well all,
december is upon us,blink and it will be christmas,as usual
i am fully organised,got new pin numbers for my debit card,just
need to find my wallet,now when did i use it last!thats it,LAST
christmas,looks like i will be using the wifes again.
if you have been in the shop in the last couple of weeks,you
will see by the mess that the store revamp is in full swing,and to
make matters more interesting the 9 ft aquarium arrived today
and as usual the donkey work was left to the staff,never a
customer about when there is any lifting to do,so we are hoping
to have it up and running next week,
also of interest our new tropical shipment has arrived and should
be ready for sale on saturday,
thank you all for your support in these difficult times,
kind regards
paul
teesside koi and aquatics
Thursday, 1 December 2011
Sunday, 13 November 2011
received a compliment
hi all,
had a customer in the shop today,and he was
full of praise,i see paul has started the revamp
jeanette,yes she replied he was here all night and
did not get in until 6am,anyway how did you know
it was paul,Oh that was easy he said,i just looked
at the mess then walked away laughing,[he clearly
knows me well then]
regards paul
yes the facelift has started
had a customer in the shop today,and he was
full of praise,i see paul has started the revamp
jeanette,yes she replied he was here all night and
did not get in until 6am,anyway how did you know
it was paul,Oh that was easy he said,i just looked
at the mess then walked away laughing,[he clearly
knows me well then]
regards paul
yes the facelift has started
Sunday, 6 November 2011
received a thank you
hello all,
for the second time in our twelve year history,we have
received a thank you from a new customer who complimented
us on the quality of the conditions we keep our fish in,it is nice
to receive this from a complete stranger,we have in the past been
criticised for having one dirty tank,it does not matter that the other
150 are spotless,its a bit like the program the other night on the
holiday critics,they are happy to nit-pick but not compliment on
the better aspects of any business,this is one of the reasons the
koi industry is on its knees,to many critics who will always voice
there opinion,whilst the true hobbyists will never criticise the critic
despite them disagreeing with the remarks,
lets hope the worm turns this year and the true fish keepers unite
and bring the critics to task,because many of us now think we might
as well go Internet only and then you do not have to worry about
peoples remarks,that starts the death bells ringing on our hobby
because then where do we go to view our fish and ask our advice
regards paul
teesside koi
for the second time in our twelve year history,we have
received a thank you from a new customer who complimented
us on the quality of the conditions we keep our fish in,it is nice
to receive this from a complete stranger,we have in the past been
criticised for having one dirty tank,it does not matter that the other
150 are spotless,its a bit like the program the other night on the
holiday critics,they are happy to nit-pick but not compliment on
the better aspects of any business,this is one of the reasons the
koi industry is on its knees,to many critics who will always voice
there opinion,whilst the true hobbyists will never criticise the critic
despite them disagreeing with the remarks,
lets hope the worm turns this year and the true fish keepers unite
and bring the critics to task,because many of us now think we might
as well go Internet only and then you do not have to worry about
peoples remarks,that starts the death bells ringing on our hobby
because then where do we go to view our fish and ask our advice
regards paul
teesside koi
Sunday, 30 October 2011
expensive fish
hello all,
just pondering through some old chat sites
and thought i would respond to some of the
remarks left by fish keepers,as everyone in this
business knows,you will never please everyone
so the two negative remarks i have found i will
not respond to,however the biggest gripe you
seem to have[or some people have]is the cost of
Japanese fish,the actual cost of these has doubled
in the last few years and it is not down to the
breeders like ourselves they have no control over
the value of the pound,5yrs ago we where getting
220 to the pound,now we are getting 120 to the
pound,and as freight is paid in yen you can see
where the cost is.
one of the remarks from our survey is why don't
we do Israeli koi,like we used to,well the answer
is for next year we will bring some in,it is fair to say
when we used to bring them in they where very
nice fish for the money,so due to request we will
try and see if the demand is there,yes due to exch
values and shipping costs they will be a lot cheaper
but as we will not buy lower quality fish we cannot
say what the cost difference will be so watch this
space,
we are also bringing into play a limited amount of
pet supplies into the store[again due to results of the
survey]so if there is anything in particular you would
like please ask,
as winter is well and truly around the corner lets
see if next year we can bring some common sense
back into koi keeping,and lets buy fish because we
like them and not because the so called experts say
that is the style or pattern you should be buying,
hope to be a bit more regular with the blog from now
on but there again i never seem to have much time,
that freight train called life just seems to get faster and
faster,and i blink and 3 weeks has passed,
regards to you all,
paul teesside koi
just pondering through some old chat sites
and thought i would respond to some of the
remarks left by fish keepers,as everyone in this
business knows,you will never please everyone
so the two negative remarks i have found i will
not respond to,however the biggest gripe you
seem to have[or some people have]is the cost of
Japanese fish,the actual cost of these has doubled
in the last few years and it is not down to the
breeders like ourselves they have no control over
the value of the pound,5yrs ago we where getting
220 to the pound,now we are getting 120 to the
pound,and as freight is paid in yen you can see
where the cost is.
