Shops and suppliers

[piglet79]

Originally Posted by RachelGC

Shop:Paws For Thought Pet Centre,

Location: Leeds (York Road)

Variation of animals: Hamsters, Rabbits, Guinea Pigs, Kittens, All kinds of fish, Bearded Dragons, Gecko's of varying species, Tortoises, Snakes, Frogs, Spiders, Scorpions, Chinese Water Dragons and MANY MORE

Variation of equipment: Anything and everything you could possibley want - well except reptile carpet, they never seem to have any.

Pricing of animals: Fairly priced for great quality animals. E.G Normal Leo 3 months old £39.99, Baby BD's £45...

Pricing of equipment: Could be better but again fairly priced for the quality of the equipment.

Knowledge of staff: Staff are very knowledgeable about all annimals. They ahve specialist aquatics staff, specialist Reptile staff. Most of the staff actually keep the animals that they ahve in the shop, but if they don't they're clued up about them.

Customer service: Extremely friendly, approachable, always willing to help (when i bought my leo one of the reptile chaps spend a good 20 to 30 minutes with me talking over everything and actually looking at the animmals)

Condition of animals: All animals look extremely healthy, habitat always sufficient - only thing I don't like is seeing crickets etc running around and not taken out of the Viv's after feeding.

Would you return: Yes, i use them all the time.

Would you reccomend: Definately, neighbouring Towns / places to Leeds is well worth the travel.

Rating out of 10: 9

Hi

Agree with what is said above they also have a great selection of live food at a fairly good price 3 tubs for £4.80
Phil knows his stuff about the reps Geoff is brilliant we have dealt with him on the fish side for years but he is also very knowledgeable about reps. There is also a fairly new lad who again is very good with the rep side of things although there was a lad with long dark hair (whom I have seen since in a rep shop opposite a Mcdonalds in leeds) that we had to laugh at because he told a couple buying a baby beardie that it should have veg 2x a week and a tub of crickets a day but that was a long time ago but as the shop stands they are fabulous very friendly

9/10

[paraman]

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[stevemusson]

Originally Posted by retri

Shop:Northampton Reptile Centre

Location: Northampton

Variation of animals:Always have a good variety, and alway something new in there

variation of equipment:Again, good variety, but mostly your standard exo terra stuff

pricing of animals:Varies, some things are very over priced, while others are fairly reasonable for shop prices, it all depends on what you want

pricing of equipment:About average for a shop, not cheap, but not extorsionate

Knowledge of staff: All have a good knowledge and have kept most of the species they stock persoanlly, never really had bad advise from them.

Customer service: Varies, some of the saturday staff are very friendly, always willing to help and give advise, on the other hand there are a couple of that staff that are friendly and helpful as long as you are buying something, dont like to hear that you have baught something elsewhere, and very argumentatve if you disagree with them (they are always right, will not listen to critisism or advise)

condition of animals: All well kept, only ever really seen one ot two issue's there, animals are nearly always very healthy, though there was a dead yemen in the bottom of one of the vivs, also some of the hatchling boxes have no water in alot of the time.

Would you return: No, I used to go there regularly, but since hearing about the way they treat people and recieving some awful stories about the way they treat customers I would not return.

Would you reccomend: No, unless you like to have your head bitten off or be bitched about behiond your back for asking the wrong question, if you want to just go have a look anf handle some reptiles, or just get some advise this is not the place to visit. If you do visit, go on a saturday and speak with Gary.

Rating out of 10: 4/10 They have good knowledge of reps, and all livestock are well looked after, but due to the poor treatment of customers I do not think they are a good shop at all, customer service counts for a hell of alot!

Totally agree there mate. Had an argument with 1 about silkback temps. They wouldn't have it that they need lower than a normal beardie. Gary is very good even if you just want advice though. He gave me advice about my ackie and chatted for ages even though I was getting it from here. He also helped with hoggie information even though I was just buying equipment. I get my food from just for pets in northampton as they're easier for me to get to and cheaper too

[retri]

Originally Posted by stevemusson

Totally agree there mate. Had an argument with 1 about silkback temps. They wouldn't have it that they need lower than a normal beardie. Gary is very good even if you just want advice though. He gave me advice about my ackie and chatted for ages even though I was getting it from here. He also helped with hoggie information even though I was just buying equipment. I get my food from just for pets in northampton as they're easier for me to get to and cheaper too

where is just for pets? is that what used to be pets at home?

[stevemusson]

Originally Posted by retri

where is just for pets? is that what used to be pets at home?

St peters way, opposite carlsberg mate

[retri]

Originally Posted by stevemusson

St peters way, opposite carlsberg mate

oh that place, forgot they did reptile stuff, I always thought they were quite costly in there anyway

[stevemusson]

Originally Posted by retri

oh that place, forgot they did reptile stuff, I always thought they were quite costly in there anyway

Their UV tubes are about £5 cheaper and livefoods are 25p a tub cheaper than reptile centre. Pinkies are £9.90 for 25 which is a bit pricey I suppose. I live in town so its easy for me to get to. I'll pm you sometime to get your details so I can get the hoggie in a week or 2 if that's ok mate