Shipped fish?

[alter40]

They got shipped out Tuesday morning and got here this morning so about 2 days.

 

[Adorkable]

Oh my gosh!
That it horrible!
And I was looking forward to the "butterfly" fish...

 

[MOsborne05]

Hmmm, that's not that long. They must have been either unhealthy to begin with, or something wrong with the water or packaging. I've received fish before in three days, and all were alive. They weren't the ones that I ordered, but they were alive

 

[alter40]

I don't know what was wrong but the water smelled horrible. It was in a large syrofoam box with some bubble wrapped stuff inside it and two heat packs in there that kept them warm. I have no idea what went wrong.

 

[Adorkable]

Hmmmm....
Time to call in FSI (Fish Scene Investgation)!!!

 

[alter40]

Well apistodave emailed me back and said to just send him $10 and he would send out another pair for me. Sure is better then the $35 that I thought he would be wanting for them.

 

[Helena21]

Well thats good
I've always thought that maybe if one dies, then the other one(s) will die shortly after too because of the small amount of water and the nasty ammonia from it decaying. I could be wrong tho lol

 

[alter40]

That really wouldn't surprise me and I actually thought the same thing when I got to thinking about it.

 

[brian1973]

I am sorry to hear that, I personally dont think you should be paying anything for him to ship replacements, you paid NDA shipping and it took them 2 days in below freezing weather....Thats not you fault. I have ordered reptiles thru mail order plenty of times and never paid shipping for DOA replacements. Just bad business IMO.

 

[FishGeek]

Yeah I dont agree with having to pay for shipping again with fish but unfortunately thats the way that its done. Its nice of ApsitoDave to do such a thing though. Good Luck with this next shipment. Id ask him to bag them seperately this time though.

 

[alter40]

Yeah I will make sure to ask him to do that next time. I'm really not going to complain about the shipping that much, his auctions do say that if they are DOA that he will ship another pair out and you will just have to pay the shipping.

 

[brian1973]

I checked my packaging from mine i got on tuesday, it has a NDA label so if yours has that red NDA label you might contact the post office to see if you can get the shipping refunded since it didnt arrive the next day ,worse they can say is no, atleast then you wont be out the full $45 bucks.

I would guess that the 10 bucks is probably to cover the cost of packaging, since that is about the difference between the amount on the shipping label on mine $24.50 and the $35 he charges. I still dont agree with you paying anything but atleast then you get your fish.

 

[alter40]

Mine wasn't sent NDA it was sent for 2nd day delivery and the shipping was $21.40 on my label. Maybe he did NDA for you because it was cheap enough that it wasn't a big deal.

 

[brian1973]

Well darn was hoping to find a way for you to get some reimbursment..well that sucks. But anyway hopefully they will show up safe and sound.

 

[alter40]

Yeah I really just want them in my tank right now. I tend to be impatient. I guess it will be next Wed or Thur when I finally get them now.

 

[FishGeek]

It'll be well worth the wait In favor of ApistoDave some fish just dont travel well and so if they were bagged together its possible that the death of one caused the other. (I know that last part was already said but thats my hypothosis )

 

[alter40]

I had the same hypothesis as well. I really hope the next pair do make it here safe and sound. They really did look good and have great color to them.

 

[brian1973]

I would try to get him to next day air them even if it cost you a bit more, I know I sound like a broken record but i think its well worth the extra expense. Seems odd though that 2 days in a bag would cause a bad smell like that, wonder if they didnt sit in a hot warehouse or office and overheat, since typically cooler temps slow the process of decay. Do you remeber if the water was warm or cold. I know doesnt really matter at this point just kinda curious. Oh did you get your Java moss?

 

[alter40]

The water seemed to be warm. I may try to get them next day air but I'm not sure if I will or not. Two days isn't really that long and they should be ok.

And no moss at all but I'm talking to missfishy about getting some from her.

 

[d3sc3n7]

Wow man, that blows! Not to much I can say here, that hanst already been said.