Ordering experience with Sea U Marine: Online

[reefermadness]

The credit policy kinda sucks.....

I usually hear good things about SUM though.

[Jewel]

I too hear great things about SUM, never bin there though, On another note I would never order anything live to be delivered across country, Just imagine the stress caused, sorry but too bad

[corpusse]

Originally Posted by Jewel

I too hear great things about SUM, never bin there though, On another note I would never order anything live to be delivered across country, Just imagine the stress caused, sorry but too bad

Considering almost everything you put in your tank comes from across the world, a cross country trip is (relatively) no big deal.

BTW SUM is a great store, but like any other store sometimes their fish are a bit iffy. Not a knock on them since it's not like they make them, but fish can be fragile creatures shipping or not.

A few of the wrasses I've bought there vanished without a trace just but another is doing very well. Much the same as other stores.

[vaporize]

OP seems to have quite negative experiences with many online stores, maybe it's easier to shop locally. I know that there are two guys around Kingston area that sells stuff regularly, Jim from Forte Phantom is one of them.

Good luck.

As for Ken - I absolutely support him & he's one of the better ones in GTA but I shop locally.

[mark]

rather sad that the fish makes it 1/2 way around the world only to die going across the province.

[Nebthet]

Originally Posted by vaporize

OP seems to have quite negative experiences with many online stores, maybe it's easier to shop locally. I know that there are two guys around Kingston area that sells stuff regularly, Jim from Forte Phantom is one of them.

Good luck.

As for Ken - I absolutely support him & he's one of the better ones in GTA but I shop locally.

Yeah I deal with Jim in Gananoque all the time.. but because I don't drive, I can't get to him as often as I would like to, plus he only brings in selective stock when he wants.. I was looking for some one else for wrasses as I have been asking Jim for six months about bringing me in flasher wrasses. His corals are great though and all the fish and most of the corals in my tank come from Jim.

Also, I don't have a lot of bad experiences with online stores... only one really which was fragalot which was the first, but Ken at SUM at least has great communication which puts him a notch above negative... but still am not happy and I feel people need to know to be aware of the "Difficulty" of shipping wrasses.

[intarsiabox]

A lot of the fish that are shipped directly to stores around the world are DOA as well. It's an unfortunate side to this hobby that is difficult to overcome.