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In-store is hit or miss given a local store's aquatic department's care for the animals. I've seen really good well cared for salt departments and others that should not even sell betta in a jar. In the past, I've positively commented on Petco's in-store special orders appear to come from a large wholesaler (QM). On a recent petco.com direct online order, I did noticed now that they started shipping 'UPS Next Day Saver' which is by end of day. As fish keepers we know this adds unnecessary stress and increases chances of loss. I've reached out to Petco sharing my experience and shared my concerns with this practice. Quite literally stating that I can't shop there online anymore as I find it irresponsible until this policy is changed.
Hopefully this policy will change as the fish selection is improving as well as the prices are fairly good. Of course QT everything no different than from LA or any other non-pre-QTed fish.
Sharing my $0.02 as a cautionary tale for those that want to take this gamble. I did.. and lost my entire 3 fish order the first time. Reordered and now my order is one day late as of this morning's tracking effectively putting shipping 2 days all-on.
Hopefully this policy will change as the fish selection is improving as well as the prices are fairly good. Of course QT everything no different than from LA or any other non-pre-QTed fish.
Sharing my $0.02 as a cautionary tale for those that want to take this gamble. I did.. and lost my entire 3 fish order the first time. Reordered and now my order is one day late as of this morning's tracking effectively putting shipping 2 days all-on.