peoples thoughts and opinions on calgary lfs???

[kien]

1. My favourite LFS in town is nice because it has great livestock and tanks. However, I find it terrible for stocking equipment like pumps, lights, skimmers, reactors, controllers, etc.

2. My second favourite is nice because the prices on everything are quite reasonable. However, they do not tend to have a large selection of livestock (fish and/or corals). They do seem to have a decent selection of hardware though and misc dry goods though.

3. My third favourite store has a nicely balanced selection of livestock and dry goods but is the most expensive of the three stores. Price could be better but hey, if I want that scoly or need that pump ill buy it.

4. As for the rest of the traditional stores, I will visit them for their MASSIVE selection of dried goods and for their convenient, consistent and predictable store hours. Again, prices are on the high side but hey, if I need a bucket of salt or a heater at 8:45pm on a week day I know where to go.

5. There are some "non-traditional" stores in the city and they are great on the wallet but not so great for impulse shoppers like me. LOL. With these stores you have to plan out and schedule your visit. This is fine but some of us have chaotic schedules that change hourly. Sometimes my visits to the LFS happens during a miraculous hour that suddenly appears in my weekend when the rest of my family decides they want to take a nap. Or the opposite can happen. I can plan to go visit a store at a particular time only to have that time taken away from me at the last minute. Anyway, I digress..

I'll just finish off by saying that my former favourite LFS (before it shut down) in my opinion and while not perfect, had the best combination of factors that makes a great LFS for me.




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[reefwars]

just looking at all the replies and attention this thread is getting tells me we are hurting for a change in business in this city from our lfs , we all know it.

red coral was off to a great start , ive always had nothing but great things to say about kevin and the gang, its sad what happened to them but we need a replacement for their store , the few we have are older stores and set in their ways , they are not about to change so we as the public need to demand what we want .

in the end its us who provide the business that these stores get , if it works they are not about to fix it....why right??


its about time we had a place that WANTS to serve the city and WANTS to expand and become part of what this city has to offer.

we have a very large poulation, it is dominated by asian store owners(this is fact) all these stores run in a similiar way and all have stemmed from another lfs who still runs in this fashion.

calgary needs someone willing to change things and make them at par with the rest of the country.


ps.....i actually get along great with all the stores in the city , but fact is there are problems that n eed addressing sooner than later.

[lockrookie]

Originally Posted by reefwars

heres one.....i love it when i buy multiple things and im given a styrofoam box or any box really, theres a few spots in town that like to see you leave without the bag popping and offer boxes

cheers to that !

Pm sent regarding this comment lol


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[Proteus]

Cheers to Steve on the play area. It's great that the kids can play while I shop

[reefwars]

Originally Posted by Titus99

Cheers to Steve on the play area. It's great that the kids can play while I shop

exactly he didnt need to do it , im sure it wasnt cheap and im sure he could have used the space for more tanks but he had an idea in mind for a comfortable area with the couch facing the display and a play area for the kids


and its not like he has some warehouse facility he runs a small store front...he just pre planned and utiized the space better.

[lockrookie]

I figured it was either that Denny was opening a store or he was trying to help someone. Glad it's with concept. I will be following this progress. Congrats to both Dave and Denny for filling the gap


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[Coralgurl]

Congrats guys!

What will the hours be? And what kind of livestock will you be bringing in?

[mrhasan]

Originally Posted by Coralgurl

Congrats guys!

What will the hours be? And what kind of livestock will you be bringing in?

I vote for 24/7

Anyone with me?

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

Originally Posted by mrhasan

I vote for 24/7

Anyone with me?

I vote you take the graveyard shift

Anyone with me?

[Mike-fish]

I knew that something was up when this thread got going. I will have to stop by next time I'm in calgary