Well I am no longer allowed at another LFS. Guess it is not ok to sell corals online and bring them to fellow reef club members at a REEF CLUB MEET. I do understand the LFS has to make money, so yes it could be considered wrong what I did, even though they had nothing of what I brought and things were worked out online. Wonder if Starbucks would ban me for selling coffee online and meeting there to give it to the buyer?? Either way, it is not best to approach someone and be very rude and arrogant about it. I am a super nice guy when treated nice, but the recon marine comes out when not. I ran my mouth and shouldn’t have, so I am wrong there and own that. They are wrong by starting the conversation with profanity. So we were both wrong. At least I can admit that. They couldn’t when it was all said and done.
Either way, now I only have one LFS in the area to go to. Which is fine, as I quit shopping at this one anyways and love the one I can go to. They don’t care if Reef Club Members trade or sell to each other. Even the other 2 that I am not allowed in (no rudeness at those, just made them lose some sales when they tried to tell some customers certain delicate very expensive things could be added to a tank as soon as it had water in it. Yes both of those shops did it, so I interjected to save the fish/corals and the people from utter doom. The owners of those very nicely asked me not to come back if I was gonna do that. I said ok and never went back. It was very civilized. I was also wrong for doing that.)
This shop used to be a great shop too. That’s what kills me. The guys brother gave up on him due to his attitude and quit working there. It has went downhill ever since and is sad as they have a ton of potential and a wonderful location.
Either way, I just needed to vent while putting gas in the car for the hour and half ride home.
Either way, now I only have one LFS in the area to go to. Which is fine, as I quit shopping at this one anyways and love the one I can go to. They don’t care if Reef Club Members trade or sell to each other. Even the other 2 that I am not allowed in (no rudeness at those, just made them lose some sales when they tried to tell some customers certain delicate very expensive things could be added to a tank as soon as it had water in it. Yes both of those shops did it, so I interjected to save the fish/corals and the people from utter doom. The owners of those very nicely asked me not to come back if I was gonna do that. I said ok and never went back. It was very civilized. I was also wrong for doing that.)
This shop used to be a great shop too. That’s what kills me. The guys brother gave up on him due to his attitude and quit working there. It has went downhill ever since and is sad as they have a ton of potential and a wonderful location.
Either way, I just needed to vent while putting gas in the car for the hour and half ride home.