Fish for sale on ebay

Been looking round ebay and i came across a shop in Falkirk scotland selling fish they say

"We pack all of our fish in oxygen, in boxes lined with thick polystyrene and with at least 1 heat pack. We send all boxes by specialised courier"

I wouldnt know how fish are transported from stockist to petshop, still dont no if this could buy fish on ebay

Thats basically how its done,they ship Internationally that way.

what was the ebay shop called

They are called zoostock they have fish at some really great prices i must say

The prices look ok but i always like to pick the fish i buy.

Shipping from the UK,if the seller is willing to do it,is very expensive,it would push the price way over what you could buy them here for.I was in a well known London shop a month ago,he said to ship a box to the Isle of Man was twice the price than shipping to mainland UK,and I.o.M. is the UK.He says he has a lot of Irish customers,but they collect in person.

I was thinking that myself price would be crazy..........! plus i like to see my fish before i buy them also posting fish dont know about that

It is funny seeing this since only yesterday i was reading this


www.practicalfishkeeping.co.uk/pfk/pages/item.php?news=2068


while this is for English fishkeepers i would say the same rules apply here

I was thinking earlier that this cant be right that there has to be certain rules etc about the importing and then selling of fish due to infestions, diseases that may come from other countries ?

i was looking at one site

i just cut and copied this but gives you an idea what is involved when you are ordering out of state.

NBMeasurement of box 60 x 33 x 45 cm. weight at volume as 18 kg.


""""Other Charges: Health Certification $15(if your country needs)/ order, Packing Charges $5/box, handling charge $50/Shipment .



1.Place order by Fax, E-mail,Web Order Form (underconstruction).
2.We will send you a profoma invoice to confirm your order.
3.You make payment.
4.Fishs are inspected by Department of Fisheries, Thailand. This will take about 1-2 business days.
5.Health Certificate is issued.
6.Fishs are quarantined and not fed for 2 days and packed for their flight.
7.Fishs depart Bangkok by air. We fax you a copy of the air waybill to confirm that your fish are onboard the flight and that the flight has departed on schedule.
8.Your fish's flight arrives your city.
9.Go to clearings or customs and claim your fish. In many countries, they will be inspected and cleared by a Fish and Wildlife."""

prices will vary from country to country and by quantity ordered!

Im sure thats for petshops, stockist etc.

But from ebay id say box up and ship out.......

Well im sure the shop selling them goes through the above stated ( i hope )

If you have plenty of money and don't care too much about the fish have a go. I tried it a few times and it does not always go according to plan. I had a few successes but the failures outweighted that several times over. If I want fish from the UK I drive over.

1. Next day delivery from UK by Royal Mail, arrived four days later. Nice milky bag full of fish guts.
2. Specialist courier (and the only one that knowingly transports live fish to Ireland as far as I know) APC, Clearly marked box FRAGILE THIS WAY UP and also WILL BE COLLECTED AT DUBLIN DEPOT PHONE XXXXXX, no phone call on the day expected, so I phoned them the next day, no record of package, that evening I see truck pull up outside and the box thrown out of the back of the van on to the pavement. I got an apology, but that did nothing for the fishes headache! One day late, badly handled and delivery instructions not followed. Survival rate 50%
3. The worst of the lot was shrimp from Taiwan, express postage, 2-3 day service cost about €50 for the postage with tracking. Tracking was great, I watched as my poor shrimp made it all the way to Europe and then back to America and back to Europe again, finally arriving 13 days after postage. Another bag of milky mush. Got the cost of postage back, but not the shrimp or the cost of them.

So as I say if you want fish in the UK best way is to go get them, better still order them here and let someone else worry about delivery arrangements and DOA's

Daragh

PS. Nearly forgot! There is the $200 I paid for Shrimp in USA in January this year, I am still waiting for a refund or shrimp. Email silence, now I am going through the grief of credit card payment cancellation - nothing is easy with importing livestock.

as Daragh says either travel to UK or let your LFS have the headache and loss

Mickey

It just seems way too much hasle..... i would never do it dont see the point when there is every chance your lfs can get you what ur looking for unless its something specail you want.

saw this crowd on ebay as well and did contact them and guess what they dont ship to Ireland so zoostock is a non starter

Really..... wasnt thinking of buying but just the idea of fish for sale on ebay is there anything you cant sell on ebay:laugh: