"The petco way"

[Foster]

I had one of those incodents today that I'm kicking myself over now and wish I had stepped up about it. I was wandering in petco's fish department looking for beef heart and plants when I overheard who I assume is the manager talking to an employee. I've delt with the employee she's great and I know she adopts a lot of the rescue animals that come in. She was getting yelled at for feeding the birds something, forgetting what but odviously by the other womans tone of voice she was in deep for feeding the birds better quality food than corperate allows. The employee was quoting off why the food was better for color, metabolisim and all sorts of stuff but the other one was stonewalling her with "no, corperate rules state that its not allowed and do you really think the next owner will feed their birds good food?"

Its nice to see that petco thinks highly of their fellow animal keepers. Its also nice to know why they were charging for a rescue fish. They had a foot long common plec that someone dropped off last month... I was looking for a pleco and expressed that I had a tank big enough for the monster but the nice employee had to call the manager to ask about it to come back and say it was indeed an adoption fish but it was also $20. Doesn't that defeat the purpose of their rescue fish?

 

[Pharaoh]

There are costs associated with housing fish. Maybe not $20, but there are some. Businesses are out to make money, period. If they can't make money from doing it, they won't.

 

[packer43064]

Until you work in a retail enviroment more specifically a Petsmart or Petco you will never understand. This is why we can't please every customer. They just don't honestly understand. Petcare departments in these stores lose sooo many animals it's ridiculous. 9/10 it's because of aggression or the distributor gives us already injured or sick animals. Same with fish, we get boxes with fish in them. We can't return them for 15 cents for the convict we just got in. We eat the damage. Simple as that.

 

[bigblue22]

lolololol petco.

 

[Diskboy12]

Chain pet stores are just out for the $$$$.

 

[Foster]

Chain pet stores are just out for the $$$$.

Sadly the only independent store around here is even worse about it and he isn't shy about admitting it. I bought 8 feeder fish there for $2 I didn't look at the ones he bagged because the tank was healthy and not overstocked. I got home and half ot them were the size of neons. I didn't know goldfish came so small.

 

[packer43064]

Chain pet stores are just out for the $$$$.

I'm pretty sure every store is out for the $$$$.

 

[studd muffin]

 

[bigblue22]

sometimes you will get lucky- idiot storeclerks that will sell a tig or gulper for 25 bucks

 

[Szar]

Sadly the only independent store around here is even worse about it and he isn't shy about admitting it. I bought 8 feeder fish there for $2 I didn't look at the ones he bagged because the tank was healthy and not overstocked. I got home and half ot them were the size of neons. I didn't know goldfish came so small.

Did you specify you want the big ones ? if no its your fault bud.