What qualities do you look for in an LFS?

[marcingo]

I look for the most variety in stuff and low prices (Im cheap )

[WWWD]

Honesty.. hard today I admit but some stores do a better job of it than others.

[michika]

What kind of honesty? Do you mean that you would rather they be honest about you needed all these gadgets that you really don't need?

[Moogled]

I'm just going to go along with the qualities that make a good retail store:

1. Fair prices.
2. ACCURATE information.
3. Not treating customers according to their wallet size.

Personally, I don't know how some LFS stay in business. They lie and give inaccurate information to make sales, yet people keep busting their own balls and going back.

[Ruth]

Here are some that I look for:
-Willing to ship (I don't have a LFS in my town or even close)
-good selection of healthy livestock
-fair prices
-helpful staff - I long ago learned to do my own research and consider myself fairly knowledgeable so am not likely to heed advise that I know is incorrect but I do like it when there is someone there to help me once I do make a decision
-clean, well laid out store
-willingness to work with me - I once had an experience with a LFS in Edmonton that I wanted to hold a clam for me for 2 days while I went to Calgary and back (of course I wanted to pay for the clam immediately) Even though I had spend probably in excess of $10,000 in this store they told me that they would not hold and would only hold for people that had earned the privilage - needless to say this store no longer gets my business.

[Der_Iron_Chef]

I've been made to feel stupid at one or two stores since I started into this hobby. If I'm new and already feeling overwhelmed and insecure about asking questions, a snide or belittling comment is not going to do anything to secure my business. And it hasn't.

That said, I've learned more from the people on this forum than I have anywhere else. You're all pretty fantastic.

[Pan]

hmm, changed my mind...yep it's the money tooo

i rather as murminator said get my info from all of you guys