What I wrote above is just MY opinion.
I know that, but as the Admin of a message board, I had to call you on it. IMO, you shouldn't comdemn all vendors for one poor experience. I also feel it is not a good idea to plant in the newbies heads that the online vendors are selling chemically caught fish. It is just not true, and certainly cannot be proven.
What people right in articles is one thing
Unless it is from a poor source...article are researched and verified before printing. It is required due to the liability of liable and slander etc...
when an online retailer is selling a fish for a very very cheap price, do you really think they paid extra for a diver to net the fish himself?
First let me explain that the reason online vendors are so much cheaper than the LFS is..........overhead. These vendors use warehouses (cheap rent or own) rather than expensive store front. They buy in volume therefore they get a better price, and in most cases the fish are transhipped directly to the online vendor, rather than to a wholesaler. All shipping costs are eaten by you the consumer where when they get to the wholesaler, then go to your LFS, there is additional freight added to the cost of the fish. There is alot more than meets the eye as to how these fish are priced. As I said above, the same collectors, no matter who get's the fish in the end. The collectors, btw, are the ones that would use cyanide, not the vendors. Yes, they will pay extra for net caught fish, why? Cause it is illegal to use cyanide to catch the fish, the law is cracking down, so it is making more sense to pay a little more for the fish, than the fines imposed by illegal collection methods.
I'm saying that these online places who sell directly to your door are very more succeptable to sell poisoned fish.
No there not. They will receive a higher actual number of cyanide caught fish, but the % will be the same. That's cause 5 = 20% of 20, and 20 = 20% of 100, the number is different, but the percentage is the same.
That's what the topic is about Guarantees, correct.
Yep, but your the one that took it off on a tangent
As the Admin of this board, I can't let you make the baseless statements you made as fact, without putting up a defense. If you had clearly stated that it was simply your opinion....I never would have posted. When you throw numbers around like 99% of online vendors...you make it appear as if you have the research to back it up. Just how many fish have you purchased on-line?
I personally would like to take a vacation and view the process from catching the fish from the ocean and then to the first person who receives these fish and see how the process goes from their.
From what I have read, and seen, I think you would simply prefer to dive the reefs. I think the collection and storage have come a long ways, but still have a very long way to go. I have maintained for a long time these fish live inspite of us, rather than because of us.
I would like to point out also from your previous post Cyanide caught fish do not die in a few days. They will last for weeks, the chemical damages their digestive system, and even though they feed well and constantly......they are slowly starving to death. The saddest part is that you are actually more likely to pic a cyanide caught fish at the LFS than a healthy one. The colors of a cyanide fish are more vibrant than those of a regular fish, and as noted above they eat just like they should.
and you get your money back but lose $30 in shipping. I lost a Flame angel because of this and I then chose to pay over double from my LFS because I could view it and wait over a week to pay for it. If it dies then it's his loss. And I feel comfortable that he is not going to order fish that he is going to lose.
. You will see why Pittsburgh got rid of him. Don't worry he'll pull through in pressure situations 
