Bag Sales

How do you guys feel about bag sales?
Do you think its worth the discount?
Do you think your buying the fish in a vulnerable state from shipping?
Is it better then buying a fish out of your LFS tanks?
Thanks!
Shane

 

I only did it once. It did not make it. However, it was a very finicky tang to begin with.

 

Thanks

 

Shazane

for a minute I thought I was going to be deleting and banning someone selling fake Gucci bags ! (thread title)

Im glad it was bags with fish in

Steve

 

Never seen a bag sale, but I wouldn't buy a fish that I know my LFS didn't quarantine and that I didn't know if it was eating or not.

 

Haha sorry Steve!

Kcbrad- how long would you want the store to have them before you would buy them?
Thanks!

 

My LFS says they quarantine for 14 days....I don't know if they actually do...lol but it makes me feel better.

 

my lfs doesnt really care if we buy them in the bag or not but they like to kno wwhat its eating so they tend to stay away from it. i dont do it. unless i absolutely cant wait for the fish. then i might. but its not a good idea.

 

I bought a sixline from a bag before didn't have any problems. Traded him in tho to get a mandarin.

 

I think it really depends where you're getting the fish from and how it was handled up to that point there is such a wide variety of quality of handling it's hard to say AFAIK.
If it is coming from a reputable distributor and has been handled well and you get the fish as soon as possible from the LFS I don't see how it's any different than having a fish shipped to you from an online source, maybe a little more stress from an extra stop off but not a huge amount. An extra hour or two in the shipping process probably isn't going to be a make or break situation if the fish is healthy and has been shipped and handled well.
It probably also depends on the fish as well, some handle shipping better than others.