Why Do Petco and Petsmart try to STEAL MONEY $$$$$$$ From Pet owners ???

[takethecastle57]

Howdy Folks ,

Early this month I decided to get some Low-Cost Low-Maintenace Pets and the Pets I chose Was Goldfish .


Well the cost of getting my 2 species of Goldfish : Shubunkin and 24K (looks like real Gold ) Fantail was only $10.00 usd for just these two fish .

The Aquarium set up is not the standard "Goldfish Bowl" ,No I got a 6 liter Hexagonal plastic tank with all the stuff :Filter ,Gravel, Plant (not real), Light cost $30.00 . Then the proper Filter Journey was not good .

This is not my First time Caring , Raising , Breeding Guppies (The Fancy Tail ones ) back in the 1970's and back then the cost was not that much maybe $5.00 a month for food , power cost , filter media .

I first went to Petsmart and had no problems getting them in the first trip . When I went back the Manager and his sales staff wanted me to buy all these $$$$$$$$$$$ chemicals and a 20 Gallon Tank for Two (2 ) Goldfish cause they all say that they will grow to a possible 6 Inches size and the "Rule of Thumb" for them is One Gallon of Water Per Inch of Goldfish . I have 2 ,10 gallon long tanks that were for Beta fish so I got one of them up . For a "Basic 20 gallon regular glass tank at Petsmart , with filter, and top with light $60.00 .

I have to date spent $110.00 usd for TWO $10.00 Goldfish and when I mention to either Petsmart or Petco about water "Cloudy" condtion they said it was because of too much Ammonia when it was just the Aquarium getting "Stabilized " with good bactreria and where did I find out about this ? Online on the Hagen Pet Supply MFG http://www.hagen.com/canada/english/about.cfm

and also Amazon.com with the reviews of products and of course Youtube with some really great videos .

What Ever Happen to a Pet Store taking care of their customers instead of Taking as much $$$$$$$$$$ as they can get and they say "I'm Sorry" so much it makes me want to puke !!!

I've been a sales person/Manager off and on since 1972 to 2002 and it is no wonder why Stores are closing cause they Hire people who know very little of how to get and keep a customer for Life .

I wonder how many people here have been treated like this recently or have Great positive Story of a Pet store Person going the Extra Mile/ Kilometer ?