Re: Frogs and Pet Stores
Eric there are 100 times as many shops like that down here. The way I deal with it is to offer my services for free and tell them what could be advanced and bettered. Sometimes they act like they are the top of the latter and the best of the best how dare you question my skills and the others are interested in getting help.
To the ones who want help I help them. To the others I let them know quickly I know more about the one or two darts in their shop than they know about all amphibians and make them aware that our hobby keeps track of what shops are good and bad and we spread the word and it wont be long before they cant get those little frogs at such a low price as no one wants to sell to the equivalent of a puppy farm.
I have a list of herp shops Ive sold darts to by the hundreds over the years and I can guarantee the frogs I ship out will be kept properly until sold. Here is a tip to all. The hobby as far as darts go is small, the only way we will expand to a point that will equal the rest of the herp hobby is to spread the cb frogs out to where new comers will see them. The boards dont draw much attention. The herp shops and KS do. So offering the herpshops/ petshops a deal on the frog on the grounds they care for them properly is a plus for us all. Otherwise we are just trading and selling dartfrogs back and forth to one another.
I find that most of the time if you walk in and directly confront them about what needs to be fixed or bettered they are happy to atleast hear you out......that is about all we can do.
Michael
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