By far, my worst experience at an LFS, ever.
So I wandered into this old Pet shop that had a lot of fish for sale.
I happened to be looking for a catfish of some sort and I found a nice sized Iridescent Catfish, about 5" long. He looked pretty stressed in his 10 gallon tank; swimming about, nosing the glass constantly, you all know what I'm talking about.
I felt bad for it so I decided I'd take him home and put him in one of my bigger tanks.
I go to the shopkeeper and ask him how much the Iridescent Catfish is. He says $2.99, I tell him I'll take it, and we walk over.
When I get to the Catfish, he suddenly raises the price to $7.99, (mind you there was no other catfish at this store, so he couldn't have confused it.).
I basically wtf'd and he said it wasn't a catfish but an actual shark. I argued with him saying that it was a damn catfish and that he told me that it'd be $2.99, (I made sure that I made a big scene). He finally brought it down to $4.99, at which point I was already so annoyed that I just wanted to take my fish and leave so I just went with it.
He takes this tiny brine shrimp net, (About an inch smaller than the Catfish's length) and chases it around until he almost crushes the poor thing into net. He takes about a good 5 minutes trying to tie up the bag because it started leaking everywhere and then brings it up to the counter.
Here's the kicker, just as I'm sliding my Visa, the catfish goes belly up and dies. There's a long awkward silence.
The shopkeeper pokes the bag a few times and the catfish does a mild spin and tells me, "Oh, he's alright, he's just playing around."
As I was putting my card back into my wallet, I told the moron that he should go visit a library sometime and left without the fish.
So I wandered into this old Pet shop that had a lot of fish for sale.
I happened to be looking for a catfish of some sort and I found a nice sized Iridescent Catfish, about 5" long. He looked pretty stressed in his 10 gallon tank; swimming about, nosing the glass constantly, you all know what I'm talking about.
I felt bad for it so I decided I'd take him home and put him in one of my bigger tanks.
I go to the shopkeeper and ask him how much the Iridescent Catfish is. He says $2.99, I tell him I'll take it, and we walk over.
When I get to the Catfish, he suddenly raises the price to $7.99, (mind you there was no other catfish at this store, so he couldn't have confused it.).
I basically wtf'd and he said it wasn't a catfish but an actual shark. I argued with him saying that it was a damn catfish and that he told me that it'd be $2.99, (I made sure that I made a big scene). He finally brought it down to $4.99, at which point I was already so annoyed that I just wanted to take my fish and leave so I just went with it.
He takes this tiny brine shrimp net, (About an inch smaller than the Catfish's length) and chases it around until he almost crushes the poor thing into net. He takes about a good 5 minutes trying to tie up the bag because it started leaking everywhere and then brings it up to the counter.
Here's the kicker, just as I'm sliding my Visa, the catfish goes belly up and dies. There's a long awkward silence.
The shopkeeper pokes the bag a few times and the catfish does a mild spin and tells me, "Oh, he's alright, he's just playing around."
As I was putting my card back into my wallet, I told the moron that he should go visit a library sometime and left without the fish.
Jokes only... look on the brightside... at least he didn't get it bagged faster or you would have been out the door with it when it died...I'm sure he had a no refund policy as well... Mom and Pop places are sometimes great for finding the odd fish but over all it's rare that the fish are kept properly there as well... You can always reward them for their stupidity by not shopping there anymore and telling everyone you know not to shop there as well...Word of mouth is a great tool for that type of thing 
