Flying Fish Express bought by Drs. Foster & Smith

[Phantom Phish]

I just logged onto the Flying Fish Express web site, and it looks like they've been taken over by Drs. Foster & Smith. Not sure what that means...

[PaintGuru]

Awwwwwwww CRAP! And I just ordered from them Friday and they owe me a true perc! These guys are evil.

[Phantom Phish]

Do you mean the "Drs." are evil? I've never used them so I don't have any experience with them.

[MontanaRocknReefer]

It has to be the Drs and not FFE!!

[grazzit]

Hey in my opinion this is a good thing, I've had nothing but good experiences dealing with these guys and their products, well their dog products anyway, hopefully they're just as good on the aquaria side!

[gumhead]

no more divers den

No more seeing what your getting!
This really stinks!
A big corporation comes in and ruins things again

Its no good at all to me. Just one less place to go.

[icebear]

for dry goods i have never had a problem w/ DrsFosterSmith...when i have asked at various places how FFE was i had gotten mixed results.

so, without any real experience in their livestock end of service- i'll just sit back and hope the change is for the better...

[PaintGuru]

I was talking about Drs . It isnt that I think they have bad service/products, I just dont like one company owning everything (Microsoft). I like options, keeps prices down and selection/service high. My old FFE experience was great and I just can see it improving by being bought out by Drs. I'll have to email Petra and see if things are changing that much or not.

[JennM]

One more reason to support your LFS

(oops did I say that out loud?? )

Jenn

[Junkzoo]

Dealt with Dr's F+S , for years b4 , when they were dog/cat only,,,was wondering how things would go when they bought up/took over the fish places,,,,never dealt with them so far on the fish stuff,,, but the selections in their catalogs look to be the good stuff,,,,(prices,,so-so)
gonna have to wait an' see,,,,if they stay the same as they have been b4,,,,,IMO , no worries

[Jeremy1973]

Hmm..they owe me a hammer head coral. I wonder if they will still honor that?

[cwby416]

I've ordered dry goods as well as some boxes of live rock and have nothing but good things to say about them

~Randy~

[karsco]

Well I was not real happy to hear this news either. I have ordered from both these companies quite a few times. FF for livestock and Dr. F for dry goods and stuff for my dog. FF had a lot better prices then Dr's. (on livestock) most of the time and very good customer service. I think you will see an increase in prices since Dr's is slowly buying out it's competitors.

[digital_dragon]

I have made several orders from etropicals.com which was bought out as well and I have to say I was really pleased with the quality on the critters I ordered plus if the order was over $60.00 shipping and box was free. They were even cheaper than Dr. F&S LiveAquaria.com. So I am thinking that they my have bought it to distribute their dry good and may leave the Flying fish express to do the live thing which is what the do best. I wonder if FF got into financial trouble or the owners were looking to get out of the biz and took the first opportunity the had. Until I see other wise I am looking at this in a positive manner. Time will tell.

Earl

[PaintGuru]

I emailed liveaquaria to see if they would honor my FFE credit, we will see what they say.

Actually it looks as if the Drs will eventually have a divers den, which is good. I'm willing to try them out once I get enough together to order.