I have placed orders from a few vendors who shipped to me by UPS, and I will never do it again. I had some success the first couple of times a few years back, but the last few made me regret doing it. I had issues on my last order, and the LFS refused to respond to PM's, e-mails and brushed me off on phone calls.
I really prefer to see the fish eat, and know how it is acting first hand before I make the purchase. Also, I have had mix ups on what the type of fish I was getting as different LFS's use different names for fish. I ordered a leopard wrasse, and ended up with a dusky wrasse as an example of that. If you're looking at doing it by airport, you have to drive to Edmonton/Calgary anyway, where a lot of the LFS's are on this site. I know the price can be enticing at some of these places, but I will never risk it again.
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