Will someone do something!!!!boycot wal-mart fish tanks!!!

ashdavid said:
If quality increased I wouldn't mind.
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Neither would I; that's why I stick to LFS's, and privately owned petstores ;). But the problem is, that the quality wouldn't increase. It's well known that 99.9% of the employees/store managers, don't care.

Instead, I wouldn't be surprised if they were to do away with the whole live fish area, and just added more dry goods and what not.

Serg
 
I had a bad experience @ WalMart Too!

It was about 3-4 years ago when I first began keeping fish. I knew almost nothing about fish keeping. I figured you put fish in water and they will live as long as you feed them. (Yes..Silly of me..I KNOW!)

Anyway...I went to WalMart to get my very first tank, and fish. First of all, the worker never told me that you have to let your tank "cycle" for a few weeks before adding fish. Then, I proceeded to buy three goldfish, two chinese algae eaters, and a betta.

Didn't take long for me to run into some real big problems. I admit I should've done more research on fish keeping, but WalMart should hire more knowledgeable people to run their aquatics department as well.
 
I didn;t read much of this post, I read three formums and am so SIck of people crying about this every other month.........It is not going to stop, there is nothing you we are anyone can do to make it stop, Not untell there is laws pasted about fish as pets.
Now, How many LFS, ect ect, sell people sets up like that just to make that dollar.
There is not many stores out there that will tell the people it will not work becuase of this or that, Most LFS are so ****ty they don;t care as long as they can make the bill payments and turn a profit.
One of the biggest things is People don;t ask, don;t have a clue, or just don;t give a crap about things like what fish, what tank, and all the rest of it that goes alone with This hobby.........
So rather then come to the forums and clug them up all the time with this same old song and dance, Why don;t everyone go to Walmart and buy some fish, save that fishses life, the fish will thank you for it,
I buy fish there is they are not on the edge death and I have many right now from there happy and healthy and have been for some time.
 
The whole object of these forums is to post experiences, questions, etc....Not listen to people cry about what they'd rather NOT be reading about. If you don't want to read about bad WalMart experiences, don't click on that particular topic! Obviously it's an issue if so many are discussing it!
 
..It is not going to stop, there is nothing you we are anyone can do to make it stop, -Mr Aquarium

Actually there IS something everyone can do about it. STOP SHOPPING AT WALMART. You are not "saving" fish by shopping there- you are condemning hundreds more that they order to replace the ones that get sold.
 
I will try to contain my enthusiasm as much as possible while writing this and not get off onto a huge rant and rave.

If it is that big of a problem of buying the fish there, and seeing the horrible conditions then DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. There is a 99.99999999% chance that anyone involved with WM will NOT be on these boards to read about it and make the changes needed. instead of replying here, sit down and take the time to write a letter to the store manager, zone manager or go higher up the ladder. Too often people say how much they hate WM but will still shop there whenever given the chance.

Me personally I hate them and will avoid it at all costs, as Dave and some others have posted above. I am a retail union employee and it is not just the union man in me talking, WM is bad, flat out. Maybe you saved a few bucks on that package of Hanes you just got, but in the long run you have hurt your community and helped them get even bigger. Same thing with the fish, you saved that betta and what happened? They just got a cash register ring and ordered 2 or 3 more to throw in the tanks to replace it, you wanna go in and buy them too?

Ok, I am ranting, but yes they do need boycotted and yes, I do my part.
 
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welll im defintely not shoping at wal-mart anymore. i never thought how big chain stores can hurt specialty stores and all.
 
There's a reason why wal-m art only has a three day guarantee on their fish...
she asks me where the lady went . i tell her and boy was she pissed. she told me to get out of her section ( which i did with pleasure(after gettin a gorgeous purple and blue crowntail betta).now was i in the wrong?
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of course you weren't in the wrong...anytime i am at any petstore, wal-mart or otherwise, and i hear someone giving out mis-information I always step in to give my two cents! And I don't wait for the idiot sales people to walk away either! I would have asked her what her problem was with me giving the lady the facts, it's not like she works off of commision.
A major problem with places like this is people feel sorry for the poor little fish etc. and want to rescue them...purchasing fish etc. at places like this only gives them money...and they will replace that fish with another one. If you truly are against these places...don't give them your money!
 
The number one thing you can do to discourage WalMart from selling fish is to refrain from buying ANY fish or fish related product from them.

They run a business, and only stock what makes them money. If (for some reason) everyone stopped buying fish and fish supplies from them, they'd stop carrying them.
 
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