I think it would be a great idea if all hobbyist starting mass-emailing chain stores to let them know what we think of them and their practices. After all it is not the average joe blow who buys a 20 gallon tank and a few fish, runs the tank for a few months until the fish die, then sells the tank in a yard sale that keep these stores running, it is the addicts like us who keep wanting.... I mean needing more and more who line their pockets with cash... they should be at our mercy.
my other half and I are at one on this issue. After I learned a little too late that my red-eyes were indeed freshwater fish I informed the employees that they wre indeed freshwater, but when we went to see if they had been moved they were still there. That's why we sent the email to corporate.
We now have a 10g tank that we are setting up for RCS that we can use as a QT when we need to, although our tanks are fully stocked at the moment, so there wont be any new aquisitions until christmas(ish) when we do some upgrading of tanks (2 new 55g) one for my GSP and one that is yet undecided. At this poing we will be getting all of our fish at once, from the more reputable store in the area so we will be able to QT in the new 55 undecided tank for the larger fish that we wil originally pur in and in the 10 for smaller new aquisitions if need be.
Even the conditions of puppies is rediculous. Half grown puppies (larger breeds), usually 2 or more to an area meant to house one or two small puppies. They lie in their own filth and are horrendously over priced. Say $1000 for a mixed breed?? Thats an average, it's horrible.
All it does is cause animals that will have major problem in their new homes, hard to house train & nearly imposible to crate train as they are now accoustomed to lying in their own feces, going poop and pee where they eat and so fort.
If a puppy does not sell, it is moved to a different location to be tried again. I have no idea what they do after that.
But it makes me sick. We have one LFS in the area that only "sells" rescue animals from the local shelter. We will be doing all of our business with them if at all possible, but they only do FW and we would like to get into marine, so LFS #2 will have to get our business for and SW fish. Never again will I step through the door of the chain store or turn my good intended money for my beloved pets, furred and finned, into blood money for a greedy corporation and I want to try to organize a protest againt them with some other people on a local pet forum, but I have no idea who, if anyone will listen.
Maybe we should have an AC event where people can schedule different mass-email sends?
