Typical sunshine coast shop

[braddo]

Checked out a new shop open here onthe sunshine coast lovely clean tanks but do they know what they are doing. Well if you put blue rams in with brichardi what do you think I had to say somethng and was nice about (unusual for me) but did they listen ha ha ha. Nah of course not after all they are the shop you are just a nosy person so  I wlaked even though their prices were good on certain things I don't think I will be buying fish from there or even selling them fish. Seems to be the attitude of shops up here they seem to know everything but in reality well lets not get too nasty shall we. This is the reason I would rather travel to get my fish.

[jimbozed]

dont feel too special mate... :D
there are shops like that everywhere, even here in the greatest place to live in australia...lol
i agree that traveling and getting quality fish from private breeders and more reputable outlets is the way to go.

[Ulysses048]

But did they feed the mix of fish in the tank braddo? .... there is one particular shop here - and I am sure you know which one I mean ... that does not feed their fish ... or so it seems.
All their fish have sunken bellies - and some fish I sold them at 4cm were still that size some 2 months later when my fish from the same batch had doubled in size.
I wanted to get a net - take my fish - and give them their money back.
They should be reported to RSPCA.
Regards

[Anakist]

So you just walked into a shop and told them their fish were wrong? Not to be rude, but I ignore people like you until I know I can trust them.

Any random can have an opinion, and most of the people I dealt with were telling me they had oscars and tetras and they are fine because they live together in the wild. Or something similar.

Two sides to every story...

James

[Benji]

Braddo didn't say what he said, just that he said something and was nice about it.

It doesn't take a genius to know that Rams would get annihilated by Birchardi.

So you're saying that you'd ignore any advice given to you by a customer?  If it sounded reasonable and you didn't know for sure, wouldn't it be sensible to check it out on the net or a book or something?

Not being rude, but I think Braddo is saying he walks out of shops and never returns because of staff like you.

[Ulysses048]

I would have to agree .... if a person sets themselves up as a retailer, I would expect them to know about the product they are selling ... and if by some chance a mistake had been made in housing tankmates together, should welcome helpful advice.
Cheers to braddo - I hope he lets me know which shop it is - and I will certainly avoid it too.
Regards

[braddo]

Nah James I said straight to him exact words" would you mind if I give you a bit of advice" he said yes" I said " YOu shouldn't keep brichardi and rams together because when the brichardi start to pair up they will kill the rams, and they also require diferent water conditions as one is from the amazon of low ph the other from lake tanganyika with a high ph." By the way mate what shop do work in and what do you breed cause if you let me know I will never buy of you or the shop. Even you would have to say the advice I gave was more than accurate and nothing stupid like the oscar incident. By the way mate I have been breeding all sorts of fish for 30 years so my experience should count for something.
Carole lets just say it is in wises rd marroochy.
Oh by the way James if you can't take advice and research it you are in the wrong hobby.
Because it is attitudes like yours that give me the shites. ANd more times than not I am asked by shops that no me to help there customers.

[Ulysses048]

Actually braddo ... it was not that one ... ummmm  somewhere very close to the Bruce Highway - if you email me - I will tell you which one.

[braddo]

I know the one you mean carole but the wises road one was the one I checked out on the weekend.

[here fishie fishie]

Anakist did have a point. Anyone who has worked in a lfs can tell ya how many times you get advice off customers. But then again I was always taught to listen & see if there is any truth in the comment first.

I am not defending the shop either, I have tried very nicely in shops a couple of times to give advice but to give you an example. It is like here when someone asks a question. Sometimes the answer isn't what they wanted to hear.

As for the mix of fish chances are the water in the shop is all the same ph anyway & if the fish are all small, hopefully they are all sold before the brichardi pair up.

Frenchy :D

[braddo]

Nah mate disagree frenchy james don't know me from a bar of soap so I ain't goona take people like you comments. The shops has only been open a week and has someone I know that fdon't know sqaut about fish in charge. I agree there are a lot of knobs in this game that think they are experts but I ain't one in this case I was more worried about the fish than the shop. My point is someone walks into that shop sees them together in the same tank takes em home sets them up the same and then get peed off with the hobby because of it. Unfrotunately there are people new too the hobby and mimic the shops. By the way I ran an aquarium maintenance business here on the sunny coast for 6 years and was constantly on the phone to people doiong something a shop had told them and wondered why this fish was killing that fish.
I have been called out at all times day and night to fix problems caused by wrong advice or mimicing the shops.

