FRAG SWAP THIEF!!

[Aquattro]

I know of a guy that stole fish out of an acclimating bin at the LFS while the manager was helping a customer. This kind of stuff happens all the time!

[seabreeze]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

I know of a guy that stole fish out of an acclimating bin at the LFS while the manager was helping a customer. This kind of stuff happens all the time!

Hope he also stole a bag to put the fish into! ...and opps, water too!!!!!!!!

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by seabreeze

Hope he also stole a bag to put the fish into! ...and opps, water too!!!!!!!!

small container. Ya, he thought of everything. I know the guy too, has more money than I could ever spend! Sad really

[seabreeze]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

small container. Ya, he thought of everything. I know the guy too, has more money than I could ever spend! Sad really

Hopefully what he did cost him much more than that fish... by banning him from every LFS around!!!!!!!

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by seabreeze

Hopefully what he did cost him much more than that fish... by banning him from every LFS around!!!!!!!

No, can't prove it, so what ya gonna do?

[RMC]

Ok. We're there two extra unclaimed bagged corals at the end of the swap? There should be if it was accidental, if not then it was likely stollen
It's disheartenning to think their are people in this community who would do this.

To the thief; not cool.. Not cool at all

[reefwars]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

I know of a guy that stole fish out of an acclimating bin at the LFS while the manager was helping a customer. This kind of stuff happens all the time!

It's a sad fact but it happens , we had cameras installed in the store simply because we knew people were taking things , asking staff to go out back for items they knew weren't out front and then putting things in their pockets , we had an idea who but can't call someone out without proof so now we have film if it were to happen again


When we did the fragfest thing in sept we had a friend of mine (works with law enforcement ) check receipts and bags as People were going out the door , we had around 400 people in and around the store and only 5 employees. It's sad that trust becomes so much of an issue that when you host something that's supposed to be a benefit to the community that a very small few decide to ruin it for everyone , the reason we had someone check the bags was during the previous boxing day sale we were missing a lot of sps frags and smalerr dry goods , so basically people we dipping in and putting frags in there pocket or just grabbing an item and walking out the door.

I'm sure it's 1 in a 100 but sure sucks that you can't host an event without some kind of babysitting or security

Hope you guys get it all sorted out I do also like to think maybe a mistake but my own experiences say it prop was taken as those who watch the stuff are busy chatting and it only takes one bad apple

[kamloops_reefer]

for what could be a mistake - the start of this thread is all but the right way to address it. have some class guys.

best to let time go by, find out who it is and openly share who it was to give other reefers a heads up. To me, that goes a lot farther than this.

best to have other people decide if they want to deal with that person at that time, or else a legitimate thief who knows what they will be jeopardizing will return it, and go along with the story of "oops a mistake was made" and benefit no one.

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by kamloops_reefer

or else a legitimate thief who knows what they will be jeopardizing will return it

Ya, that's probably what will happen

[MrLahey]

That is such a bummer.

This was my first frag swap and I truely enjoyed myself! I hope they find the corals or the thief and that this experience doesn't stop an cool event from happening again.

This is the first time I also finally decided to dive into sps coral ( thanks for the awesome corals Ryan!)