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Jack's Pets - Springfield store
« on: March 10, 2013, 07:47:39 »
So far, I've had a very good experience with them. They've taken care of anything I've lost and then some. My biggest complaint about them though, and has been since I worked there, is that they don't have any kind of quarantine system in any store I've ever been in. They've become much more commercialized too. I don't know for sure if the Brenners still run it or now.
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Re: Jack's Pets - Springfield store
« Reply #1 on: March 10, 2013, 09:30:02 »
So far, I've had a very good experience with them. They've taken care of anything I've lost and then some. My biggest complaint about them though, and has been since I worked there, is that they don't have any kind of quarantine system in any store I've ever been in. They've become much more commercialized too. I don't know for sure if the Brenners still run it or now.

I have never seen a lfs with a qt system. When they get livestock in, they want to turn it as fast as possible. That's why it is so important that the hobbiest have a qt system.

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Re: Jack's Pets - Springfield store
« Reply #2 on: March 10, 2013, 23:13:02 »
Pet stores just use Cooper and UV's take try to keep parasites low. People will point fingers at me if one fish has ich on it in the freshwater tank. When you put 1500-1700 fish in a 800 gallon system each week, you try and keep it 100% parasite free. It's the buyers job to QT the fish. Any fish store that would QT all their fish would have to charge an arm and a leg and everyone would just complain about the prices than. No chain stores would ever do this anyways due to lack of space.

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« Reply #3 on: March 11, 2013, 11:34:04 »
Yeah I saw something horrible the other day at jacks in Kettering. A old lady came in there and bought like 10 fish I did not see them all but she got like three seahorses a dogface puffer a blue tang 2 gobies and some others I don't know the name off.  All I could think is if she's adding these to the same take they will kill each other. Or the tank would cycle again killing them too.  Then I noticed that when I left I saw here walking. She does not drive and was going to the bus stop. It was 30 degrees out side they probably never made it home.    I know that if someone wants to buy something you can't tell them no but they should have figured something out or warn her that this many fish at once could be bad.   It was just sad to see this happen. 

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Re: Jack's Pets - Springfield store
« Reply #4 on: March 11, 2013, 13:02:01 »
When Joel had his retail store he had a qt setup, its the only one I have ever seen at a fish store! 

Wish I had the funds to open up my own store..... I do not think there are any stores in dayton that have a good fish selection.  Most seem to cater more towards reef stuff.....
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« Reply #5 on: March 11, 2013, 15:45:59 »
When Joel had his retail store he had a qt setup, its the only one I have ever seen at a fish store! 

Wish I had the funds to open up my own store..... I do not think there are any stores in dayton that have a good fish selection.  Most seem to cater more towards reef stuff.....


Ive always thought gerbers had a great selection for fish. A little pricey though. .
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Re: Jack's Pets - Springfield store
« Reply #6 on: March 11, 2013, 16:08:13 »
I agree Andrew. I'm not saying its always feasible but in an area where you have the only "real"
fish store for 35-50 miles it'd be a good investment, in my opinion.
Viggen, I've actually considered that myself several times, lol.

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Re: Jack's Pets - Springfield store
« Reply #7 on: March 11, 2013, 17:06:56 »

Ive always thought gerbers had a great selection for fish. A little pricey though. .
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Sometimes they do..... I think My biggest issue is their tanks are so scratched up its very difficult to see what we want to buy. 

To bad the club can't open up a store..... :)
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« Reply #8 on: March 11, 2013, 18:48:17 »
Sometimes they do..... I think My biggest issue is their tanks are so scratched up its very difficult to see what we want to buy. 

To bad the club can't open up a store..... :)

I have a feeling someone is working on something. It's a strong feeling, or maybe it's just gas. But I'm pretty sure it's a real feeling.

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Re: Jack's Pets - Springfield store
« Reply #9 on: March 11, 2013, 21:45:30 »
To bad the club can't open up a store..... :)

Wouldn't it be cool to have a consignment shop where we could take our corals to for sale. Could take shift working it.

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« Reply #10 on: March 11, 2013, 22:55:49 »
Yeah  lets do it.

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Re: Jack's Pets - Springfield store
« Reply #11 on: March 11, 2013, 23:41:16 »
Yea, love to open something up.... Problem is,  getting money together to open it up.  Tanks and all that stuff plus rent/utilities gets expensive quick.

 I would think it could be done.... Love to set up a huge tank likea few thousand gallons and also a 5k plus koi pond to sell koi.... Crazy the money some of those fish go for.  It's just a extremely difficult market with this wonderful economy :(

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« Reply #12 on: March 12, 2013, 11:13:41 »
A saltwater only store would be near impossible to keep open now of days unless you did 60% online. Normally Freshwater sales at a retails stores top Saltwater by far. You have to account for DOA fish, Fish people bring back dead, shipping cost, eqipment cost, water cost, salt cost, lighting cost, it all adds up. Now I can see why places like Gerbers has to charge so much for their fish. Retail stores can charge less cause they are also selling other items to pay the bills. In reality when I go into a store and they have a 2" blue hippo tang for $50, people will complain all day about that being so high of a price. You go out to the pacific ocean, net up the fish, ship it to the US, ship it to the store, and than wonder why the prices are what they are. I think if anything most stores don't charge enough for their fish.

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Re: Jack's Pets - Springfield store
« Reply #13 on: March 12, 2013, 13:55:06 »
Yes, extremely difficult to be salty only!  Many stores do not rely on dry goods to pay their bills but actually service jobs, that's where they make their biggest chunk of money.  So many people buy their dry goods online that its difficult for a store to compete with online stores and make much of anything off of it.  Many of the jack's stores have dropped their saltwater section.....

