Beware of this one... www.bid4koi.com

[dubtaco]

I couldn't help myself here; this has to be one of the strangest dealers I have run across...

Be afraid of this one... www.bid4koi.com

Check out some of the fine print (well that is if you can get through the broken English.)

"Warranty In case of any fish dies at arrival, you need to email us a picture of dead fish with the tail cut off." What on earth?

"We reserve the right to end the listing if the koi{s} is no longer available for sale or has died." Died, sounds like it might be a common occurrence.

"We raise all of our american koi, in mud ponds and are feed premium food. We have 2 facilitys, 1 in Florida, the other in California. So we import our koi from California. They are quarantied there so no problems can occur." Hmm, when I think of imports I think Japanese.

"This is a web were me [flkoifarm] and any other koi breeder or importer can list there koi for a small price." So you may not even know where your koi are coming from?

[JosephandGabby]

I've actually chatted with the kid who owns this site. He's only 13...

[dubtaco]

Quote: Originally Posted by JosephandGabby I've actually chatted with the kid who owns this site. He's only 13...

OMG, that makes it even worse..... This is why buying koi off the internet is dangerous. I'm sorry but I would never trust a koi coming from a 13 year old, I don't care what it is or at what price. Someone buy this asshat a skateboard and get him off the internet.

[dubtaco]

"Warranty In case of any fish dies at arrival, you need to email us a picture of dead fish with the tail cut off." What on earth?

Okay, it was pointed out to me why this would be done.

[Russell Peters]

Quote: Originally Posted by dubtaco "Warranty In case of any fish dies at arrival, you need to email us a picture of dead fish with the tail cut off." What on earth? Okay, it was pointed out to me why this would be done.

Let me guess, so it would be obvious that the koi are not sleeping, but dead?

[koiczar]

Quote: Originally Posted by Russell Peters Let me guess, so it would be obvious that the koi are not sleeping, but dead?

Russ

Do koi actually sleep??? LOL/ROFLMAO

Mike

[aquitori]

That is lil'helper's friend...his friend's name is lil'dealer...HAHAHAHAHAHAHA...

[Russell Peters]

Quote: Originally Posted by koiczar Russ Do koi actually sleep??? LOL/ROFLMAO Mike

Yup , with a little anaesthetic(sp) Koi can sleep and if one were to take a picture, they could say they were dead.

One of the oldest scams in the Koi book.LOL

[dubtaco]

Yes Russell you are correct!

[koikid]

i do not operate this farm or work there but if i did there would have to be some changes