sammydee
Fishaholic
I ask this question because I found that in my experience, the answer is opposite to what I would have thought.
I would have thought that a small LFS run by the people who own the shop would be more interested in business, and so would be more helpful and less desperate to sell you things.
However, it seems to be the other way around. Because the people who run the small LFS are also the people who own the shop, they are more interested in making money to keep their business going. I have been offered fish that would clearly be incompatible, or grow out of their tank, even when I told the fish shop owner what kind of tank I had. The large chain store, which has a fish section (like Knight's Garden Centre) however, seems to be run by people who get paid a set amount, no matter how many fish they sell. I have been given more help, more advice and even free samples from the chain store, and bought fish there for less cost, than at the smaller LFS.
Have I just been unlucky with the small LFS near me, or is that a more common phenomenon?
I would have thought that a small LFS run by the people who own the shop would be more interested in business, and so would be more helpful and less desperate to sell you things.
However, it seems to be the other way around. Because the people who run the small LFS are also the people who own the shop, they are more interested in making money to keep their business going. I have been offered fish that would clearly be incompatible, or grow out of their tank, even when I told the fish shop owner what kind of tank I had. The large chain store, which has a fish section (like Knight's Garden Centre) however, seems to be run by people who get paid a set amount, no matter how many fish they sell. I have been given more help, more advice and even free samples from the chain store, and bought fish there for less cost, than at the smaller LFS.
Have I just been unlucky with the small LFS near me, or is that a more common phenomenon?