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Old 09-01-2007, 07:31 PM
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Has anyone made any purchases from saltwaterfish.com?
I have been thinking about buying some fish and inverts from there site and was wondering if anyone has had any experience dealing with them, or if anyone had any other online sources to recommend.
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Old 09-02-2007, 11:19 AM
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bought a hippo and a few corals, smooth transaction and everything is doing good 6 months later, would reccomend.
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Old 09-02-2007, 11:24 AM
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I have heard good things. I buy from liveaquaria.com. They have great customer service.
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Old 09-02-2007, 01:25 PM
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Is the shipping expenicve at liveaquaria.com?
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Good place to buy from, all my fish and inverts live and are very nice sized. Each time you order from them you get something free.
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Old 09-02-2007, 02:09 PM
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Is the shipping expenicve at liveaquaria.com?
35 bucks total and it comes with a 14 day gaurantee. They wrap the whole thing in a insulated pouch with heat or ice pack. Saltwaterfish say free shipping but its not.
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petsolutions.com has been pretty good, shipping 29.95 puts a dent on things but prices are good. JMO
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I buy from this store, he really cares about the products he sells and great prices. Furthermore customer service is great!!!
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35 bucks total and it comes with a 14 day gaurantee. They wrap the whole thing in a insulated pouch with heat or ice pack. Saltwaterfish say free shipping but its not.
saltwaterfish.com has a fifteen day gaurantee and a lot of their stuff says free shipping but I'm not sure if reeally is free either. Is the information about the on liveaquaria.com sound?
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with a 79$ purchase, shipping is free at saltwaterfish.com
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with a 79$ purchase, shipping is free at saltwaterfish.com
Must be in the fine print
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Old 09-03-2007, 12:27 PM
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Live aquaria is amazing. They made a mistake once and shipped me something and didnt know that it was 100 plus degrees at my house and 1 thing died. They credited the whole order for there foul. They are very good at what they do...
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with a 79$ purchase, shipping is free at saltwaterfish.com
I know they do free shipping but then they charge like 30 bucks for a box charge and extra jet fuel costs lol
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Old 09-03-2007, 05:43 PM
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I have never had to pay extra for anything! No box charge or fuel charges.
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Old 09-03-2007, 06:16 PM
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maybe ill try them again i know they have free stuff offers now maybe things have changed.
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