I don't have a warranty on my fish, but I also have date
tags of when the fish came in, so the customer can see
that I have had the fish for a while. And I warn the
customer not to buy a fish if it is not looking good, that
they need to hold off on that as it is still stressed from
the wholesaler. Now if I sell something, and then realize
later that there was a problem, then I will refund. But it
is hard to find stores that will take that kind of effort
to sell you healthy fish. But when you do find a store
like that you should support them.

So many customers will purchase fish without providing the
right environment such as not cycling the tank, or putting
peaceful fish with aggressive fish. I will warn them that
they should not do it, but if they insist, I will sell it
to them because if I don't then they will just go down the
street and purchase there. Then they will come up to the
counter and ask, "So what is the warranty here?", thinking
that they don't have to take care of the fish, as if it
dies, they can just replace it.

When I purchase something at a store, and the sales person
ask me if I want an extended warranty, I think to myself,
"don't try to sell me a warranty, just sell me a quality
product". And for customers that want to purchase fish the
day they come in, I sell $30.00 fish or more for half
price. That helps take care of the extra risk.

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets



Susan wrote on 8/1/2006 12:18 PM:
I agree that supporting the local fish stores is very important. The only
problem with purchasing locally most stores don't give much of a warranty.
I've purchased locally and took the fish home and had the fish die within
hours. The local place I purchased from refused to do anything about it.
That's hard to swallow when marine fish are expensive. I guess it left me a
"sour taste". That is kind of unusal though as most stores give at least a
several day warranty. The warranty to me is very important but that's my 2
cents. I still though do support other local fish stores sometimes if I see
something I want. To offset shipping cost when ordering on the internet I
usually wait until I get a bigger order together.

Susan
"kim gross" wrote in message
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michael wrote:
Hi,

I recently started my 125 gallon FOLR.

I have the following fish:
1 yellow tang
3 green chromis
1 juv koran angel

I'd like to add a bunch more fish. Where's the best place to get it.
The local fish stores are too too expensive.

Thanks

Just remember that you will have to add shipping costs to everything you
purchase mail order, plus you will not get to see livestock to make sure
it is healthy before you purchase. I am biased, but I always suggest
purchasing locally rather than mail order unless you are ordering a lot of
livestock so you can spread the shipping costs around. Come up with what
you want, including shipping and see if your local stores will match it.
Without local fish stores this hobby will go away since they bring most
new hobbiests into the hobby.

Kim
www.jensalt.com