peoples thoughts and opinions on calgary lfs???

[The Grizz]

Originally Posted by albert_dao

The store I use to work at in Calgary didn't mark their prices on the tanks due to the sheer variety of animals in each tank (you wouldn't be able to see the livestock through the wall of grease pen), but everyone had a VERY firm grasp on livestock value. Prices didn't change from hour to hour, day to day like one would imagine.

A small stick at the bottom of the tank with fish name & price would be helpful, I don't really like the whole writing on the tank but it's better then nothing. Prices do change on a regular basis from what I have seen & once when I was at a shop I asked a price of something I really liked & while I was still looking at other stock I heard the store employee tell someone else a different lower price on the exact same thing.

[albert_dao]

Originally Posted by reefwars

which brings me to the next point of dedicated systems , i personally want to see sps with sps zoos with zoos and corals of the same species etc housed together, not scattered in 15 different locations in the store, to me thats clutter.....if creating a reef is the goal then do a display only .

sometimes i feel like im shopping in the $5 bin of movies at walmart....i never find a movie i like and settle for a cheap laugh i had years ago lol :P

Tougher than you think. You gotta remember that when LFS gets shipments, they're generally NOT at a convenient hour like 2-5 PM. They're usually around 11-3 AM and at that point, you REALLY don't want to be sitting around all night rearranging stuffs.

[reefwars]

what about hours of operation i hate going to a place on a weekday(say thursday) and their closed or go all the way to a store at 12 just to realize they dont open untill 2...that just recently happened lol

[reefwars]

Originally Posted by albert_dao

They're usually around 11-3 AM and at that point, you REALLY don't want to be sitting around all night rearranging stuffs.

hey a jobs a job lol

no one wants to be doing anything that late but sometimes you got to bite the bullet and put in the late nights early mornings , its def not an easy thing to do but if informing your customers of its products is imortant to your business then the extra hours are worth it.

i mean alot of business get late night deliveries ,alot also do inventory and stock at night.

and its not like the next day everything in the store was sold and there was no time to put names and prices down.

there are about a dozen stores i can think of that do mark their livestock reguarily, just takes some organizing

im pro prices lol

[reefwars]

i mean i doubt walmart would get very far if they loaded their shelves with mystery price products lol

[albert_dao]

Originally Posted by reefwars

hey a jobs a job lol

no one wants to be doing anything that late but sometimes you got to bite the bullet and put in the late nights early mornings , its def not an easy thing to do but if informing your customers of its products is imortant to your business then the extra hours are worth it.

i mean alot of business get late night deliveries ,alot also do inventory and stock at night.

and its not like the next day everything in the store was sold and there was no time to put names and prices down.

there are about a dozen stores i can think of that do mark their livestock reguarily, just takes some organizing

im pro prices lol

I disagree! But I like sleeping, lol. Besides, who needs prices when helpful employees are around to quote them to you? Geeeeeeeeeeeeeeez man!

[Coleus]

i wish there is no lfs at all so I can count my money and have more time to do stuff :-D

but then i have to find another hobby.

[Enigma]

Originally Posted by reefwars

not gonna lie one for me is being cramped, clutter and dirt......its one thing to work in a small space its another to make that space practically non functional....

X2.

In addition to that . . . Open tanks and exposed plumbing at the perfect height for curious toddlers and preschoolers to get into trouble. Combine that with the cramped conditions and poor sight lines, and it is a disaster waiting to happen.

[Proteus]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

Problem I see with a website is that if I announce everything new in each week, you're not likely to drop in if I don't have what you want. I'd announce new shipments, but you need to come in to see what's arrived. And buy some food, and putty, and frag plugs. Oh, and you need a new heater while you're here...

In Edmonton we have three stores that announce there shimpents dates what they got and upcoming arrivals. There always busy and sold out if you wait.
All three are sponsors on here and do quite well

And places that are a hour drive on the other side of town would get me in at all if I didn't know their or part of their inventory

[cuz]

Originally Posted by reefwars

which brings me to the next point of dedicated systems , i personally want to see sps with sps zoos with zoos and corals of the same species etc housed together, not scattered in 15 different locations in the store, to me thats clutter.....if creating a reef is the goal then do a display only .

sometimes i feel like im shopping in the $5 bin of movies at walmart....i never find a movie i like and settle for a cheap laugh i had years ago lol :P

they could call it the "bonzia sale tank" !!