Petco rescue act 3

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  1. Jake1

    Jake1 Astrea Snail

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    Where are trying to ban petco here in are town from being able to sale sw fish or coral. All corals look BAD and the fish are covered in ick all the time housed with fish that kill or hurt them and if one dies they don't take it out.
     
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  3. SeymourDuncan

    SeymourDuncan Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    You can call the head office and file a complaint. Heck. I did a phone survey once and the store manager called me to ask me advice on improvements.

    Best case they do something to improve. Worse case they don't. If they don't maybe you should start a petco halfway house and just buy up their stock. But that would encourage them to keep selling.

    I honestly think sw dealers should have at least one person on staff with credentials. Petco has nothing in their job requirements about pet knowledge. It's just a plus. Sometimes it can over qualify you and they feel threatened.
     
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    link248 Ritteri Anemone

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    At least I can say that none of my SW fish had ick. I always kept my tanks clean, but when I went from 35hrs to 14hrs a week, things started getting bad. Like I said, the full time aquatics person has no knowledge about fresh or saltwater systems. But she was hired by the DM and my GM didn't want to go over his head and switch us. It's all good, Petsmart will be building a new store within 5 miles of them. So that may be where I go when they open. Petsmart would steal Petco's business now, but they are 25 miles away. Not for long though
     
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    link248 Ritteri Anemone

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    True, but they just recently sent all of their customer service and IT jobs over seas. They don't care. Once again, they hired 14 of us to completely set up our store from the ground up, within 90 days they cut 7 of us. So, none of us is eligible for unemployment.
     
  6. SeymourDuncan

    SeymourDuncan Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    Trust me. Complaints regarding potential profit loss always brings attention to places.

    I made a fake complaint at a Pizza Hut I used to work for as a joke for my boss and the morning after when I came in he was reading it. Lol.

    Regardless of where the complaint is taken care of it will make it to the store manager. In fact there is an executive chain of people that read them first until it reaches the source of the complaint.

    Now does petco sell a lot of stuff even though it is all sickly?

    If they do they will not do much. A boycott before during and after the complaint will either eliminate their salt section all together or it will make them do things right which is highly unlikely.
     
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    link248 Ritteri Anemone

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    That's all it is, man made base rock that has been painted. It is not live rock at all.
     
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    SeymourDuncan Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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  10. Chance

    Chance Bubble Tip Anemone

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    Not ALL petco's are bad. There's one out in Mentor Ohio who has a decently educated aqua specialist. She knew about what she was selling me, I was impressed. The lighting is all T5 with a standard white and blue-ish bulb, but there's nothing she could do about it. So there's an exception to every rule!
     
  11. SeymourDuncan

    SeymourDuncan Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    Yeah and there are some good Chevys but I ain't drivin em. Lol.
     
  12. Corailline

    Corailline Super Moderator

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    Just a reminder that threads that take a turn towards negative post regarding Petco or similar such stores are eventually closed.
     
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