1. My favourite LFS in town is nice because it has great livestock and tanks. However, I find it terrible for stocking equipment like pumps, lights, skimmers, reactors, controllers, etc.
2. My second favourite is nice because the prices on everything are quite reasonable. However, they do not tend to have a large selection of livestock (fish and/or corals). They do seem to have a decent selection of hardware though and misc dry goods though.
3. My third favourite store has a nicely balanced selection of livestock and dry goods but is the most expensive of the three stores. Price could be better but hey, if I want that scoly or need that pump ill buy it.
4. As for the rest of the traditional stores, I will visit them for their MASSIVE selection of dried goods and for their convenient, consistent and predictable store hours. Again, prices are on the high side but hey, if I need a bucket of salt or a heater at 8:45pm on a week day I know where to go.
5. There are some "non-traditional" stores in the city and they are great on the wallet but not so great for impulse shoppers like me. LOL. With these stores you have to plan out and schedule your visit. This is fine but some of us have chaotic schedules that change hourly. Sometimes my visits to the LFS happens during a miraculous hour that suddenly appears in my weekend when the rest of my family decides they want to take a nap. Or the opposite can happen. I can plan to go visit a store at a particular time only to have that time taken away from me at the last minute. Anyway, I digress..
I'll just finish off by saying that my former favourite LFS (before it shut down) in my opinion and while not perfect, had the best combination of factors that makes a great LFS for me.
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10-21-2012, 03:49 PM
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