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

[Must4ng s4lly]

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.

Yeah,
We ran them out of our Hood in Houston.... outside the city limits with NO ZONING laws..... We did not want yet another WM next to us ruining our peace and quiet ( There were 5 already within 10 mins drive... it would be a supercenter with an automatic 10% rise in violent crime)

BTW, we killed their evil scheme of selling used cars and having a store the size of the Astrodome!!! BTW, that store was to be located right in the middle of our neighborhood within 20 feet of an elementary school.... Yeah right!

TARGET RULZ!!!!!!!

 

[Fish_3456]

KILL WAL MART!!! :devil: :devil: :devil: :rant2: :devil: :rant2:
there problem solved

 

[Dan YOC]

Odd, I thouth about boycotting Walmart today too, but I didn't go to the fish section, got my 3 Red Pacus at a pet store, anyone kow how to deal with their increadable growth and size? They are each 3 inch's in length at this first day, but I only have a 10 gallon tank. What can I do?

 

[~*LuvMyKribs*~]

:soda:

 

[maaltan]

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.

Actually, walmart has entire sections that are minimal /negative profit. They balance it with high profit sections. I have heard rumors from friends that work thier, inet skulking, tv, etc.

Electronics and jewelery are some of the highest profit. appliances are pretty high. clothing oh god if you heard the profit margins on some of that stuff you would scream.

some losers ive heard about.

toys (if you can believe it, its the LURE department. kids make parents goto walmart who just have to "pick up a few more things"

magazine and books are pretty low margin.

The fish are very high loss items. I was talking with one aquarium employee i know at walmart and said someone put a blue toilet pill thingy in the tank. killed every fish in every tank. lost about $2000 in fish. now even taking into consideration the majorly overstocked tanks thats still alot more than they would ever sell.

but guess what is high profit. the supplies.

Sooo go ahead and buy the fish, rescue them, give them a good life. Skip the supply section and you will hurt them the most. but of course buying that candy bar up front as you check out will balance the tides again...

 

[bettaguy24]

not even bettas i saw two males in a small SMALLL SMALL tank TOGETHER ! they were almost dead. :mad2:

 

[spongebobson]

I remember some stupid kid working at Walmart saying to a naive custom; YES bettas eat roots!
what they need to do is to hire some biologist to reorganize the whole fish department.

 

[Michael_G]

not about wal mart but still kinda stupid. here i my conversation with a receptionist at big als in ottawa
her-aquarium services hello
me-hello. i was calling to see if you stocked female black convicts.
her- oh sorry we dont have black convicts, we only have grey ones(i let that one go)
me-oh ok. do you know if there are any females in the bunch?
her-i dont know its impossible to tell . fish are impossibe to tell apart you know :huh: :huh: :huh:
me- um.could you hand me someone from the livestock section?
her- that would be me.i know a lot more than most people will ever know you know!
me-oh shut up biotch :rant2: (hang up)

i know this was very rude of me. still should they hire people that dont even know how to sex a convict?by the way i went to shool with tht girl and trust me, shes why dumb blonde jokes exist. you know one of those little b*tches that always walk around in trios lookin at you like you dont deserve to breathe the same air aas them ? you know the type.

 

[Michael_G]

Odd, I thouth about boycotting Walmart today too, but I didn't go to the fish section, got my 3 Red Pacus at a pet store, anyone kow how to deal with their increadable growth and size? They are each 3 inch's in length at this first day, but I only have a 10 gallon tank. What can I do?

um....get a 5000 gallon tank and stick them in it. only way to go or bring em back.please do research before buying a fish :read: :read: :read:

 

[maaltan]

i know this was very rude of me. still should they hire people that dont even know how to sex a convict?

sorry, i have always wondered how you do that. The only way I know is to buy a mated pair or look for the tube that grows when they are about to spawn, which by that time they have chosen a mate and probably will not be happy unless you buy them both.