redchecker
07-28-2006, 05:03 AM
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What a night for Altums
« on: Today at 05:07:05am »
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So I go on Aquabid and order 7 peruvian altums from DREALPHABETTA. Well they were suppose to be here last week and they couldn't get them on the flight from Peru. So I call him and he says the fish willl be in Seattle on the 27th at 8-10am. So I am expecting to get my fish before going to work and I get the call saying there's problems with the flight being. Well after the plane goes to Atlanta, and Houston it finally comes here to Seattle. The guy is at the airport waiting to clear customs and can't get a rental car to go from the fish and wildlife to the terminal. He calls my house, and I am at work, and talks to my son. He says if your Dad can help me tonight I will give him all the altums on the shipment. I wanted to leave work asap but work in a prison so they said NNNOOOOO!!! Iwas waiting for the night to end and at 10pm I went flying down the highway(50 miles away) to the airport to meet this guy.I get to the Terminal at 1045 and we go to Continental cargo where I help the guy load 28 boxes into my truck. We made 3 stops at shipping company's and unloaded and did the paperwork for the boxes. I received 30 altums instead of 7. What a deal. Despite the stress of wondering if my fish were alive after being in the bags(only 2 for 30 fish). My poor fish were hurting. I decided to do the drop in the tank method due to the stench from the boxes and only one fish looks bad. Fins are tore up pretty good. Well to top it off he didn't have enough money to pay for the whole order of fish which was 46 boxes so I paid his extra $25. Two of his boxes of fish with various fish from Peru were not accepted at the 4th delivery company and they are sitting in my front room waiting for DHL to pick them up. I told him I would wait until 3pm and if DHL were not here I would not let the fish die, he agreed and said I could keep them if DHL did not arrive by 3. The guys name is Andre and he was nice but it just seemed like everything was going against him with this shipment. He thanked me and I dropped him off at the airport where he said he would fly home to Spokane in the morning. Just a crazy night.
Place Personal Text Here
What a night for Altums
« on: Today at 05:07:05am »
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So I go on Aquabid and order 7 peruvian altums from DREALPHABETTA. Well they were suppose to be here last week and they couldn't get them on the flight from Peru. So I call him and he says the fish willl be in Seattle on the 27th at 8-10am. So I am expecting to get my fish before going to work and I get the call saying there's problems with the flight being. Well after the plane goes to Atlanta, and Houston it finally comes here to Seattle. The guy is at the airport waiting to clear customs and can't get a rental car to go from the fish and wildlife to the terminal. He calls my house, and I am at work, and talks to my son. He says if your Dad can help me tonight I will give him all the altums on the shipment. I wanted to leave work asap but work in a prison so they said NNNOOOOO!!! Iwas waiting for the night to end and at 10pm I went flying down the highway(50 miles away) to the airport to meet this guy.I get to the Terminal at 1045 and we go to Continental cargo where I help the guy load 28 boxes into my truck. We made 3 stops at shipping company's and unloaded and did the paperwork for the boxes. I received 30 altums instead of 7. What a deal. Despite the stress of wondering if my fish were alive after being in the bags(only 2 for 30 fish). My poor fish were hurting. I decided to do the drop in the tank method due to the stench from the boxes and only one fish looks bad. Fins are tore up pretty good. Well to top it off he didn't have enough money to pay for the whole order of fish which was 46 boxes so I paid his extra $25. Two of his boxes of fish with various fish from Peru were not accepted at the 4th delivery company and they are sitting in my front room waiting for DHL to pick them up. I told him I would wait until 3pm and if DHL were not here I would not let the fish die, he agreed and said I could keep them if DHL did not arrive by 3. The guys name is Andre and he was nice but it just seemed like everything was going against him with this shipment. He thanked me and I dropped him off at the airport where he said he would fly home to Spokane in the morning. Just a crazy night.