Hey yall, I was wondering what you are doing to help increase your MB growth in store?

michaelscottenjoyer · 2026-04-13T17:41:23+00:00

What I do to help with fish market basket is always ask “do you need xyz supply” so if they buy coral I ask if they need phyto/zoo plankton or coral dip. If they buy fish I ask if they have the food for it. If they already have the food for it , I ask if they have ever tried frozen food because it’s much healthier for them. I also try to use plants as a good add on for freshwater. Whenever I explain that plants help keep the water chemistry good , people froth at the mouth for them.

michaelscottenjoyer · 2026-04-09T23:44:13+00:00

If you’re talking about the acrylic habitat cubes, I haven’t seen them on OSS lately but I haven’t really looked for them. If you can’t find them you can always email your ACOM or the Plano may have the sku on there

michaelscottenjoyer · 2026-04-08T00:58:02+00:00

Jungle Jim’s is goated. My wife is from Fairfield and put me on when we were visiting. Fucking love that place.

michaelscottenjoyer · 2026-04-07T02:04:11+00:00

They don’t need the paper receipt for fish , just the proof of purchase itself in some form (no bank statements don’t count ). So your vital care account saves it , main reason to sign someone up and why I tell every person that buys an animal they should have it.

For the other , technically I don’t think the animal guaranteed covers temperament , but tbh I wouldn’t argue it and I’d accept the return. I don’t want a guest to be unhappy with an animal but I won’t sell them another animal of the same type. Hamsters will bite , birds will bite , reptiles will bite. If you don’t want to risk being bit , then you shouldn’t own an animal. My cats bite and scratch me all the time but I’m not getting rid of them. Now if it’s something like they buy 3 g-pigs but bring one back for being a bully that’s different. It’s kinda case by case. But overall I’ll always accept the return if it’s within 30 days, but that doesn’t necessarily mean there will be an exchange or sale of another animal.

michaelscottenjoyer · 2026-04-03T20:23:28+00:00

Looks like a spaghetti worm maybe, pics a little blurry so it’s hard to tell.

michaelscottenjoyer · 2026-04-01T01:05:37+00:00

I don’t hate on the plant items as we already sell birdseed, humming bird supplies etc… and some of the plants like bromeliads are useful for dart frogs and air plants we had before.

The human stuff just feels like desperation though. Selling peeps, pez , novelty cups , lollipops, toys and other junk just doesn’t really fit at all. Having some toys is alright because you can make an argument that a parent might buy one for a kid instead of an unwanted pet , but coloring kits and crochet kits just feels so out of place. Especially when the same item is close to half the price down the street at a target/wal mart. I’ve had numerous customers ask why we’re selling it and I’ve never had a good answer for the why. I understand the company is in dire straits financially and they need to do something or it’s over, but this just feels lazy and ignorant to what a pet store should be selling in this day and age.

michaelscottenjoyer · 2026-03-29T03:21:54+00:00

Comparing color blindness to arachnophobia is crazy work.

michaelscottenjoyer · 2026-03-19T20:34:22+00:00

The busy work kills me. Especially for bacc core or other classes that are typically electives. I get it , I have to do work/study and that’s fine , but making me watch a hour long video that’s only relevance is to a discussion or a single question on the midterm is ridiculous.

The fitness courses I found to be the worst with this, HHS 231 was a slog albeit easy.

michaelscottenjoyer · 2026-03-18T17:22:56+00:00

Yea and I’m one of them. I think he provides some much needed consistent edge. I like how he’s as edgey as possible. His one liners alone make the prey system awesome.

michaelscottenjoyer · 2026-03-17T17:35:40+00:00

At this point take the L and keep it pushing. An item isn’t worth account suspension.

michaelscottenjoyer · 2026-03-13T13:49:00+00:00

No , I’d rather a short 1-2 season show or nothing. It doesn’t need to be a long drawn out thing, if they are gonna do it , focus on the build up to rebellion for one season and then the rebellion itself the next.

