Wayne Sallee wrote:
She said
that she was told that it would eat fish poop.

It was a mandarin dragnet.


The irony is that sales person probably believed that. I've met some of
the most ill informed people talking like they were the font of all
knowledge.


I used to raise crickets. I had over 100,000 of them. I sold the
healthiest crickets, and for the best price. One guy at another store
said "But Wayne's crickets don't have protein."

ah, the power of FUD (ie, Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt). it seems to
be universal in sales. FUD is usually crafted to be difficult to combat
as well. Once the seed is planted, it just seems to grow. It's
definitely dirty, but also very effective.

In the case of crikets, I'd put of a placard about the crickets are fed
some patented formula (WTech) that makes this especially nutritious to
their predators. WTech delivers protein, calcium, and blah,blah,blah to
your pet.

Vrs. crickets shipped in from Timbuktu that literally eat themselves
from the inside out. All you're feeding your pet is the twinkie of
crickets.

Hey, FUD is a two way street. Gotta toot your own horn.

--Kurt