well I'm still disagreeing I have a reef tank and like I said they are super helpful They ARENT expensve at all (they have the best prices I've seen on livestock and the most healthy) and they DO know their stuff... If they didn't wouldn't I have a failure of a tank? Cuz my tank is primo and has been the whole time. Maybe you should take the time and ask for the employee that knows reefs??? Did that ever occur to you? All of their employees have their niche and different areas of expertise so don't hate.
i guess... but that was not my experience... i was looking for radium bulbs and they couldn't get them, the ones they had were over 100 bucks for a bulb... like i said, that was all my experience... if you're into planted freshwater tanks, or cichlids, i'll send you to that place...
you don't see a club like SCMAS or SCRK stampeding to that place... they might be good enough for you, but not for me... well, not anymore... i do, love their shirts though... pretty awesome...
I respect his opinions as well but I also think he should respect mine which he fails to show in his discussions. It's his way or the highway and when it comes to lfs preference there's really no right or wrong answer... I'm only presenting the facts and proving him wrong. You are rIght though but it would be nice to see some mutual respect for my opinions.
i do respect yours... i just put up my experience about strictly fish and ATAfish, and never said you're wrong... unless you drive a prius, i don't know why you're so upset over this... they are simply, not worth my gasoline...
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gumbii, I agree that the customer is always right but if you are a LFS and someone was straight up bashing you, you wouldn't stand up for yourself?! Come on. If reputation is what you are talking about then why let someone crush your stores reputation by saying you have terrible stuff? I would definitely go out of my way to tell the true story and save reputation.
i would rather visit a store that had a crazy customer bashing them, than the store's owner bashing on a customer...
for instance... i see people bashing on ALI's store all of the time...
now... if i hear that someone was at ali's store and he was yelling at him and telling him to GTFO wile other costumers are all scared, and that guy's girlfriend is yelling at the shop owner to stop yelling and to leave him alone...
what sounds better...?
would you want to go to a shop like that...?
edit: btw, ali would never yell at any of his custies... he remember's everyone's names, tanks and everything about the person... treats everyone amazingly, and i think he has one of the best costumer service at an LFS around... just that his store gets full of people sometimes, and it's only him... but he has couches and reading material... so it's not that bad... and you can mingle with the other peeps...
anyways... the little story about the yelling and junk did happen... i just wish that person that got yelled at spoke up...