I'm always amazed at how rampant assumptions, rumors & hearsay get out of hand...and how gullible people can be. It all must be true...cuz someone said so.
Anyway, I've talked to the owner at global before and he's a good guy. It's true that a handful of loser store owners have screwed them over, as well as other suppliers. Regardess of the reason for cheating someone out of money, it's still wrong.
some of the other things he told me: it's been about a year since anyone there has told people to keep it a secret. Their focus is retail now. any retailer that blames global for poor sales is ignoring the fact that there are plenty of others that do retail & wholesale, that sell out of their garage on a large scale, that sell out of a warehouse, etc. But somehow global is the one that gets pissed on.
About the dumass assumptions, here are some: blue water (obviously a lot of you are clueless about it); bad quality fish (ha!); inverts only thrive in cold water (look under the tanks and see if you can find a chiller, even in that hot warehouse); bashing supporters; only ones without a guaranty (how many stores do? and how many hobbiests are cluless on how to acclimate!) owner using various names (did u ever think there are other people there that do email?); best one: owner a pc of s***. Obviously you don't know the owner. Hey, whoever said that---I'd like to see you say that to his face. Let me know if you grow those balls. I want to watch. haha. (tough guy who hides behind his computer).
Anyway, cut them some slack. just people doing the best they can and thriving on expertise. and cut the National Enquirer hearsay.
Happy reefing
