fishguy83
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Originally Posted by chipmaker
There are just too many ways a person can kill a fish unintentionally. I may offer a discount on another, but unless my suppier gave me a warranty, I think its unreasonable to give a guarantee on it either.
For one, this is a new tank - with inverts but no live fish yet - they are going to pick up brooklynella from a ghost fish in the tank (and also, the LFS knew that, cuz I bought the tank from them, almost everything from them, actually!
Originally Posted by chipmaker
Observe the fish your wanting to buy.........I watch the fish I want sometimes for a few days and if its sold in the meantime so be it, it not like it was a have to have item right then and there or its the "only fish in the sea" there will be more.....The LFS here has tags on their tanks with the date the fish in those tanks were received.......so a fish showing no signs of sickness that is n that tank for say 4 weeks, and looks just fine when yu buy it but dies 2 days later aafter yu get it to its new home is certainly not a fault of the lfs IMHO, so why should they replace it.....Those that do, probably have a higher markup than some shops.........
well - I did observe for about 2-3 days, and was excited for my first fish, and clowns are usually pretty hardy, They all looks really healthy - I thought I was safe, again - they had brooklynella, obviously, came from the LFS...
Originally Posted by chipmaker
To be honest, I have bought a heap of fish in my life, and I have only ever lost a few feeder goldfish.........never lost a saltwater fish or critter.
well, aren't you lucky??? Not trying to sound rude, but then you are lucky - Again, I am not being unreasonable and simply whining, loss will happen, even if you were lucky enough never to run into it - but the clowns CLEARLY came from the LFS, with brooklynella, from a place that was there setting up the tank with me, testing water (i mean not in my house, but they knew what was going on) --
Other fish is now sick, I have been treating, which cost me extra money - I don't mind if it means saving the fish, but I am pulling water from tank for treatment bath, replacing it which uses up salt, I bought the treatment, etc.... Again, I don't mind, but I am having to spend more money to treat a fish that was sick from the LFS...And they aren't willing, after dropping probably $500 or more at that shop, to offer some sort of credit (i would be happy with even 50% credit) -
I guess everyone has their own opinions, but like Murph said, they will probably lose a customer who has the potential to contribute a lot of money to their pockets - especially if this other fish dies, and I bring it in to see what is going to happen, regarding compensation, credit, whatever....
