did walmart finally stop selling gsps??
Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2011 4:17 pm
i checked the tanks at the one i shop at and there were no gsps or any tags for them... i hope they all stopped selling them.
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Re: did walmart finally stop selling gsps??
Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2011 4:29 pm
One can hope
Re: did walmart finally stop selling gsps??
Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2011 5:11 pm
yeah, im going to check another one today to see if they have any... *crosses fingers*
Re: did walmart finally stop selling gsps??
Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2011 5:46 pm
I was at my LWM and it still had GSP's for sale in it's fish dept. I hope they stop selling them! Everytime I go into that place I ask my girl if we can check them out even though I know they're gonna be in bad shape. I mention something to the person who is running the fish dept. about how to care for them and questions that should be asked when someone is buying one. I love WM but they have no business selling fish.
Re: did walmart finally stop selling gsps??
Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2011 6:37 pm
The walmart by me still sells gsp. Still going to ask my lfs if they can order one.
Re: did walmart finally stop selling gsps??
Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2011 1:05 am
None at mine.
Re: did walmart finally stop selling gsps??
Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2011 1:48 am
yeah, the other walmart i went to today had some 
Re: did walmart finally stop selling gsps??
Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2011 1:57 am
I hate that they sell them, but I might have to rescue one for my tank. At least the GSP's are taken care of at my LFS, but they are NOT taken care of at all at Walmart. If I can get one out of a bad situation and give him a loving home, at least I made a difference in one little fish's world...
Re: did walmart finally stop selling gsps??
Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2011 3:15 am
Support your caring LFS, If you buy from walmart, they will keep selling them. And 99% of them will not go to loving homes. If people stop buying them, they will have no reason to stock them, and then all the fish they no longer sell will have a better chance.
Re: did walmart finally stop selling gsps??
Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2011 3:22 am
Re: did walmart finally stop selling gsps??
Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2011 4:25 am
ha, thanks for the link!
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1937. Heather D at least stop selling Green Spotted Puffers! They cannot live in anything less than 40 gallons and do not eat live fish or flakes! They need full saltwater and snails and live worms!
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1937. Heather D at least stop selling Green Spotted Puffers! They cannot live in anything less than 40 gallons and do not eat live fish or flakes! They need full saltwater and snails and live worms!
Re: did walmart finally stop selling gsps??
Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2011 8:15 am
You've got it backwards. Why would you give $$$ to a place that ignores their welfare & not support the folks who care about their well-being?
Re: did walmart finally stop selling gsps??
Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2011 10:43 am
+1 to above...
The best way to save the puffer babies is not buying and or recommending this kind of shops at all...
If you buy a puffer in this kind of stores, you may be saving one puffer, but you damn another 100, cuz as long as they sell, thy will bring more... remember that corporations are horrible vicious circles, thats the system...
The only way to save this puffers is not buying any one, no matter how bad or happy you feel when you see them... u_u
The best way to save the puffer babies is not buying and or recommending this kind of shops at all...
If you buy a puffer in this kind of stores, you may be saving one puffer, but you damn another 100, cuz as long as they sell, thy will bring more... remember that corporations are horrible vicious circles, thats the system...
The only way to save this puffers is not buying any one, no matter how bad or happy you feel when you see them... u_u
Re: did walmart finally stop selling gsps??
Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2011 12:55 pm
Yeah, i realized that after 7 said something. I signed the petition, and made the comment that if they can't take care of them properly, they need to stop selling them. It's just that the little puffs at WalMart break my heart = / cause I know they are doomed to a short, unhappy life.
Re: did walmart finally stop selling gsps??
Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2011 1:00 pm
just from a retail stand point:
The department manager will take in the shipment, look ant the stock, and look at the sales levels. From there he / she will make a claim with head office as to how much money the store has just lost. They don't get charged for that loss. That is upon arrival. Anything over and above that estimation is pure profit for the store. Anything below that and they adjust the numbers and if it is not worth carrying that "product" they delete it from their line. Each store is different, each manager is different.
If you want to save them, don't buy them.
The department manager will take in the shipment, look ant the stock, and look at the sales levels. From there he / she will make a claim with head office as to how much money the store has just lost. They don't get charged for that loss. That is upon arrival. Anything over and above that estimation is pure profit for the store. Anything below that and they adjust the numbers and if it is not worth carrying that "product" they delete it from their line. Each store is different, each manager is different.
If you want to save them, don't buy them.