Hey new to this forum, could help all

[maxpayne_lhp]

Cool!
Hemingway? So your parrot is surely hard to be understood

[fishfreaks]

wow cool! i love Iggy! it's a shame your so far..

[PetMax]

Originally Posted by TheOldSalt

The banks know that almost all petshops fail, and fail quickly, and that pet knowledge plays virtually NO PART WHATSOEVER in determining how well a store will do. The bad guys win every time.

This is very true, but the pet stores around here no nothing about animals, nor do they take care of their own animals. For this reason, i was able to keep mine open, because people will see that you have a love for animals and they trust in you cuz they know your animals are healthy. The worst part of the year in the summer months. During these months, people are out on vacatins, or outside doing whatever and they seem to forget they own an animal. But, i live right next to lake cumberland, so i get alot of out of town traffic, they comes in to buy dog stuff, water toys, dog grooming, and soo on.

Originally Posted by TheOldSalt

There's no money in the pet biz unless you become one of the very scumbags you built your store to fight, unless by chance you build it in the perfect spot, which you can bet some other petshop already occupies.

Well, the position of hte pet store is very crucial. Thankfully, i got it before others did, and ive put the 2 other pet stores out of business because they suck at hte business. Like for instance, a place called Fish 'N Friends went out of business because people found out they were feeding KITTENS to their 12 foot burmese. So, poeple got very angry, starting coming to my store. I myself, feed our 10ft snakes frozen Colossal rats.

Originally Posted by TheOldSalt

As for your love of the hobby, well, you can kiss THAT goodbye after it starts to destroy you a few months after opening. Once it's a job, and a hard one which pays less than you'd make delivering pizza, you may find yourself never wanting to look at another fish.

Yes it is a very hard job. I work 7 days a week, 11am-7pm sometimes later to finish water changes on my 80+ fish tanks and to put up stock. You jsut have to know what sells in your area.

Originally Posted by TheOldSalt

Me? Bitter?

Nope, you speak the truth

~kyle

[Baby_Baby]

wow! look at all the encouragement.....

[Fishfirst]

well the thing is... it already is my job. I work at petsmart and am in the speciality department which means a lot of cleaning feeding algae scrubbing and all that dirty work. I still love my job by all means... and the store is still very much in the planning stages, heck if I find a decent job I might just open one when I retire hahah

[euRasian32]

welcome to the forums! congrats on the store

theoldsalt is the voice of reason

Do you ship live fish? Looking for a P. Reticulata (x3).

[TheOldSalt]

Yes, it's your paid job. Things will be different when your ability to pay your cable bill will suddenly depend on whether you can sell or cure that sick Sultan Pleco that came in thursday before it dies. It will be different when the jerk across town runs a super sale and fills the tanks of all your customers with cheap fish which won't need replacing for several months. It will be different when a heat wave causes an ich plague in your store which wipes out half your stock before you know what hit you. It will be different when the ... well, I guess I can stop here because the list is endless. The thing REALLY is that right now none of these things are YOUR problem.

[PetMax]

Originally Posted by euRasian32

welcome to the forums! congrats on the store

theoldsalt is the voice of reason

Do you ship live fish? Looking for a P. Reticulata (x3).

am i working on a web site so that i can expand my business. At this current moment, i do not have a way to pack the fish in pure oxygen. if you were to come pick it up, that would be a different story.

[PetMax]

Originally Posted by Fishfirst

well the thing is... it already is my job. I work at petsmart and am in the speciality department which means a lot of cleaning feeding algae scrubbing and all that dirty work. I still love my job by all means... and the store is still very much in the planning stages, heck if I find a decent job I might just open one when I retire hahah

if you are serious, let me know. i can help you out since ive been in business for 7 years and going strong. Its that first year that tells if you make it or not, and by the second year, word starts to spread. If you really wanna make it happen, you will have to provide something that no other pet store around you has. Like to instance, i do not cage any of our animals except birds, mice and hampsters. These are keep in aquariums. I built small 4x4 rooms for the dogs to be in and the same for cats.

[Beerleader]

Great pics, love the burm! what a beauty! Next time I come to Somerset I will definitely stop by! And by the way...I was just wondering how often you get tanks and how much you charge for a 90 gallon tank w/ lights and hoods only??

[PetMax]

Originally Posted by Beerleader

Great pics, love the burm! what a beauty! Next time I come to Somerset I will definitely stop by! And by the way...I was just wondering how often you get tanks and how much you charge for a 90 gallon tank w/ lights and hoods only??

check pms.

[TheOldSalt]

Hey Petmax, why worry about oxygen when there's breather bags?

[Beerleader]

pms or pet max store...what is the exact way to put it in..all one word a dot com etc?? sorry hehe

[PetMax]

Originally Posted by TheOldSalt

Hey Petmax, why worry about oxygen when there's breather bags?

i just like the idea of putting pure oxygen in with the fish. THats the way my dist. does it and i like it. I havent really dealt with breather bags, it could be a better way. Got a pic or a detailed info sheet on them??

[PetMax]

Originally Posted by Beerleader

pms or pet max store...what is the exact way to put it in..all one word a dot com etc?? sorry hehe

pms, as in personal Messages

[Beerleader]

Oh ok thanks sorry I'm not used to this forum at all! lol

[PetMax]

no problem

[PetMax]

90 gallon setups include stand, glass top, lights, strip light, wood canopy, tank. This tanks are Crystal clear and they do not have a tint to them like larger tanks. Also, we give $25 in free fish and 20% off all fish equipment. Since your on this site i will give a $50 discount. The discount is not included in this price so take 50 off.
Honey Pine-578
Walnut-535
Gloss Black-675
Cherry-675

Now, just hte tank, lights, Plastic hood:There will not be any discounts. Discounts only apply to whole setups.
Honey Pine-353
Gloss Black-359
Oak-353

Now tanks, light, and glass hood:
Honey Pine-418
Gloss Black-424
oak-418


~Kyle

[PetMax]

well, i waited for a bit for your response, but i got to go. Ill be back on tomorrow night. Peace!


~Kyle

[Beerleader]

I replied also in your private messages! those are awesome deals, I let you know my name and stuff in the private message that way I can tell ya who I am when I come in! Thanks again for the reply! Can't wait to see your store!