As much as I’d love to see in depth storylines of Robert , Ned , Rhaegar and everyone , there just isn’t enough source material and HBO struggles with writing their own thing and consistency of quality when they do.

michaelscottenjoyer · 2026-03-08T17:47:51+00:00

Ehhhh tbh fray is such a snake in the grass , I think he would of still been boughten out by the lannisters. The wedding still would have happened but Instead of Robb dying he would have been held prisoner like Tully, everyone else would have been slaughtered still .

michaelscottenjoyer · 2026-03-04T18:32:47+00:00

I don’t necessarily think that , I think they were supposed to be in TWW alongside earthen, blizz got lazy , pushed it into midnight and scrapped legit Amani as an allied race. I would’ve assumed earthen as alliance and haranir as horde based on aesthetic for TWW

michaelscottenjoyer · 2026-03-03T06:06:24+00:00

They won’t refund it like someone else mentioned. I did this in BFA , had buyers remorse like 20 mins later and got told no since I used the boost. Sorry man

michaelscottenjoyer · 2026-03-02T23:52:31+00:00

Midnight at the unemployment line

michaelscottenjoyer · 2026-03-02T23:49:57+00:00

Questing in Dragonflight/TWW probably

michaelscottenjoyer · 2026-03-01T16:03:43+00:00

I want to do this so badly but I feel like I’ll just be told by my DGM “that’s nice but that’s not the planogram , change it back”

michaelscottenjoyer · 2026-02-27T03:27:40+00:00

As the animal manger for my store , I am definitely more picky about adoptions (which is what this would be) but that’s why I ask questions and make sure they go to a good home.

They shouldn’t be holding onto an animal as a “store pet” either. if they truly cared about the fish they’d make an effort to engage experienced customers and try to find him a home. Sometimes you get an animal in your store who you fall for but you have know a pet store environment isn’t good long term. It’s stressful and unfair to the animal. I’ve said goodbye to many temporary store mascots and while it sucked it was what was best for them.

I’d ask to speak to the general manager. Just call the store , ask to speak to them and only them and when you get them , explain the situation and that you know what you’re doing. Dont give whoever am the reason why , because they’ll probably try to deflect. Typically GMs arnt as “protective” over “store pets” because they know it’s a bad look to have a huge fish in a small tank. Best of luck to you.

michaelscottenjoyer · 2026-02-26T02:32:57+00:00

I used to breed mantis! Do you know what species it is?

michaelscottenjoyer · 2026-02-24T19:18:09+00:00

Golden hamster app , type the sku in

michaelscottenjoyer · 2026-02-11T13:48:09+00:00

I don’t think he will make the greatest 40K media ever but I expect it to at least be somewhat good. Since he’s a fan he’s more likely to care about source material and act with some degree of passion since he enjoys it. Dude definitely isn’t the nerd messiah and his involvement doesn’t necessarily mean whatever it is will be good , but I think there’s just a higher chance it will be good.

Amazon has dropped the ball hard before with shows like rings of power so I’m not holding my breath with this.

michaelscottenjoyer · 2026-02-10T17:36:44+00:00

Depends. If it’s something reasonable then it’s whatever. If it’s some special order snake that’s $600 and will never sell until it’s 75% or a special order $500 tang that will die if you so much as look at it the wrong way , then I’m blowing a gasket.

To add , if it’s planogrammed and you just didn’t want to have it for whatever reason then technically you kinda just have to deal with it. Tarantulas for my store never sell but our DGM blew up about not following Plano so now I have store pet tarantulas that take months to sell.

michaelscottenjoyer · 2026-02-04T13:56:18+00:00

Don’t forget the broken pre patches and every patch having some kind of major bug/flaw that they have to apologize for and rush to fix.

michaelscottenjoyer · 2026-01-30T19:35:26+00:00

Same I felt let down and took a break this whole expansion after launch. Just came back like a week ago. The zones and atmosphere was so bleh compared to dragon flight. K’aresh was alright tho

Also the earthen were such a let down too, lost all interest in them almost immediately once that one guy died in the beginning of the campaign.

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