Re: fish stores

[Scott <zerelli@yahoo.com>]

Well, I guess I am the one in the weird area then.
Just a week ago the big chain store closed! A $20-$40
pair of dwarf cichlids would never sell here. THey
will go unsold for 2.95 when they order them.

--- LeeH920226@aol.com wrote:
> 
> In a message dated 11/5/03 9:25:08 PM,
> zerelli@yahoo.com writes:
> 
> << Wow Lee it must be a strange place that you live
> in! >>
> 
> Well, when I said there were no LFS any more, I
> really meant the individually 
> owned LFS. There are plenty of chain stores with
> disinterested managers and 
> employees. MY favorite store just closed this past
> summer because the owner 
> could not compete with the chains and he could not
> make a living working 16 hours 
> a day for no profit. The chain stores and mail order
> (on line) stores are 
> hard to compete against. He had different Apistos
> almost every week - one or two 
> pairs at $20 - $40 a pair. He had a difficult time
> selling them, despite the 
> fact they were breeding pairs that spawned in his
> tanks.
> 
> Lee Harper
> Media, PA
> 
>
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