What are the best stores in the inland empire?
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Yeah I had a bad experience with Mystic Reef as well. I've been there many times and it was okay but I can definitely feel the selling pressure. I remember the first time I came in as I barely walked thru the door one of the brothers (Jeremy) bombarded me with a tons of questions and when I told him I'm gonna walk around a bit....he told me "So you just going to look and not buy anything right?" I mean WTF?!?!
But that wasn't as bad as one other time when I traded him a bunch of frags along with my 40 head duncans for some of his frags. I was supposed to get a few zoa frags and 4-5 different variety of monti frags......well I didn't check ALL the bags and when I got home I realized 4 out of 5 of the monti frags weren't what I pointed out in his tank. he instead gave me some cheap a$$ red/green monti....one of them is even half dead!!! When I called him up on the phone he just play dumb and said he will take care of me next time. Well there will never be a next time!
But that wasn't as bad as one other time when I traded him a bunch of frags along with my 40 head duncans for some of his frags. I was supposed to get a few zoa frags and 4-5 different variety of monti frags......well I didn't check ALL the bags and when I got home I realized 4 out of 5 of the monti frags weren't what I pointed out in his tank. he instead gave me some cheap a$$ red/green monti....one of them is even half dead!!! When I called him up on the phone he just play dumb and said he will take care of me next time. Well there will never be a next time!
Well, that is totally cool that a store owner is having a go at it in a rather thin market. I hope that we can draw some attention to his store then and bring them some much needed business.
on the other hand, it seems that some older well-established stores tend to get greedy at times......Hmmmm, this gives me an idea.
on the other hand, it seems that some older well-established stores tend to get greedy at times......Hmmmm, this gives me an idea.
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Mystic Reef is also off my list. Walked in looking for something and the store did not carry it. Usually not a big deal "we don't have that item" is good enough but the associate insisted I had it all wrong because what I wanted didn't really exist despite the fact that other locations have it and there are photos in books and online complete with scientific and common names. OK whatever I don't care but he kept on it. Then he tried to sell me something else. I had enough and just left but on my way out he wanted to get in one more jab by telling me that there were so many high end items in his shop and he did his best to get me something unique as if it's my loss. I'm willing to take that loss and I'll go elsewhere from that point on.
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