Recent content by Dr. Mac1

Sorry to hear it did not work out for you. I hadn't heard from you in years and we ran into each other at the last MACNA. Well, your efforts paid off for them with at least one sale, I did wind up buying one of the units because of your efforts. Best of luck to you.

I am only getting involved here again to set the record straight, I do not buy from SDC, nor do I have any livestock drop shipped from anyone.

Nobody questioning your generosity, good for you that you are a generous donor. You obviously have made a profit in some segment of business to be able to give away hundreds of thousands so to make such a debate about profitability is a diversion from the issues being discussed, namely that if...

Thales, I think you misunderstand my use of the word cheap. Maybe I should have said lessens the value of, instead of cheap. Sorry you do not see my point, but that is my opinion. Same point on a 14-30 day guarantee, it lessens the value in the long term in my opinion. Again, sorry to chime in...

JennM, your answer was already given, the fish/corals/any livestock is used as a marketing tool to make money on the dry goods---those are the words used here---no need for further debate, those are the exact words used here, therefore my comment about cheapening the value of the animals---they...

Race, You are a master marketer and word master. Now you are twisting the discussion to an argument about what my motives are. I am a lifelong hobbyist, you are not. I have cared about the health and quality of livestock for 40 years. I think a livestock guarantee is fair at live arrival plus...

With all due respect I think it is absurd to say that this hobby/business will go away without Fed Ex. Maybe Race you mean you will go away without Fed Ex, or your point was that watchdogs will take posts by hobbyists the wrong way and use them as ammunition to shut us down, a stretch also...

I have told you already by my previous post that I do not wish to be dragged into this debate but you seem to not hear me and now take your crusade over to RC. Please leave my name out, I thought it was policy in this forum to not mention specific company names--if that is still the case please...

News to me that I am getting any different deal than anyone else that buys from the LA wholesalers. I pay the same and get the same selection as anyone else. In the future please do not use my name, I have no desire to get into the debates that go on here. I have a B & M business and do sell...

Did you say chickens JT?

Dave has always been a fair, reasonable, and straightforward person to me, did you try speaking with him before bashing them publically? If you are ticked off about someone cherry-picking before you get a chance to cherry pick, just imagine the other stores around the country that do not have...

JT is certainly right, a walkthru is a great way to get exactly what you want. The company he works for has the absolute worst stock list I have enountered--without fail everything under the sun each week on the list but most is never actually in stock, sorry JT, but they are very willing to do...

Its a difficult business at every step, from collection ( I suppose--no actual experience at that end) through wholesaler and eventually retailer. Over the years I have refused to deal with wholesalers that add items I do not order, to the point of demanding refunds for items not asked for but...

Kalk, What I have found is not so much the par or intensity of the lamps, but rather the spectrum. I'm not trying to buck the science of par readings, but I pretty much ignore that stuff. As an example, some time ago I took several Acro colonies and fragged them up. Placed some frags under 400...

I don't know that there are really all that many secrets. I can buy from the same suppliers as anyone else on this forum and get completely different results, maybe better and maybe worse. Part of the issue really is whether you are a long term buyer with enough buying power to get your share...