wut if you bought a fish that is alrdy dying?

[Tongue33]

Legalities, technicalities, and the smart thing to do all aside here.. the honorable thing for the seller to do would be to say,"Oops,, this sucks man. Here's your cash."

Now to continue,, did you bother to talk to the seller before you posted here?

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[Lupin]

The situation depends on the fish you are buying. Most fish do not do well during transport. A prime example is rummy-nose tetras. They tend to die while on transport so I believe this is not the fault of either parties therefore a refund is not warranted. Certain measures however must be taken to prevent another scenario by analyzing what really caused their stress and demise and this has to be corrected.

In the case of a fish already dying prior to purchasing it, it will be the buyer's responsibility for even choosing the specimen and therefore the seller cannot be held liable for such fault.

If the fish is dying after introduction to the tank, then figure out what is wrong. Check all water parameters and recount your possible mistakes but it is the buyer who shall be liable for what had happened if the fish was not in any worse condition than after being introduced into the new tank.

Just as a note, be responsible in buying your fish. You are to inspect the fish when you attempt to purchase one. Do not trust your seller to pick the fish for you.

 

[Lizardking]

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Just as a note, be responsible in buying your fish.

This made rethink... the seller should have called the buyer and explained the condition of the fish and re-scheduled the deal for a month or so. so the fish could recover and heal before it was moved. So IMO this was irresponsible of both the seller and the buyer.

 

[tohey]

Yeah,
Take it as a lesson learnt.
You should never buy a sick fish, transporting it will most certainly stress it out and just like in your case, cause it to die.

Should have asked for the sale to be delayed until you think he is well enough for the transport.

It's always the buyers fault, no matter how deceiving the seller is, the buyer makes the end commitment of paying cash for it and sealing the deal, after carefully observing what he is purchasing.
Say you're buying electronics from a store, and it's brand new in a box, and out of the box it doesn't work, there's no way of knowing that as it's always been in the box.
However with fish, you always get to analyze and see it before you buy it.

On another note, my LFS is so friendly, I told them my BGK died when I got home and they gave me a new one, but I didn't accept it, as I felt bad for taking free fish off them when it wasn't really their fault.

 

[BOTR]

I am thinking that the reason you got such a good deal was because of the shape the fish was in. So if the fish would have lived and healed up would you have promtly paid the guy the rest of a fair market price of the fish. ----NO---you were gambling and did not win this one.

This says it all for me.

There is also no way I could bring myself to ask for a refund from a fellow hobbiest if I actualy saw the fish in person before I bought, and agreed to buy knowing there is damage.

 

[cichlid2006]

i dont think its the sellers fault you saw the damage and you still decided to buy it. take it as lesson learned mate and in future really think about it especially if your going to be parting with alot of your hard earned cash.

 

[oscarcrazy]

If you buy and busted up car, and know it's a busted up car, and it dies on the way home.... Shouldn't have bought the busted up car.

Also, shame on the seller for selling a poor product. He should pony up the cash and throw in a case of beer for the trouble.

Just talk to the seller and see what you can figure out.

 

[DolphinRyan]

The next time I buy a lottery ticket because I know there's a slim chance I'll win, but later find out that I've lost, I'm going to ask for my money back.

 

[cichlidinsomniac]

i did see the damage on the fish. however, there isn't a sign on the fish that says "yea, i'm gonna die soon, don't buy me". i have "rescued" damaged fish be4 and i take the owner's opinion on the fish's condition into consideration too. i had a beat up festae be4, and it made good recovery just as the owner said it would.
so when i saw the damage on the tig, yes, it was considerable damage, but i couldn't tell whether it's a goner or not. it did look to me like damage that can be recovered w/time. and when i was in doubt, i did check w/the seller for the fish's condition. he told me that it's healing alrdy and eating well, and just w/a little tlc, it'll make a full recovery. da's how i decided to buy it.

if you couldn't tell it was going to die how could the seller tell?

 

[Toby_H]

If the fish was bought at a discounted price due to its illness... then as described earlier, you made a gamble and lost. Asking for your gambling losses back is asking for too much...

If you paid 'full price' based on the agreement that 'a little tlc is all he needs' then the seller mislead you and you deserve at least some of your money back.

Regardless of my opinion, your opinion or their opinions... talk to the seller... and ask for an agreement. If I sold you a fish expecting a little tlc to bring it back, and it died on the way home, I would give at least a partial refund. That is assuming the purchasing price wasn't already heavily discounted due to the fish's illness.

I will admit though, if I sold you this fish and you made this thread before talking to me... I wouldn't give you anything back. Any refund you receive is simply a good gesture on behalf of the seller. Appreciate it if you get something back but don't resent him if you don't.