[here fishie fishie]

I think you mis read my post. Your comments did prove exactly what James & I meant though.  :lol:

Frenchy :D

[braddo]

My comments did not prove nothing if anything they are telling it straight that there are a few shops out there that are providing wrong information for 2 reasons either they don't know or to make money. obviously you have never lived up this way. Mate this was supposed to be a post about attitude of staff towards customers especially staff that don't care or know what they are doing. Straight up would you keep rams with brichardi ? No I don't think so . The only thing I am sorry for is caring too much about my hobby and my passion that I have spent time in learning and studying and experiencing to make a valid comment. To be honest this is the first time I have ever commented to a shop about something they are doing wrong ussually I say nothing and walk out but I felt as this being a new shop they needed some idea in why they shouldn't go together as I would hate to seem them get a bad name for something they didn't realise was wrong.

The only reason I got peed at james was he didn't even have the nuts to ask what my exact comments were but had the ordasity to call me rude for trying to do something I felt was right. And I am the type of person to have my facts straight and know what I am tallking about before I offer advice. As those that know me and talk to me will tell you. I don't claim to be an expert but I do claim to have experience. But if you want to have a go at me for that I will remember and when that day comes around that you want help with something and I have the answer that may get you out of strife with it then I will have one thing to say and that is BAD LUCK>Enough said by me on this topic which obviously in you and james eyes was wrong but I want people to succeed in this hobby and not waste their money and give it away as a bad joke.

[Benji]

[quote:8a3d3afffe="here fishie fishie"]I think you mis read my post. Your comments did prove exactly what James & I meant though.  :lol:

Frenchy :D[/quote:8a3d3afffe]

How did it prove that?  I don't understand either?

[here fishie fishie]

Well I wasn't having ago. Firstly I was saying that I have tried to do what you did yourself. I don't know how the shop is set up or the owner in question, so I stated a couple of possibilities of why people don't listen. If you really do care then maybe if you keep popping in, being nice & polite & become a regular face the owner may even approach you to bounce ideas.
 [quote:5a3cc337a5]But then again I was always taught to listen & see if there is any truth in the comment first. [/quote:5a3cc337a5] Means that, I used to listen to customers when they came in as they might of seen something that I have missed. But hey I can accept criticism. Joys of being a kiwi I guess.  :lol:

As for my last post. Just to explain it to those that didn't get it, sorry. I did run it past 3 others for a reality check first. :roll:

James said this
[quote:5a3cc337a5]So you just walked into a shop and told them their fish were wrong? Not to be rude, but I ignore people like you until I know I can trust them. Any random can have an opinion, and most of the people [/quote:5a3cc337a5] You see I get what James meant. The shop owner dosen't know you from a bar of soap, plain in simple, it wasn't rude.

Now I said this
[quote:5a3cc337a5]I am not defending the shop either, I have tried very nicely in shops a couple of times to give advice but to give you an example. It is like here when someone asks a question. Sometimes the answer isn't what they wanted to hear. [/quote:5a3cc337a5] As in the shop owner dosen't know ya from a bar of soap; you could be any Tom, Dick or Harry. This new shop is his pride & joy I would guess. You are telling him something he might not be prepared to hear. Try my first suggestion at start of this post if you really do care about the hobby, especially if everything else in the shop looked nice.
I have done it before myself a few times with my locals. I have even got a few friends out of it & get good deals too.

So when Braddo posted this,
[quote:5a3cc337a5]Nah mate disagree frenchy james don't know me from a bar of soap so I ain't goona take people like you comments.[/quote:5a3cc337a5] Exactly, you proved me & James right. Well to me came across as a hypocrite. You can't see where I was coming from as of your negative attitude.
As for the shop owner, I don't know? Maybe for him it was his Pride, Ignorance, or just a simple case of he didn't know you from a bar of soap, so what would you know. If he was worked in lfs before you are probably person #1278 with a comment about you shouldn't do this or that. So that again leads me to the start of the post.

As for this;
[quote:5a3cc337a5]But if you want to have a go at me for that I will remember and when that day comes around that you want help with something and I have the answer that may get you out of strife with it then I will have one thing to say and that is BAD LUCK>[/quote:5a3cc337a5]
Tissue Please :cry: & as I suggested at the start, learn to read, I wasn't having a go at you. :roll:

Frenchy :D