what makes a good lfs ?

[StirCrazy]

Originally Posted by StirCrazy

unless you are doing a lot of mail order business,

Steve

let me rephrase this, "unless your doing a lot of mail order/ Internet business"

the problem with this is Most stores don't have a Internet page, some stores like OA never update it so you stop looking, and most that have one use it for sample pics (that don't resemble what the produce is but would it could be.)

the problem with showing actual pictures is that after you get an order in everything looks like crap from shipping. It is going to take 2 or 3 days for the corals to look good (maybe longer). So, by the time you take pictures and put them up most will be gone already.

Pictures will only benefit the consumer and not the store in most cases. If I run a store and put all my new arrivals up on the net if you don't see anything you like you won't stop by. A good portion of sales in a store are incidental sales, the ones where you stop by to see if there is any good fish/corals and you go "Oh ya I need some more food", or "that gizmo looks cool" so by not posting pics you have to come look around to see whats there. Also with the ease that pictures are doctored to look better than they are a lot of what you see isn't accurate anyways.

Steve