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Originally Posted by
SnakeBlitz33 http:///t/388408/hey-everyone#post_3425717
Rainbow,
Please stop saying do not listen to the LFS. It gives reputable dealers bad raps. Live fish stores have to make money or else they aren't going to stay in business, but it is their business to get their clients tanks up and running properly and maintained correctly so that they will be repeat customers. Not a single person knows it all, and therefore every aquarist should get as wide of a variety of opinions as possible about the creatures that we care for and the equipment we use to take care of them. So, please, stop saying that LFS are all about money, when they truly aren't.
Snake...The LFSs are in business to make money, not play Dear Abby of the fish world doling out advice. I do not, and I tell others to not ask advice from the LFS, give them your business, we want them to stay in business....but go into the store knowing what you want and need, or at least have an educated idea. There is no possible way to tell who gives good advice, and who is out for the buck...they all need and want the buck, that's why it's a store.
I can't imagine going into a store like Koles and say..."what should I purchase for my bathroom?" and not have a clue to even the color I want. How about going into a grocery store and asking what is a weeks worth of food for your 5 people household. Nobody goes into any store and not have an idea of what they want. Can you imagine going into a car dealership and say...I just want a car...what would they sell you?
