brewmaster15
01-07-2005, 02:30 PM
Its a very proud feeling when you get to follow someones journey on the path to discus Obsession... It started out with a harmless email about 3.5 years ago... Fellow by the name of Lester contacted me... He had a million questions about discus, always wanted them, but never took the plunge though.. gave him a few suggestions from where he could buy and the tank is stocked in no time.
Time flys... 1 tank turned to 2..4. buys a new house... and before the dishes are unpacked he is setting up racks and tanks, plumbing etc... tanks increase...5..6...10.. and more...... Guys buying fish left and right...jumps into wilds and gets hooked there as well..
Then it happens.. maxium capacity is reached and he decides , with some prompting that its time to sell some fish.. So he puts an ad on simply and goes The "local pickup only route" ...Shipping intimidates everyone.... he gets a little action there...but then a friend sends him some shipping supplies with an order of fish.. The standards...bag buddies, plastic bags, heat packs etc... and the stage is set ..
Rushing against the clock last night he packed an order of fish for the first time.. and barely made it to Fedex ontime... Then spent the night pacing and worrying that fish would not make. Lester still is worried and wonders how the fish are... Theres 12 young adults and adults in that box....Lester's very worried.. he was posting on Simply at 3 in the morning because he couldn't sleep.
The call goes to the customer in the AM that the box is there... and ready for pickup .. 2 hours go by and he calls the customer, Lester can't wait any longer.... a guy that goes by the name of Brew is the buyer... a guy known for his discus addictions.. same guy that slipped Lester the shipping supplies weeks earlier in a box of wilds.. ;) :D ( always a method to my madness)
ladies and gentlemen.. .... I'd like to introduce Lester's first successfully shipped fish.. Some very nice Blue heavens...A male and female...I hope.
Congrats Lester... The packing was great...even withstood an obviously crushed box.. and came in toasty warm as well...
-al
Time flys... 1 tank turned to 2..4. buys a new house... and before the dishes are unpacked he is setting up racks and tanks, plumbing etc... tanks increase...5..6...10.. and more...... Guys buying fish left and right...jumps into wilds and gets hooked there as well..
Then it happens.. maxium capacity is reached and he decides , with some prompting that its time to sell some fish.. So he puts an ad on simply and goes The "local pickup only route" ...Shipping intimidates everyone.... he gets a little action there...but then a friend sends him some shipping supplies with an order of fish.. The standards...bag buddies, plastic bags, heat packs etc... and the stage is set ..
Rushing against the clock last night he packed an order of fish for the first time.. and barely made it to Fedex ontime... Then spent the night pacing and worrying that fish would not make. Lester still is worried and wonders how the fish are... Theres 12 young adults and adults in that box....Lester's very worried.. he was posting on Simply at 3 in the morning because he couldn't sleep.
The call goes to the customer in the AM that the box is there... and ready for pickup .. 2 hours go by and he calls the customer, Lester can't wait any longer.... a guy that goes by the name of Brew is the buyer... a guy known for his discus addictions.. same guy that slipped Lester the shipping supplies weeks earlier in a box of wilds.. ;) :D ( always a method to my madness)
ladies and gentlemen.. .... I'd like to introduce Lester's first successfully shipped fish.. Some very nice Blue heavens...A male and female...I hope.
Congrats Lester... The packing was great...even withstood an obviously crushed box.. and came in toasty warm as well...
-al