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Ok, what are your least favorite LFS from the past? LFS that are no more? LFS that have ceased to be?
Note, please be constructive. This not about disliking an individual who worked there because of something they did in their off time. This is to be based on presentation, price/quality, customer service etc.
Mine are :
1. Petland in Sharpstown mall: Mislabeled fish (common bichirs were sold as ropefish) and poor customer service. They did not honor their own 3 day guarantees!
I had bought an eel (I remember looking like a green rice eel) in 1989, it died the next day. I returned the eel's refrigerated corpse on the third day and they refused to refund/replace because I did not bring it the day it died! At that time, I was at UH and after class, I worked at a video store. I could not go that day nor should that have been an issue. Prices were high as well.
2. Discount Tropical Fish on Bellfort near 59 S: VERY POOR CUSTOMER SERVICE. I asked for the price of a red-tailed shark in an unmarked tank. The price they guy gave me was too high for my taste, despite the store's name (8.99!). Then he asked me if I wanted it and I declined. Then I noticed dead fish in every third tank. When I brought to his attention, he said it was because people like me weren't buying fish from there. I walked out, never to return.
3. Pet store on Elgin/Smith near Montrose (I cannot remember the name of that place): bad smell in store, outdated products on shelf, high number of dead fish, water in tanks were cloudy. I made the mistake of buying an amphiuma (an eel-like salamander) which was sold to me as a siren (a different type of eel-like salamander) and a canister of fish food. They clearly made it known that everything in the store was sold on an ''as-is" basis. The amphiuma died in a month, the fish food was fossilized!
4. Another LFS whose name I cannot remember, located at S. Main and S. Post Oak, near Fiesta and there used to be a K-Mart in the area. Circa 1988. I went in and there was cloudy water and multiple dead fish in tanks.
5. Planet Fish (first version on Stella Link/610 near Foodarama and All Cats clinic): I list this one because of price and mislabeled fish only. ANY freshwater goby was labeled as a "Dragon Goby", including Benny Gobys and Jade Gobys, as well as an "Asian Pleco" a true pleco with irregular spots. When I mentioned that there are no plecos from Asia to the workers there, they pretended that I was not there. I bought it anyway, and I still have this handsome fish who is close to a foot long now. Their prices on supplies made Fish Gallery seem like City Pets! To be fair, their presentation was very nice and fish prices were generally competitive.
Note, please be constructive. This not about disliking an individual who worked there because of something they did in their off time. This is to be based on presentation, price/quality, customer service etc.
Mine are :
1. Petland in Sharpstown mall: Mislabeled fish (common bichirs were sold as ropefish) and poor customer service. They did not honor their own 3 day guarantees!
I had bought an eel (I remember looking like a green rice eel) in 1989, it died the next day. I returned the eel's refrigerated corpse on the third day and they refused to refund/replace because I did not bring it the day it died! At that time, I was at UH and after class, I worked at a video store. I could not go that day nor should that have been an issue. Prices were high as well.
2. Discount Tropical Fish on Bellfort near 59 S: VERY POOR CUSTOMER SERVICE. I asked for the price of a red-tailed shark in an unmarked tank. The price they guy gave me was too high for my taste, despite the store's name (8.99!). Then he asked me if I wanted it and I declined. Then I noticed dead fish in every third tank. When I brought to his attention, he said it was because people like me weren't buying fish from there. I walked out, never to return.
3. Pet store on Elgin/Smith near Montrose (I cannot remember the name of that place): bad smell in store, outdated products on shelf, high number of dead fish, water in tanks were cloudy. I made the mistake of buying an amphiuma (an eel-like salamander) which was sold to me as a siren (a different type of eel-like salamander) and a canister of fish food. They clearly made it known that everything in the store was sold on an ''as-is" basis. The amphiuma died in a month, the fish food was fossilized!
4. Another LFS whose name I cannot remember, located at S. Main and S. Post Oak, near Fiesta and there used to be a K-Mart in the area. Circa 1988. I went in and there was cloudy water and multiple dead fish in tanks.
5. Planet Fish (first version on Stella Link/610 near Foodarama and All Cats clinic): I list this one because of price and mislabeled fish only. ANY freshwater goby was labeled as a "Dragon Goby", including Benny Gobys and Jade Gobys, as well as an "Asian Pleco" a true pleco with irregular spots. When I mentioned that there are no plecos from Asia to the workers there, they pretended that I was not there. I bought it anyway, and I still have this handsome fish who is close to a foot long now. Their prices on supplies made Fish Gallery seem like City Pets! To be fair, their presentation was very nice and fish prices were generally competitive.
They never said anything.
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