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Posted by Mr. D on August 29, 2002 at 00:40:48:
In Reply to: He Mr. D posted by Mark Berger on August 28, 2002 at 22:15:40:
And this makes things ok because........ Based on what I've experienced in literally every Petcompany I've entered neither the "corporation" nor it's employees (at least the ones that are dubbed "reptile specialist") are even remotely qualified to sell ANY form of reptile nevermind attempt to potentially rehab or "adopt out" any "returned" (personally I read defective/unhealthy) animal. Again, based on my personal experience, a corporation that will not allow it's employees to use the most effective tools at their disposal in order to promote the health of the animals it sells is doing absolutely no one any favors. Take the Active bulbs that they're now carrying. Despite having proven to a minimum of 8 store managers that the bulbs are more effective in the production of UV - especially when the stores insist on improperly setting up the tall hex tanks that they use - I have yet to see a single store, again at least in my neck of the woods, put one of these bulbs to use. What furthers my concern is that they will not use the very product that they carry on their shelves but they'll gladly sell one to you at currently the highest prices that I have seen in the US.
Diet is yet another issue in these stores altogether that we all know about. Bottom line, if the company can't properly keep the animals that they are making a profit from how can they possibly consider acting in any form of adoption capacity? I'm sure that somewhere in an internal operations manual the reason for not refunding any money after an expired "guarantee" is because the company could no longer "guarantee" the health of the animal due to possible husbandry concerns once the animal leaves the store. If such is the case of course the company can no longer sell the animal so they give them away under the guise of "adoption".
When they call you to come take their "returns" are you doing this out of the goodness of your heart Mark or are you charging them any kind of surrender fee? Are they supporting the daily board of these animals in any way? Part of the reason that I'm curious about this is due to the fact that, at least around here, no one is allowed to bring any form of reptile into a Petcompany in an effort to educate and/or fundraise. One reason I've been told is that "People may be afraid of lizards and snakes and we don't want to scare the customers." but more realistically is due to contractual arrangements with one particular reptile breeder/facility. If such is the case with the stores in your area, unless you are the entity that they contract with, why are they calling you in to take the animals as opposed to their contract vendor?
