Wow... Plano Pets... boy do I have a thing or two to whine about regaurding them.
Bout two years ago, my mother and I were in the store looking for a pup. She's pretty fond of the smaller dogs, long haired chis and the like. We found a little male black and white puppy, on the sheet he was labled as a 'Long Haired Chihuahua' with a pricetag of $600. That being a bit more than we cared to spend at the time, we left but kept the pup in mind. A little over a month later, we returned and negotiated a bit. The dog had grown a little, and the price was reduced to $400. Looking like a healthy, happy little chihuahua we bought the dog, complete with the gauranteed AKC papers. Right. Now... at the time, neither my mother and I were very well-read on AKC paperwork, but by the time we got home and read through the registration, we realized we'd been scammed. Not only was the dog not really registered, it wasn't even real AKC paperwork. 'AKC' meaning 'American Kennel Club', this was infact paperwork for the 'Arlington Kennel Club' with a logo that looked exactly like the AKC's. A bit more disappointed that we'd spent so much money on a dog that didn't have the gauranteed bloodline and quality that we expected, there was still hope and satisfaction that the pup was of sweet disposition. A few months later, long after the dog should've reached maximum size, he was still growing. At almost 20 lbs, it was more than clear that not only was this not a long-haired chihuahua, but some common mixed-breed, probably chihuahua/jack russel or chihuahua/papillion. So... not only was the dog not really registered, it wasn't even the breed we'd wanted. Don't get me wrong... I still love this pup to death, but couldn't help but to feel more than a little scammed.
Another thing, Mr. Power, didn't a few pages back you said that you haven't had beardies in years? I was in your store on Thursday, you have two very large beardies in a 20gl long. Oh yeah, and some illegal caimans in a tank tucked safely away in the far back corner (nice 'Warning, may be illegal in some parts of the state' sticker tacked on there), next to your water dragons and iguanas (your big male iggy has mouth rot, might wanna check that out).
Last things last, and more of a suspected thing than an actual fact.
Ya'll come 'round the local Petco quite a bit. And by quite a bit, I mean several times a month. The funny thing is... everytime one of your employees comes through, it's well known that the employees find something sabatoged, intentionally killed or missing... I'm talking about the chlorine tablet dropped in the saltwater sump, the picasso trigger and niger trigger that mysteriously vanished after two of your employees hung around aquatics for a good hour and a half (skillfully dodging Petco associates), and the fish that magically appear in fish nets, wedged underneath the gravel on display next to the aquarium wall. Now, nobody is blaming you, but it seems really off that everytime you or someone who works for you spends an eerily long amount of time in Petco, but refuses/never asks for help, something valuable disappears. Then again, that's just coming from a close friend/family member of someone who works there.
Sorry, hadda get that off my chest.
