"Like if it's really hard to tell between a dead clam and a live one, your clams were in a good shape."
To let you know, when I got the box, it had been through the freezer, then sat on my sunny porch all day long before I brought them in. Figuring they were already deemed 'toast' by both myself and liveaquaria, I left them in the box overnight as I was just going to drain the water the next day. The water they were in was so clouded they appeared to be cooked soup. Only upon opening the next day did I realize that they were alive...mantles damaged, but still alive. I had to do an emergency water change to clear out the muck, and that is when I put them in a bucket and took pics. I let them sit in there for a day or so, doing water changes every day with water from one of my main tanks. Once I was sure they were stable, and not going to pollute the reef with mantle bits, I put them in the reef. The bucket was in an 80 degree room the whole time with a power sponge filter circulating water around them.
"Anywhere you go, anyone u ask....that's cheating!"
I know its cheating. Im not a monk...like you never cheated. Like you call back the fish store when you get something 'extra' with your live rock or whatever. I think what I am trying to say here is... SO WHAT?
"We all understand you make alot of money, good on you.
Just let me understand one thing, what makes a man who makes pyles of money like you, to go and cheat vendors , for what?
You make the whole deal in 2hrs work right?
What makes you go and buy shells to show dead Croceas?"
It isnt about the money as far as my motive is concerned, it was not having to kill the clams, and the principle of the whole thing in general. And $30 or more an hour is not 'pyles'. Let me remind you that liveaquaria didnt confirm with me the original ship date until after they had shipped and it was too late. In fact, I had called them to extend the order, otherwise they would have cancelled...upon calling them they told me that the order had in fact already been shipped and would be due the next day...the nerve!! Then they acted like I could just skip work because of their error. Seriously, if it wasnt for the fact that they were live animals, I would have told liveaquaria to shove it and never bothered staying home. But I think it would have been arrogant to not try. They cost me a greater part of my work day, not 2 hours!!! You think I have respect for an operation that obviously doesnt have respect for my time like that? Why should I go out of my way, then pay full price, etc....for crap service like that?
What would you have done? Would you not have demanded compensation? And rather than try to negotiate with liveaquaria for a deal...one where at best they might cut you a break on the clams that shipped bad and wasted your time doing it....and waste even more time with them for doing so...it would seem that taking matters into your own hands would be the best route. Less hassle (especially while moving). Of course, I posted the whole thing here, maybe making me look bad, but liveaquaria even more so. And they deserve it. FedEx messed up, sure, but liveaquaria wasted my time as well. Im not a homemaker or at home spouse...I work. I also happened to be moving...the very reason I asked for a call before they shipped to arrange an agreeable shipping date, one when I wasnt moving! They never did. If I hadnt called, I would have never have known (checking your email while packing isnt very high on the list. Having to deal with all this while in such a state of chaos was the reason why I saw sending dead clams back as a possible option...doesnt mean I was actually going to do it...I just bought them as it was a possibility. Who knows if I would have done it or not. I might have tried to negotiate with liveaquaria later on as well....but if their response would have been "send us dead bodies or we will charge you full price", they would have gotten dead bodies. If they would have offered a price break on the stressed ones...then I might have gone legit...but I didnt really have alot of time to figure it out since they were shipped to me just before I was moving...not my fault.
