Prehistoric Pets

I just visited Prehistoric Pets the other day to see if they had any heat cable for a 32 Vision rack that I picked up the other day and was SHOCKED! They charge a "donation" to look at the animals. It is $8.00 for an adult and I believe $6.00 for a child. $3.00 of the $8.00 goes to store credit. What!?!? Talk about a way to make somebody buy stuff from you. I don't really like how they care for thier animals and never have, but, I was in thier area and needed the heat cable so why not. I can't believe they are calling themselves a zoo! I believe a zoo would take care of thier animals a little(a lot) better!

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Originally Posted by twistedtails

I just visited Prehistoric Pets the other day to see if they had any heat cable for a 32 Vision rack that I picked up the other day and was SHOCKED! They charge a "donation" to look at the animals. It is $8.00 for an adult and I believe $6.00 for a child. $3.00 of the $8.00 goes to store credit. What!?!? Talk about a way to make somebody buy stuff from you. I don't really like how they care for thier animals and never have, but, I was in thier area and needed the heat cable so why not. I can't believe they are calling themselves a zoo! I believe a zoo would take care of thier animals a little(a lot) better!

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i always tell people to never buy from there. there animals are in horrible condition. the have very uncontrolably dirty cages. sometimes i feel like reporting them to the ASPCA

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Originally Posted by bamf64

i always tell people to never buy from there. there animals are in horrible condition. the have very uncontrolably dirty cages. sometimes i feel like reporting them to the ASPCA

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I agree on the ASPCA thing. Jay is super rude also. He was there and walked right by, he did not stop to "act" as friendly as he does on his youtube vids. I guess the reason they charge now is because they are slowly loosing the store. They said that if people really love seeing thier animals and care about the store they should not have a problem "donating". As far as I'm conserned a donation is voluntary. You do not get to walk the store unless you pay the "donation". Sounds like an entrance fee if you ask me.

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Originally Posted by twistedtails

I agree on the ASPCA thing. Jay is super rude also. He was there and walked right by, he did not stop to "act" as friendly as he does on his youtube vids. I guess the reason they charge now is because they are slowly loosing the store. They said that if people really love seeing thier animals and care about the store they should not have a problem "donating". As far as I'm conserned a donation is voluntary. You do not get to walk the store unless you pay the "donation". Sounds like an entrance fee if you ask me.

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I was going to go there last summer and im glad i didnt. but i feel soo bad for the reps :(

I cant stand them, even from their youtube videos. The guy Jay doesnt seem like he even knows what he's doing, he was cutting eggs like someone who's done it maybe twice, even though they supposedly produce a lot of clutches. He seems like the kind of guy who would own a strip club if he didn't own this pet store.

That the guy who cuts eggs and yanks the babies out?

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Originally Posted by 2kdime

That the guy who cuts eggs and yanks the babies out?

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Yep that's him.

I wouldn't go into their store if I walked in and then was forced to "donate" to enter. The place I get my feeders from charges an entrance fee, but if you buy something you get it back, and they don't charge regular feeder customers.

I think their youtube videos have hurt them alot more than they have helped. Just watching those, I wanna go in and scream back at him.

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Originally Posted by 2kdime

That the guy who cuts eggs and yanks the babies out?

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Sure is...:taz:

He cuts those eggs for one reason....NO PATIENCE!!!! I admit, I cut mt eggs once one has pipped. I definately do not rip them out of thier eggs though.

I have bought from them once, and was very happy with my purchase. It was a sub-adult female ball pythons, and she arrived very well taken care of, from what I could tell. BTW, N.E.R.D. also charges to tour their facility.

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Originally Posted by Wh00h0069

I have bought from them once, and was very happy with my purchase. It was a sub-adult female ball pythons, and she arrived very well taken care of, from what I could tell. BTW, N.E.R.D. also charges to tour their facility.

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Trust me, had you seen thier store before you bought those animals, you would have looked elsewhere. This isn't a tour of the facility, it is a fee to get into see the animals you will potentialy buy.

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Originally Posted by Wh00h0069

I have bought from them once, and was very happy with my purchase. It was a sub-adult female ball pythons, and she arrived very well taken care of, from what I could tell. BTW, N.E.R.D. also charges to tour their facility.

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Glad you got lucky with your purchase, but what does another facility charging have to do with them charging?

Or is this a backhanded swipe at nerd, comparing them to jay's store?

Very slick.

Do you get brownie points for that or an increase in rank?

I bet you know the answer to this one. How does one get to be a puppet for those too cowardly to do their own talking? You can canoodle with deb on that one, she's an expert.

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Originally Posted by wilomn

Glad you got lucky with your purchase, but what does another facility charging have to do with them charging?

Or is this a backhanded swipe at nerd, comparing them to jay's store?

Very slick.

Do you get brownie points for that or an increase in rank?

I bet you know the answer to this one. How does one get to be a puppet for those too cowardly to do their own talking? You can canoodle with deb on that one, she's an expert.

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I see nothing wrong with his comment at all. His point was that charging to see the animals isn't as uncommon as people think.

If it were me, I would mind paying 10 or 15 bucks to look at stuff at NERD, but from what I heard about PP in this thread, I wouldnt pay to go there.