Moved to abbotsford, who's local?

Cujo#31 · #1 10-25-2014, 09:26 PM

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Originally Posted by albert_dao

Paul already tried that. Didn't work. You can PM me if you want to discuss this further though.

PM is ok for anyone who has EASY access and wide open schedules. For most of us I'm sure trips to LFS go more like this......."hey, days going well, I actally have some free time right now I'm swingin by the LFS to see what they hace cuz I've been looking for a......" (insert your most recent search item) or maybe one of those random " hey I'm in the neighborhood (within 20 kms lmao) I should swing by and see what they have cuz i have some time right now"
Not sure how many of us have the luxury of "scheduling" a visit to LFS. Although there may be enough people to support a business that operates this way. Hell I'm quite certain those who are independantly wealthy and not in need of a job, and have no wife, kids, mortgage.....where time means nothing can function that way....yes Im being vexatious.
You had some nice quality looking livestock and considering the sqare footage a good selection last time I was able to visit. I may speak for many of us who have very little free time, and value that free time more than breathing, and get ****ed when we hit the lottery and free time shows up, and we wind up ****ing that time away driving to a locked door. In the time it takes to send, and recieve a PM......something else has filled that free time, like a guaranteed open door.
End game here. I have either started or ended my salt water fetish cruises of LFS from Abby to Bby at your shop 4 times now, someone else is holding about $800.00 of my hard earned money.

albert_dao · #2 10-25-2014, 10:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Cujo#31

PM is ok for anyone who has EASY access and wide open schedules. For most of us I'm sure trips to LFS go more like this......."hey, days going well, I actally have some free time right now I'm swingin by the LFS to see what they hace cuz I've been looking for a......" (insert your most recent search item) or maybe one of those random " hey I'm in the neighborhood (within 20 kms lmao) I should swing by and see what they have cuz i have some time right now"
Not sure how many of us have the luxury of "scheduling" a visit to LFS. Although there may be enough people to support a business that operates this way. Hell I'm quite certain those who are independantly wealthy and not in need of a job, and have no wife, kids, mortgage.....where time means nothing can function that way....yes Im being vexatious.
You had some nice quality looking livestock and considering the sqare footage a good selection last time I was able to visit. I may speak for many of us who have very little free time, and value that free time more than breathing, and get ****ed when we hit the lottery and free time shows up, and we wind up ****ing that time away driving to a locked door. In the time it takes to send, and recieve a PM......something else has filled that free time, like a guaranteed open door.
End game here. I have either started or ended my salt water fetish cruises of LFS from Abby to Bby at your shop 4 times now, someone else is holding about $800.00 of my hard earned money.

I don't know how to respond to this. If this is the Gary I'm thinking of, I do believe we had previously tried to make some arrangements and I did my best to follow up on it. Again, I'm really sorry to have wasted your time, but we did have a dialogue and I'm a little perplexed as to how that communication broke down. Hell, I have your number on my cellphone still. But it is what it is.

acepumping · #3 10-25-2014, 10:50 PM

Haha I'm enjoying this. Keep it up !!!

albert_dao · #4 10-25-2014, 10:53 PM

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Originally Posted by acepumping

Haha I'm enjoying this. Keep it up !!!

Wtf? This is wildly inappropriate

acepumping · #5 10-25-2014, 10:54 PM

Me reading or the thread that is WAY off topic..

spit.fire · #6 10-25-2014, 10:57 PM

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Originally Posted by acepumping

Me reading or the thread that is WAY off topic..

Did you want me to draw you a Venn diagram?

reefwithareefer · #7 10-26-2014, 04:09 AM

Easy to say, hire someone else.. Obviously some people have never owned a small business, nevermind a LFS. If it was so easy, everyone would be doing it.

I just started to goto Oceanic last year. At first I was a lil ticked that I went there a few times and it was closed. Then I talked to Paul and Albert, got their numbers and now I just call before leaving and usually they would open up or give me a time that they would be there.
Is it as good as always being there? No it is not, but it is not so bad as they sell quality stuff and it is not out in Burnaby.

If everyone shops there, I would assume it would grow to where there could be a bigger selection etc. Instead, everyone expects to be treated like they are the only ones who matter. I say support small local businesses and you will not have to deal with places like Petsmart or Petlovers.

No I am not a "best Buddy" of Pauls or Alberts, Just a guy who is not so impatient. I prefer to deal with people who are passionate enough about a hobby that they took a risk to open up a store, because there are none locally.

Cujo#31 · #8 10-26-2014, 05:14 AM

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Originally Posted by acepumping

Me reading or the thread that is WAY off topic..

Yes....it is.....my bad. WELCOME TO THE VALLEY!!!! Tons of awesone folks out here

acepumping · #9 10-26-2014, 08:15 AM

Fine. I'll churp in..

I have never had anything bad to say about albert or Paul at the store, always treated with respect and helped when i first started years ago. If you liked them on Facebook, you would see they were busy doing a install!!!. I agree with the fact of owning a small business is hard, yet keeping someone around for when you have to step out even harder... GIVE THEM A BREAK!!!

I guarantee if your looking for good quality frags and corals IN A LOCAL STORE, you won't find better.. knowledge is key too. They are both very smart when it comes to this stuff..

Go pay a visit!!!!!

Cujo#31 · #10 10-27-2014, 01:58 AM

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Originally Posted by albert_dao

I don't know how to respond to this. If this is the Gary I'm thinking of, I do believe we had previously tried to make some arrangements and I did my best to follow up on it. Again, I'm really sorry to have wasted your time, but we did have a dialogue and I'm a little perplexed as to how that communication broke down. Hell, I have your number on my cellphone still. But it is what it is.

Might be another Gary bud. Until this thread I had no idea you were a part of the store. Otherwise you would have had a heads up I was looking.