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12-Oct-07, 01:30 AM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: May-07 Location: Melbourne Gender:  | | | i got my stimsoni from you guys matt.
what days do you work? ill have to come in and check out the place since the renovations! (you can pm me working days if you dont want everyone to know  ) |
12-Oct-07, 01:35 AM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Mar-06 Location: Brisbane Age/Gender: 23 | | | Never been to any Vic shops according to Sdaji they are all bad and poach most of their animals  |
12-Oct-07, 01:41 AM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: May-07 Location: Melbourne Gender: | | | | lol these two are really awesome. |
12-Oct-07, 06:45 AM
|  | Sponsor | Join Date: May-04 Location: Melbourne | | | Other herping pet shops could learn a lot from Upmarket and Pails.
As for the "too expensive" claim to me this is not overly valid. Pet shops cannot compete with non shop front outlets but provide a different service (eg you see exactly what you are buying as you purchase it.) On the animal front purchasing directly from the breeder (eg: through the Herp Trader) should be and generally is cheaper but you won't get to see as much of a range when you make your purchase.
Pet shops are in business to make a profit. If they are doing a good job, their prices will appropriately reflect this.
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12-Oct-07, 11:19 AM
|  | herp addict Subscriber | Join Date: Mar-07 Location: werribee Age/Gender: 19 | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by cris  Never been to any Vic shops according to Sdaji they are all bad and poach most of their animals | theres a few real dodgy looking ones but upmarket seems like one of the better ones ie: its clean unlike some others and the animals look happy. and me buying that lacey will probably be doing it a favor considering he wont have all the idiots pointing and staring going omg its a goanna  and he will be in an outside enclosure free to do what he likes in peace |
13-Oct-07, 09:46 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Sep-06 Location: melbourne Age/Gender: 18 | | | Quote: |
he wont have all the idiots pointing and staring going omg its a goanna
| most pople just call him the dragon and tap on his glass to see if he will start dancing for them. |
13-Oct-07, 09:51 PM
| | | | what about amazing amazon?, thier a pretty good shop, n a very helpfull |
16-Oct-07, 12:33 AM
|  | Sdaji Subscriber | Join Date: Jun-04 Location: Victoria | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by cris Never been to any Vic shops according to Sdaji they are all bad and poach most of their animals | I'd appreciate it if you didn't put words in my mouth
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16-Oct-07, 05:53 AM
|  | Seller | Join Date: Oct-06 Location: dandenong Gender:  | | | | i got my bredli and my childreni from upmarket pets, highly recommend them to anyone, great place and very helpful staff, havent been there in a while though, will have to take a trip in there
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16-Oct-07, 07:24 AM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Apr-07 Location: Melbourne Age/Gender: 20 | | | | I think pails is pretty cheap in pet shop standards. Juvie coastals for $160, thats cheap compared to most pet shops.
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16-Oct-07, 08:36 AM
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16-Oct-07, 08:52 AM
|  | Hibernating Subscriber | Join Date: Nov-05 Location: Melbourne - West Age/Gender: 39 | | | | Petshops
Unfortunately the majority of pet shops are dodgy. I have only been into upmarkets a few times though and have always found their animals kept in excellent conditions.
If anything the only complaint I had was that the focus appeared to be more on the fish. Sounds like they have changed that and I look forward to heading in there shortly.
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16-Oct-07, 08:54 AM
| | Hibernating Subscriber | Join Date: Nov-05 Location: Melbourne - West Age/Gender: 39 | | | | face to names
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Originally Posted by Viridae would be nice to put a face to a screen name. | You might very well be doing that tonight  
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16-Oct-07, 02:25 PM
| | Sdaji Subscriber | Join Date: Jun-04 Location: Victoria | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by LJ77 | I stand by what I said in that post. It is not the same as what Cris said. The shop in question in that thread is not the same as the shops being discussed in this one. The shop being discussed in the other thread is nothing more than a torture chamber. As I said in the post you point out, the majority of shops which sell reptiles in Victoria are bad, sell poached animals, etc etc. Saying "the majority" is not the same as saying "all". I've never said that they -all- poach -most- of their animals. -Some- poach -most- of their animals. -Most- poach -at least- -some- of their animals.
The problems common to -all- shops include the lack of quarantine (it's just not possible), the increased stress to animals due to the extra move and being put on display, usually immediately after being moved, etc etc.
I do not in any way wish to imply that I'm saying anything at all good about Upmarket Aquariums, but I didn't make the choice to jump into this thread and hadn't planned to comment in it.
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16-Oct-07, 04:08 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: May-07 Location: Melbourne Gender: | | | | i went there today, new layout looks awesome!
glad the lacie is happy in its new enclosure. | | |
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