Huh, why wouldnt you keep a fighter with neons??? Ok.... anyway... ignoring that..
oh i have done ive told them that its cruel to not have a filter for a goldfish and flat out refused [its MA policy anyways] him and the kids were thinking about getting a filter but he wife said no....i bet they just bout em elsewhere...surely an assistant has the right to refuse sale if they feel an animal (including fish) is going to be badly treated/cared for etc?
Every shop has the right to refuse a sale and every member of staff at good aquatics chains/shops will often find themselves refusing sales.
all your reasons for shops being angels, deal with inanimate objects. they are irrelevant to this thread.
if you buy a cd player and it is mis-described by the vendor, you are entitled to a refund (in the UK). why then should fish be any different?
lets face it, Sony can sell an, outrageously, defective £400 games console and do nothing. who cares about some £2.00 fish, sold with bad advice?
i agree WE should know our stuff. but if we dont and ask for advice. that advice should be correct. Tesco Aldi, do not claim to be "Experts" at anything except making money. LFS/Petshops, claim to be, "experts" in the field of livestock sales. there is a vast difference.
perhaps you should read the whole thread. but who cares. you clearly dont. my comments stand. opinion? yes, valid, yes. whatever you think.all your reasons for shops being angels, deal with inanimate objects. they are irrelevant to this thread.
How can you say that lol when in the same post you state the following:
if you buy a cd player and it is mis-described by the vendor, you are entitled to a refund (in the UK). why then should fish be any different?
and then this a few posts later:
lets face it, Sony can sell an, outrageously, defective £400 games console and do nothing. who cares about some £2.00 fish, sold with bad advice?
Seems there's one rule for you and another for everyone else.....
i agree WE should know our stuff. but if we dont and ask for advice. that advice should be correct. Tesco Aldi, do not claim to be "Experts" at anything except making money. LFS/Petshops, claim to be, "experts" in the field of livestock sales. there is a vast difference.
I've no idea how you came to this conclusion but it is nothing more than your opinion, it certainly isn't factual in any sense. I have never been into any lfs that claimed to be experts and any that did would more than likely be lying. Although as you said earlier Tesco don't sell livestock so the two are incomparable, so again I've no idea why you've made this comparison.