Ever happened to you?

[klondike4001]

Ever happened to you?

 

[smallskiluv-tha-rhaco]

Yep! Well a couple of times... ...& sometimes its gets pretty irritating every now & then but what can I do? :roll: Its all part of being a human...
...& til the end, its all gravy... :mrgreen:

 

[wyz]

Too often, but I don't correct them I just leave.

I tried once and he got mad, so when they get mad it means they won't change the way they think.

They are not ready to receive info from any customer, they think they know it all.

It's a lost cause

WYZ

 

[JohnN]

Occasionally...

Petsmart over hear isn't that bad. But theres a store here that calls themself as "the experts" or what not, they would give you b.s. lol. That's what happens when you let newbies work as experts lol.

 

[cookreptiles]

i try to avoid the pet stores, but when i have to go i make it a run in and run out kind of deal otherwise i get upset seeing the ball pythons with no hides, the emaciated leopard gecko, the beardies with no uva/uvb lighting....you know the story.

 

[smallskiluv-tha-rhaco]

I know, its sucks for the animals always being kept in somewhat harsh conditions, & theyre always the ones responsible!... :roll:

 

[Ken Bartenfeld]

I know the story for sure...I should bring a camera next time to the one I know about near me, its quite pathetic. I mean, there is even spider webs galore in there with black widows.

 

[klondike4001]

what chain?

 

[Ken Bartenfeld]

Me?

If so, I am talking about a local place called "The Herp Hobby Shop".

 

[klondike4001]

then that's really sad, a place supposedly specializing in herps taking such bad care of the animals

 

[DeadIrishD]

Ken, cant you call somewhere and have them shut down, due to the black widows? that'd be a major health threat, expecially if a kid or an old person went in there and accidently made the wrong move, and the black widow bit out of self-defence.

unless I misread what you wrote, and their in a safe area.

 

[kenya_1977]

Ken, I think I've been in that place before.. I've spent some time down in Tampa.. always have to look up the shops.

I actually have to catch myself a lot if I happen to be in a shop. I have answered questions here and there if it didn't seem like the person really knew that much about the animal.. but if they seem to be trying to answer the question.. and they aren't too far off.. I just walk away. I do it in herp shops as well as aquarium shops.

 

[Ken Bartenfeld]

I dunno if they can be shut down. They have been in the business for a long time, and its just horrible to see some things, I get pissed about these big metal like tubs that you would use as I guess something to put food in on a barn, they are about 3 ft high, and circular with about 4ft by 3ft. And some sand in them, with no lights, one bearded with nicks in the tail and spiders living in there with cob webs, no heating, no lights...just makes you sick. I will take a pic when I go there. They let me in the back.

Kenya, maybe...its right behind the Oldsmar Flea Market...

 

[kenya_1977]

It's been too long.. would have to see it to know if I was in it.

 

[klondike4001]

get some pictures up.

 

[miguel camacho!]

haha, ive had so many experiences like this at petsmarts....luckily a very good friend of mine worked as a manager in the fish/reptile department and did everything in her power to give proper advice on everything she could, but that store obviously hires people unfit for the positions. on more than one occasion have i gone to buy a gecko only to find that the employee was too scared to take it out for me (in which case i was more than happy to get them out myself), then another time a guy was scared but actually did it, and let one of the other geckos loose in the process. i dont know if they ever got that gecko back. i was also at a reptile show in may when i was browsing the uroplatus that were available, and some guy walks up beside me, grabs a horned lizard and a mossy leaftail, then proceeds to impress the girl he was with by saying "yea, i can buy these two guys and put them in a tank together." i retorted by letting the guy know he couldnt do that unless he wanted to kill off a hundred dollar gecko. he nodded and walked off. now if they could only get rid of the impulse buys altogether.