| Making a lasting relationship with a Koi Dealer
Let me start by saying I have ABSOLUTELY NO DESIRE to be a Koi Dealer - I respect and admire them and the risk and hard work that they do on a day to day basis.
Risk? Yep, risk. Risk that they sell a fish or many fish to an individual who is too ignorant to do the right thing - has issues with their fish - then blame the dealer for their own idiotic mistakes.
Anyhow, we have all seen that. My question is - do most of you have a specific dealer that you purchase through, or many?
If so, what makes the dealer better than the other? Is it:
Trust and confidence in their abilities?
Knowing that they will quarantine the fish properly and hold back any that are not ready?
Because of the specific breeder they buy from?
Because they will give you an honest assessment on a perspective purchase, regardless of whether it will cost them a sell or not?
What would it be for you?
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