Allfish Emporium is Closing?
- Thread starter Gillguy
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i don't think that what people are complaining about, I think most of it is due to the fish laying dead in there for hours and nothing done about it.
One time i went into the pines location and the main display tank they had 10+ fish dead with bone carcasses laying on the sand bed, with fish eating the ones who were just laying there, it was pretty sick i spoke with a manager and advised him and it seemed like he didn't care much.
mrx66699
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its a big box store just like walmart ....they don't clean the isles or restock something the minute it is misplaced by a customer and most of them are filthy....look how many small businesses they have put out of business which is worse than a dead fish and people still shop there...it is what it is plain and simple its a dead fish get over it ...if thats all that someone can say about an lfs is they have dead fish sometimes in the tanks then man you need a dose of reality.....its a lost easier for most of these small mom and pop places that might have 3 to 4 customers at the most anytime of the day and go hours upon hours without anyone even walking in the door... I cant count the number of times I stop in a place and the counter guy is sitting there reading a book....what else does the have to do.....most stores have less than 3 employees at anytime working which shows the volume of business they are doing ...(not much) a few here and there have some good runs but they also have a lot of dead time ....now could the employee practices be better for sure but its not the end of the world like some on here are making it out to be lol
Gillguy
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Let's see. The store is called allFISH. They specialize in FISH and FISH products and they have dead FISH throughout their displays. I would say that's a major problem I don't care how big a store you are. Is you're main product dude. You need to show case it.
Gillguy
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Let's see. The store is called allFISH. They specialize in FISH and FISH products and they have dead FISH throughout their displays. I would say that's a major problem I don't care how big a store you are. It's you're main product dude. You need to show case it.Next time you go to the dentist if the doctor or employees are missing any teeth i'm sure you are walking out.
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treetopflyn
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The amount of dead fish ALWAYS in the tanks was the main reason I never bought anything from them. If they can't take dead fish out of the tanks what else were they slacking on that was no visible.
Tecdiverfl
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Treetop would have to agree with you. While I understand dead loss is unavoidable it's pretty bad when you see numerous dead fish and employees just ignore it.
I'm new to the hobby and have been to allfish on University 3x. Each time there was a ton of dead fish. Trying to get help was "take a number". As a newbie to the hobby I had questions and I felt rush. Obviously they didn't have time for me but the 10people in line behind me. I too thought it was odd how many dead fish were in each tank. While the staff in the front were very helpful and quick to help, the ones in the back weren't. I went to crazy about pets next to JM Lexus to get my LR and clowns. Mind you, it looks like a garage sale.. but at least they helped me right away.
mrx66699
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Lol so lets see just because your favorite lfs flushes dead fish with in 10 min of seeing them instead of once or twice a day they are great to buy from and have no fish health issues what so ever you keep thinking that.....its funny this place has been here for a long time and all these people hating on the place have daily update on what things look like inside of a store they supposedly dislike and won't buy from...why are they visiting a store they dislike so much lol
treetopflyn
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I know for myslef I went on 3 separate occasions weeks apart and experienced the same thing. After that I never went back.
I love how people love to trash this place, just don't go. I'm sure many of you are glad its closing, but the thread was made to mention it closing, not have everyone say OGM dead fish.
I bought numerous healthy fish from this store, though I have not been to the store in probaly 6 months. Regardless it's closing you don't have to go there anymore.
I bought numerous healthy fish from this store, though I have not been to the store in probaly 6 months. Regardless it's closing you don't have to go there anymore.
mrx66699
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+1 its so funny how the people that want to trash a place keep visiting it over and over and are able to give us all the updates how bad the place is and how much they dislike it yet keep on visiting it, I was under the impression if you didnt like a place you didnt go there
I know for a fact some of the haters of this place were right there at the front of the line for the black friday sales at 8:00am. Guess saving a few bucks or getting some freebies was more important than their moral beliefs and will power LOL
I know for a fact some of the haters of this place were right there at the front of the line for the black friday sales at 8:00am. Guess saving a few bucks or getting some freebies was more important than their moral beliefs and will power LOL
treetopflyn
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Yeah it truly was sad because I wanted to like the place. BUT the lack of attention to dead fish in the tanks was unacceptable.
keysfishfinder
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I did not like the fish side of the place, but they ran some crazy good deals on full setups. I have bought 2 tanks from them and each time saved a considerable amount when compared to some other LFS.
But I agree with the post about seeing the same dead/sick fish % at many of the small mom and pop fish stores. Just when you go to a store and there is only 50 fish and you see 5 dead not a bid deal, however if you go to a store with 1000 fish and you see 100 dead then it seems like a problem. Not at all saying it is OK but just stating how things are not always how they seem
But I agree with the post about seeing the same dead/sick fish % at many of the small mom and pop fish stores. Just when you go to a store and there is only 50 fish and you see 5 dead not a bid deal, however if you go to a store with 1000 fish and you see 100 dead then it seems like a problem. Not at all saying it is OK but just stating how things are not always how they seem
ninjamini
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I tend to think that the backlash of these stores is based on a disappointment for this stores missed potential. It's a bueatiful store with such great potential.
I have spent almost 20 years training retailers how to manage a sales staff. They clearly spend a lot of money on space, fixtures, promotions and staff. But they seem to miss the last 5% of the puzzle and that is service. Service starts as a corporate culture and needs training of staff. As they say "the fish stinks from the head".
It's a great store to visit, Such fun to spend time in. But by missing that last 5% that touches the customer it means that the educated consumer, which we all are, is left wanting.
I have spent almost 20 years training retailers how to manage a sales staff. They clearly spend a lot of money on space, fixtures, promotions and staff. But they seem to miss the last 5% of the puzzle and that is service. Service starts as a corporate culture and needs training of staff. As they say "the fish stinks from the head".
It's a great store to visit, Such fun to spend time in. But by missing that last 5% that touches the customer it means that the educated consumer, which we all are, is left wanting.
Gillguy
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+1 Well said! I liked this store in the past and one of the reasons was the educated employees that helped all of us especially the young rookie hobbiest. When it was Big Al's it was much better and probably because the Corporate company was overlooking things. But in the last year the service has gone down hill. Most of the employees in the back room could not tell you the difference between a Butterfly fish and an Angelfish. I did not want to but I had to interrupt a conversation between a young female employee and a rookie Father and child on buying a juvenile Koran Angelfish as reef safe. I purchased fish all over from Dade to West Palm because I liked to support all of the small stores . But as far as fish and corals this place was off my list. If they had spent more on quality service this place could have dominated the market.