one of the remarks from our survey is why don't
we do Israeli koi,like we used to,well the answer
is for next year we will bring some in,it is fair to say
when we used to bring them in they where very
nice fish for the money,so due to request we will
try and see if the demand is there,yes due to exch
values and shipping costs they will be a lot cheaper
but as we will not buy lower quality fish we cannot
say what the cost difference will be so watch this
space,
we are also bringing into play a limited amount of
pet supplies into the store[again due to results of the
survey]so if there is anything in particular you would
like please ask,
as winter is well and truly around the corner lets
see if next year we can bring some common sense
back into koi keeping,and lets buy fish because we
like them and not because the so called experts say
that is the style or pattern you should be buying,
hope to be a bit more regular with the blog from now
on but there again i never seem to have much time,
that freight train called life just seems to get faster and
faster,and i blink and 3 weeks has passed,
regards to you all,
paul teesside koi
Saturday, 22 October 2011
is that it
hi all,
it looks as if our summer is well and truly over,
with the first heavy frosts on us it can only get
colder,dare i say hopefully next year is better
mind didnt i say that last year,well lets hope the
winter is not as cold or long like the last one,we
like most of you in the northeast did not seem to
get our ponds past the upper 60s but the plus side
is our fish have seemed to put on a lot of body
weight so i suppose they are ready for the winter,
if you have not cleaned your filter systems out yet
it might be prudent to do it know,it might be our
last chance before the weather gets to bad,and if
you have covers best get them on now,we are
about to give the shop a facelift so if you do call in
and see the organised chaos please be patient,it
will be worth it,we need to create more space and
i do not want to reduce the number of koi ponds we
have,so need to utilise the space more effectivly,
good luck and look forward to seeing you all
through the winter for a chat,
kind regards
teesside koi
it looks as if our summer is well and truly over,
with the first heavy frosts on us it can only get
colder,dare i say hopefully next year is better
mind didnt i say that last year,well lets hope the
winter is not as cold or long like the last one,we
like most of you in the northeast did not seem to
get our ponds past the upper 60s but the plus side
is our fish have seemed to put on a lot of body
weight so i suppose they are ready for the winter,
if you have not cleaned your filter systems out yet
it might be prudent to do it know,it might be our
last chance before the weather gets to bad,and if
you have covers best get them on now,we are
about to give the shop a facelift so if you do call in
and see the organised chaos please be patient,it
will be worth it,we need to create more space and
i do not want to reduce the number of koi ponds we
have,so need to utilise the space more effectivly,
good luck and look forward to seeing you all
through the winter for a chat,
kind regards
teesside koi
Thursday, 6 October 2011
oh dear the pro has spoken
well well well!the pro has spoken once again
and pointed the finger at the wrong person again,
I no longer need the tablets because i get the
injection every six months and i get at least three
reminders before my doctor collars me in the shop
so i cant forget the injection,so my memory is like
it was ten yrs ago,and the wobbly hand shaking
had nothing to do with me they belonged to the
son who is half my age so its about time he got his
facts right,i would have wrote this blog sooner but
when i went to the trade show i left my laptop at
home so this was the earliest i could respond
and while i am on, up to now the results for the
poll are no 1 is pet supplies and no 2 is marines
but trailing in the distance is reptiles,so please keep
the feedback coming,
regards paul
teesside koi
and pointed the finger at the wrong person again,
I no longer need the tablets because i get the
injection every six months and i get at least three
reminders before my doctor collars me in the shop
so i cant forget the injection,so my memory is like
it was ten yrs ago,and the wobbly hand shaking
had nothing to do with me they belonged to the
son who is half my age so its about time he got his
facts right,i would have wrote this blog sooner but
when i went to the trade show i left my laptop at
home so this was the earliest i could respond
and while i am on, up to now the results for the
poll are no 1 is pet supplies and no 2 is marines
but trailing in the distance is reptiles,so please keep
the feedback coming,
regards paul
teesside koi
Tuesday, 27 September 2011
These old folk
O dear it really is a tell tale sign of old age when you start to moan and point the finger at other people for your own mistakes not to mention the terrible hand control of the video footage which looked like it had been shot during an earthquake. It's ok paul i will bring your medicine round later.
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