Thank you Mike, for the Afer as well as all the patience, consideration and professionalism that you handled my order with. To me there is no greater measure of a vendor then how he handles a situation which goes horribly wrong through no fault of their own and you handled my situation perfectly.
The story-Due to some personal issues I've been more indecisive and annoying then usual. Despite my small initial purchase and million bothersome questions about shipping options, future stock requests and asking often to change the ship out date of my order I was handled with patience and professionalism. I was never rushed and never made to feel as though I was in anyway a inconvenience.
Then finally I decided on a ship out date 6/17/2014 with an expected arrival date of 6/18/2014 by 12 noon. My order was shipped and unfortunately the arrival time and date came and went with no delivery. After speaking with USPS(who was no help at all) I was told the package was lost. I notified Mike and he was nothing but helpful offering me a refund despite the issue being no fault of his. I decided to wait it out and hope the Afer would arrive on the 19th and by luck be alive despite the delay. All the while I waited Mike checked in on me periodically, always letting me know he was there for me every step of the way showing his concern for me and the Afer. The 19th came and went with no delivery and now I was positive that the Afer wouldn't be delivered alive.
The 20th came and the package had finally made it to my local office around 11 a.m. I called the local office and asked for them to hold the package for pick up and within 15 minutes I was there picking up what used to be an Afer. I rushed home and tore open the box awaiting a horrible smell and disappointing sight only for me to be surprised, the Afer was still alive! Not just barely alive but in good enough condition to swim in panic at my removing him from the newspaper covered outer bag. The Afer had survived 3 days in transit and in particularly hot weather. I acclimated him and to my further surprise tonight he fed on pellet stuffed shrimp. If that doesn't speak of how well Mike packs a fish and of the quality of the stock he sells I don't know what does.
How can you possibly expect anymore from a vendor? In every conceivable way Mike exceeded my expectations. Thank you again Mike, I can't wait to do business with you again.