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[wpnorton]

They got me started too. Evan was always helpfull. No the sign isn't there anymore...LoL! My problem with them is that the other employees act like your bothering them when you ask prices on unmarked items. I'm tired of feeling like I'm bothering them. I brought in a Large foxface that had outgrown my tank. I'd rather see him get adopted out than flush him so I took him in there. I thought they would give me a couple dollars store credit. Evan said they don't do that. He sold the next day for $40 bucks and they had the nerve to nickle and dime me on corals that same week. No discounts for volume buyers. IT just left a bad taste in my mouth after awhile. Like I said earlier...I'll drive to sac for fish now. It never crosses my mind to go there anymore.

(Evan......IF your reading this Brother .....A few minor adjustments and I'll be back dropping loads of cash in your store!!!)

 

[JeffReef]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10758138#post10758138 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by wpnorton
They got me started too. Evan was always helpfull. No the sign isn't there anymore...LoL! My problem with them is that the other employees act like your bothering them when you ask prices on unmarked items. I'm tired of feeling like I'm bothering them. I brought in a Large foxface that had outgrown my tank. I'd rather see him get adopted out than flush him so I took him in there. I thought they would give me a couple dollars store credit. Evan said they don't do that. He sold the next day for $40 bucks and they had the nerve to nickle and dime me on corals that same week. No discounts for volume buyers. IT just left a bad taste in my mouth after awhile. Like I said earlier...I'll drive to sac for fish now. It never crosses my mind to go there anymore.

(Evan......IF your reading this Brother .....A few minor adjustments and I'll be back dropping loads of cash in your store!!!)

I hear you. This is the same reason why I don't visit "O" Street for corals. I'd rather look up the prices myself and not have to bother anyone. The worst part of it is that the quoted price varies depending on who you ask.

"O" Street have good prices on salt buckets and that's where I usually buy mine.

 

[jfred90]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10758184#post10758184 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by JeffReef
This is the same reason why I don't visit "O" Street for corals. I'd rather look up the prices myself and not have to bother anyone. The worst part of it is that the quoted price varies depending on who you ask.

This is also why I will look elsewhere before I go to AquaWorkz. I bought a piece there and wanted to buy another exactly like it and was quoted a price 50% higher than I bought the first one for. Then they told me there was no way I had bought the first one from them for cheaper.

I've also got a price quoted by one person and when in later or the next day only to find out they want significantly more for it. It's very frustrating.

So when it comes to corals, I think I'll stick to places like Your Reef where the frags are sorted by price. I've never had any questions about what their pieces cost.

 

[KMP]

Do you really think LFS owners have the time to continually cruz the forums? LFS owners simply do not have enough hours in the day to run thier business, let alone cruz forums. Almost every store owner I know really doesn't like the forums.

Problem solved! No need to be so guarded, as LFS owners don't cruz/read/like the forums anyway

 

[natomasreefer]

Looks like this thread is dead, just when I showed up to read it!

It was terribly entertaining! Sheesh, drama drama! But that looks over now.... so for the most recent postings, I'd like to chime in:

I've been the owner of several companies, and I have found it VERY helpful to see what my ACTIVE and OBJECTIVE customers are saying. If I were a lfs owner, I would consider it part of my job to check out the local forums for an hour a day.

But a couple posts pointed out some valid issues about criticism: If you go once and hated it, don't even THINK about posting your opinion here... that's just silly. But if you have been there 3-4 times in the last 3-6 months, I'd say you have a pretty well rounded opinion of the general state of affairs of the store RECENTLY.

On the other hand, if you comment here about your negative experience, and you've only been there once, AND you mention that fact..... then most of us here (I would imagine) are smart enough to realize that such a comment isn't valuable, and we can just ignore it... versus taking it personal, or trying to 'correct' that individual.... the one or two people on here that would take such a comment and run with it, aren't really going to learn anything by someone else trying to correct that poster. (was that a little scattered?? sorry)

umm... one more thing, and this is probably where alot of people on here got stressed: I would imagine there are more than a few people on here that only go to ONE store, and live and die by that store... these people (I'm one of them) shouldn't really offer an opinion... cuz guess what?? They're opinions are almost as bad as if they were an employee of said store.

I ONLY go to exotic... but honestly I've only been to a couple other a couple times. I like Matt.... and I like the "cheers" feeling of showing up there, (..."where everybody knows your naaaame...") and I don't make enough money to frequent more than one shop and get that "Hey Norm!" feeling at ALL of them.

Newsflash: You get better deals at a particular shop the more you shop there!

Okay.... I'm done I think??

 

[surfsharkus]

agreed, Keep up the good work Matt! BTW (the tanks are doin great!)