More Stupidity at my one LFS (Please Rescue these catfish)

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Is it really too much to ask for an establishment thats specialty is selling fish to know the basics of what they are selling? I wouldn't go into a car dealership that didn't no jack about what cars they were selling. These shops buy the fish from a supplier, so why don't they look at what they are getting and give the correct info to any potential customer? Hell even if they aren't too sure, use Google, we live in the internet age, all the necessary info Is readily available at the click of a button.

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As i often state, im no expert. I know a guy who has some large soribum, and theyr alot thicker than the elongatus than ive seen. I'm not saying that you should shove information peoples throat, and yes treat people, like you wanna be treated, is always a good idea :) But, stilll that girl, either knew what she was selling, or she should have said she didnt know. Sometimes if i confuse people, its not because i mean too, but because of my bad english.

I dont think an Soribum Lima would outgrow an 75, atleast it would take some time. I've heard some people say it will get to large, others say it dont. TSN's are as you know beasts, and even tho theyr meny places listed as only needing an 180g............ you know all this :D From what i've heard all the TSN's get to about the same size, without alot of difference, again im no expert.

Again, i think that girl at the fishstore, did wrong by either lying or telling someone, about something she knew nothing about, no matter what it would have had the same result... a fish that grows to 30", in a 55g..
 
fuzzlebug said:
Is it really too much to ask for an establishment thats specialty is selling fish to know the basics of what they are selling? I wouldn't go into a car dealership that didn't no jack about what cars they were selling. These shops buy the fish from a supplier, so why don't they look at what they are getting and give the correct info to any potential customer? Hell even if they aren't too sure, use Google, we live in the internet age, all the necessary info Is readily available at the click of a button.

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That goes both ways... customers need to stop relying on employees to hold their hand... they should be doing Google searches and researching what they are buying. Car dealership is 100 times easier then live animals, most car places just state obvious things about said car and rarely go into deep detail about specs.
 
Adamrhh said:
That goes both ways... customers need to stop relying on employees to hold their hand... they should be doing Google searches and researching what they are buying. Car dealership is 100 times easier then live animals, most car places just state obvious things about said car and rarely go into deep detail about specs.
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Yeh, i guess your right.
 
Adamrhh said:
That goes both ways... customers need to stop relying on employees to hold their hand... they should be doing Google searches and researching what they are buying. Car dealership is 100 times easier then live animals, most car places just state obvious things about said car and rarely go into deep detail about specs.
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I was using car dealerships as an example, haha. But I agree with you, most keen fish keepers will have done a good amount of research on the fish they intend to buy beforehand, some don't, but are willing to accommodate the fish as it grows, but some just buy on a whim, go check out some of the rtc threads, how many started with "well it looked really cool" or "it was an impulse buy" ? Without a knowledgable shop assistant these people are getting themselves into a bad situation, but that's why I never impulse buy. My lfs keeps info tabs on the front of the tank with tank size, comparability, diet. That's a simple Google search on a 4inch piece of card, and that goes along way, stopped me getting a silver aro, which I thought looked awesome! Gaga.

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Kids that work in fish stores are not always experts. They might have a tank and love fish but to them working in the store is a paying job. You don't have to act like a jerk to show off you know more then she does. So what educate her teach her something. Maybe 10" is the biggest she ever seen there is no reason to act like a jerk to make her feel bad. When I go to Petsmart I know these kids don't know much about fish. I educate them tell them my experience with the fish. They appreciate me and treat me better then they would other customers.
 
fuzzlebug said:
Is it really too much to ask for an establishment thats specialty is selling fish to know the basics of what they are selling? I wouldn't go into a car dealership that didn't no jack about what cars they were selling. These shops buy the fish from a supplier, so why don't they look at what they are getting and give the correct info to any potential customer? Hell even if they aren't too sure, use Google, we live in the internet age, all the necessary info Is readily available at the click of a button.
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IMHO, it has to be both. Education of the consumer (we have ALL the leverage because we carry $$$) and of the seller... and, actually, of the government.

The ornamental wild fish trade practices are not sustainable - world-wide, we take out more wild fish than the planet can replace, per that PCF thread I linked http://www.planetcatfish.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=40144#p274002

On the other hand, governments are not efficient - as you can see they plan to ban 99.99% of all wild-caught life from the trade.

So, in short time, our hobby is doomed unless we educate ourselves and our LFSs... in a nice, efficient, HUMANE way.

Vast majority of suppliers don't know much about what they supply. They don't need to, they go by what exporters tell them, the vast majority of whom are simple, uneducated people. Ignorance propagates like single-cell bacteria. Mr. $ rules. And here is the result - our hobby is killing the planet too.
 
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