Recent content by aquaticvet1

I hope that you stay busy Jenn and I am sure that individual stores in certain demographics will prosper while those in other areas may not. The question though was more broad in that he asked about the industry, not how we were doing in our individual stores or businesses. I tend to look at...

Reducing the time line a bit, I think 2010 will be a very tough year in both the aquatic hard goods and livestock sectors. According to vendors and personal experience, after a brief lift in demand for aquatic goods in October and November 2009, it appears the American consumer is increasingly...

Edited, posts crossed, sorry.

Yes Mitch I do agree. The problem for me is that Quality Marine protects their retailers so I cannot ship DD from California to California. QM will not sell me enough DD items and they will not dropship DD specimens. I can only solve that if I become a California wholesaler, I realize that...

I agree, they do have the best model.

Mitch, To clarify, I do believe the best for livestock is to be rested and then sent, or dropshipped directly from the wholesaler to the hobbyist. I do not know who in their right mind would despute that. In my case, QM in an effort to protect their retailers, will not let us have our Divers...

Mitch, doesn't that all depend on the initial quality of specimens, the quality of the tanking conditions, general husbandry, shipping and packing quality, and the acclimation procedures including the length of rest, etc, etc ? I think you make it sound too simplistic, as if there are no...

That is why I always mentioned shipping and acclimations. Mitch chose to remember only the shipping. I also would rather guarantee a healthy speciman shipped twice than a turned and burned one shipped once. I do put my money where my mouth is with my 14 and 30 day guarantee, how about you Mitch?

Mitch, If you can find better quality livestock than offered at Diver's Den, then you should be buying it. And please do not confuse shipping losses of quality livestock with that of transshipped and unacclimated cheap slim. You have been around long enough to know better. Again, Dave has it...

I agree, Dave and PAF/Bluezoo have the best formula, dump the retailers and sell direct. What more do you want me to say ? If I was a wholesaler I would do the same thing.

Well it goes deeper than PAF/BlueZoo. Reefermadness was also a part of PAF and that was never disclosed but came to light when Mike Laskey brokered it for sale. I looked at the Reefermadness offering but chose not to sign a disclosure and review the financials as I had no interest in the...

Mitch, one more quote-- " Dave and Pacific Aqua Farms have it right. IMO, get rid of the retail and etail accounts and sell livestock direct to the consumer " Dr. Race Foster, Jan.3, 2010.

Good points Mitch, but in your words--- " I damn sure would not ship out and guarantee a specimen that I thought was going to die " Dr. Race Foster, Jan. 3, 2010 My guarantee sure seems to get to you and Jenn. As the guy at EXXON said " if you do not like the price of our oil, don't buy...

Forgot the other part of the question. The trend is towards Diver's Den in Wisconsin because Chris Buerner at QM will not let us pick from his top items. He refused to let us put Diver's Den in O2O. Unlike PAF he saves most of the cherries for his retail customers. With our DD volume, we also...

Yes dropshipping direct to a consumer is less stressful than another acclimation at Diver's Den and then bagging or shipping again for yet another acclimation. That is one reason we charge higher prices for Diver's Den. Not only are the specimens better quality to begin with but we suffer...