On Fri, 26 Aug 2005 22:00:03 -0400, "NetMax"
wrote:

Between all of us, we have probably visited 100s of petshops, perhaps
1000s of times, and overheard comments which made our ears go red. Does
anyone have any favourites?

I remember overhearing :
"Goldfish can live in a bowl because they are air breathers",

- and of course the perennial classic:
"Oscars are fine in a community tank".

;~)

Not really a lie, but one of the local stores right now has some Clown
Loaches with a tag on the tank with the price etc. In another thread
it's being mentioned that the majority of Clown Loaches are wild
caught. I would think that all Clown Loaches we see in stores are wild
caught, but I really don't know for sure; it may be possible that some
of these fish farm people in Asia are breeding them. But I presume
anyway that the vast majority of Clowns that we've seen in stores
throughout all times are wild caught fish.

Anyway, the Clowns in this store are a good size, 3-4 inches. The tag
on the tank with the very high price for the fish says: "Clown
Loaches. Wild caught!"

So this is their sales tactic? "These fish are wild caught, so they
are special Clowns, not the same as the Clowns in the other stores."
Blatantly dishonest sales tactic; but they're not lying, of course.

-Derek