid: I GOTTA CATCH EM ALL, ASH KETCHUM TOLD ME SO!
Employee: I can't sell you these fish, they get too big, why not try some neon tetras, you can even get 10 of them.
Kid: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
mother: lets go now
kid NO I HATE YOU NOOOOOOOOOOOO
and then they left, while I was in the check out I had my bag of guppies, some baby sunfish were mixed in AND there was a betta fish. I got all of it for 2$. The betta got rehomed but w/e