Gerbers has always been expensive, even 10-20 years ago when they were wholesale only, I would pay sometimes twice what it would cost for the same fish from a different wholesaler, however I liked being able to see my fish before purchase.  I think they charge more because they can.  There are no other shops in town that offer even 1/4th the selection of fish thus they can charge more

That's $50 hep tang probably costs the shop $15-25 shipped to their door depending one the Wholesaler.  Like stated the slim profit has a lot of expenses to cover
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« Reply #14 on: March 12, 2013, 19:39:23 »
When I worked at the original Springfield store, they used to mark most everything up by 1/3. That also happened to be the employee discount. The only thing we didn't get a 1/3 off were aquariums. Not marked up as much.

I did one service call for them. A 3rd grade teacher had applied for a grant from the State and got approved for $5000. She bought  55 gallon to setup as a reef tank so her students could actually see the animals in person. Personally, I would have done the setup for free but since she went through the store to purchase everything she had to have receipts to show how the money was spent. We need more teachers willing to do something like this to help future generations can appreciate what we have.
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Re: Jack's Pets - Springfield store
« Reply #15 on: March 12, 2013, 22:57:29 »
They get some of their fish from the same wholesaler I purchased some of my fish from.  A tang I saw yesterday for $59 they paid $21, angel they were selling for $129  cost them $46.   Maroon clown cost is $7.50 and they sell for $29-35



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Re: Jack's Pets - Springfield store
« Reply #16 on: March 13, 2013, 10:57:39 »
A saltwater only store would be near impossible to keep open now of days unless you did 60% online. Normally Freshwater sales at a retails stores top Saltwater by far. You have to account for DOA fish, Fish people bring back dead, shipping cost, eqipment cost, water cost, salt cost, lighting cost, it all adds up. Now I can see why places like Gerbers has to charge so much for their fish. Retail stores can charge less cause they are also selling other items to pay the bills. In reality when I go into a store and they have a 2" blue hippo tang for $50, people will complain all day about that being so high of a price. You go out to the pacific ocean, net up the fish, ship it to the US, ship it to the store, and than wonder why the prices are what they are. I think if anything most stores don't charge enough for their fish.

I don't think it would be impossible if you could be competitive, fair & honest. There is a place in Troy that is pretty much Salt water only, they seem to be making a go of it. I have a large building & thought many times of starting a part time shop. Only I would add reptiles to the mix. That would be just for fun tho.

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Re: Jack's Pets - Springfield store
« Reply #17 on: March 13, 2013, 14:54:26 »
whats the store in troy

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Re: Jack's Pets - Springfield store
« Reply #18 on: March 13, 2013, 15:31:10 »
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Jack's Pets - Springfield store
« Reply #19 on: March 13, 2013, 18:26:02 »
I was in there today and things were pretty sparse. It did look they were doing some work on their tanks so that may be why things seemed sparse.

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Re: Jack's Pets - Springfield store
« Reply #20 on: March 13, 2013, 21:57:13 »
They have been changing alot. But they are still there.

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« Reply #21 on: March 15, 2013, 03:43:17 »
Its nice being to deal with the same store and or person. They get to know you and your tank and usually know where to guide you if you have questions.

There's a lot of potential in opening a store but reputation is everything. Everything from the quality of livestock to presentation. In an industry like this, word of mouth is your best way to establish that.
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Re: Jack's Pets - Springfield store
« Reply #22 on: August 22, 2015, 10:46:18 »
Its official, Jack's is dead. I stopped by the Springfield store to pick up some Chemi-Pure. Not only didn't they have any, or a lot of other items, they've drained their saltwater section completely.

R.I.P. Jack's Aquarium and Pets.
Suck an elf, PetValu.
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Re: Jack's Pets - Springfield store
« Reply #23 on: August 22, 2015, 11:58:32 »
I would suggest driving a few minutes south at try out Corals Galore in Fairborn.  Some of their sales people are like talking to a concrete wall while others are good to deal with.  The owner is a nice guy..... They have a much larger saltwater selection then probably all the Jack's stores in the Dayton area had combined... & do have a QT system

Prices on everything fish & drygood are much better then Jack's
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Re: Jack's Pets - Springfield store
« Reply #24 on: August 22, 2015, 13:10:14 »
jacks was sold to a Canadian group and will be like petco.  etc now.  mainly basics and cat/dog food

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Re: Jack's Pets - Springfield store
« Reply #25 on: August 22, 2015, 22:13:17 »
And this is why I no longer work there.......Haha

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« Reply #26 on: August 23, 2015, 19:19:19 »
most the ones I know either quit, or went to other pet store.. cody from Huber went to petco  iirc  as a manger over near Englewood or dlayton.. and most the others I knew from the other jacks salt stores have left also.

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« Reply #27 on: August 24, 2015, 16:25:56 »
Sucks about jacks as we are now very limited as far as stores in the local area. I just can't recommend Corals Galore. I have been in there several times of the last year. To say the least I am not impressed. Always see sick or dying fish. Store and tanks are normally dirty. Coral over priced for what they have quality wise and I just can't support them.

Just like Gerbers can't support them for their price gouging and lack of quality.

Would much rather drive down to Aquarium Artisans in Cincy. I think they are the best option around until. Store is clean and Jennifer is great will help you any way she can. I personally feel that until more stores put in the effort like them we should avoid them. 

Also keep in mind Coral Cove is going to be opening back up. Joel has always been the best as far a local local. But once again I see an effort that I don't see in Gerbers or Corals Galore.

 

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