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AquaAlex1993
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What is your biggest pet peeve about your local fish store? What pisses you off the most at your fish store?
For me personally it's a number of things, primarily the following:
1.) When they get in the fish that you want, it is often VERY VERY SMALL and not the size you need it to be plus it is expensive. The flagtail is a good example, been waiting one for a while and then when they get them in, they are 1.5''-2'' and way too small, it's feeders at that size. I was so frustrated and disappointed because I have been waiting flagtails for a while. When they told me that they had flagtails in stock, I was excited because I could get a trio of them, but boy when I got there it was really upsetting, it's never a good thing to leave the fish store upset and disappointed.
2.) When I pick out a specific fish in the aquarium that I want, that's the one I want. Don't give up even if the fish hides under the rock or is hard to catch. Had an employee throw a ***** fit because I refused to accept a redhook silverdollar who wasn't up to my par and refused to catch another one and went to the back. Manager/Owner came back and caught the one I wanted in 1 min, man he is a good fish catcher. He gave me the redhook the guy caught for free so it's a win win. But, YOU ARE PAID by the MINUTE to be catching people fish so you should respect the customers.
3.) When doing trade ins, most of the time, you will not get more than $30... the most common credit are 5, 10, 15, or 20 dollars depending on the fish species and size. but yet they'll turn around and sell it for more than double the credit they gave you, although sometimes, I can understand. Pacu,ID Sharks, and other monster fish are hard to take in and since it says trade ins welcome, they can't turn them away because if they do most likely the owner will write bad review on social media. But luckily, the big fish they get do sell quickly.
4.) INCONSISENT PRICING....
for example, how does a wide bar black bar silver dollar go for $70 while a thin black bar goes for $20
These are the only things that make me frustrated from time to time, but other than that I love all the fish stores in my area. This goes for all the shops in my area not just 1 specific one.
For me personally it's a number of things, primarily the following:
1.) When they get in the fish that you want, it is often VERY VERY SMALL and not the size you need it to be plus it is expensive. The flagtail is a good example, been waiting one for a while and then when they get them in, they are 1.5''-2'' and way too small, it's feeders at that size. I was so frustrated and disappointed because I have been waiting flagtails for a while. When they told me that they had flagtails in stock, I was excited because I could get a trio of them, but boy when I got there it was really upsetting, it's never a good thing to leave the fish store upset and disappointed.
2.) When I pick out a specific fish in the aquarium that I want, that's the one I want. Don't give up even if the fish hides under the rock or is hard to catch. Had an employee throw a ***** fit because I refused to accept a redhook silverdollar who wasn't up to my par and refused to catch another one and went to the back. Manager/Owner came back and caught the one I wanted in 1 min, man he is a good fish catcher. He gave me the redhook the guy caught for free so it's a win win. But, YOU ARE PAID by the MINUTE to be catching people fish so you should respect the customers.
3.) When doing trade ins, most of the time, you will not get more than $30... the most common credit are 5, 10, 15, or 20 dollars depending on the fish species and size. but yet they'll turn around and sell it for more than double the credit they gave you, although sometimes, I can understand. Pacu,ID Sharks, and other monster fish are hard to take in and since it says trade ins welcome, they can't turn them away because if they do most likely the owner will write bad review on social media. But luckily, the big fish they get do sell quickly.
4.) INCONSISENT PRICING....
for example, how does a wide bar black bar silver dollar go for $70 while a thin black bar goes for $20
These are the only things that make me frustrated from time to time, but other than that I love all the fish stores in my area. This goes for all the shops in my area not just 1 specific one.
