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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MBullock" data-source="post: 206120" data-attributes="member: 33994">Petco, despite what you may believe, is nowhere near the worst of the worst. the absolute shadiest thing ive heard of was Someone sending already-dead or dying mantids along with empty exuviae (molts) so they could claim the specimen molted in transit and therefore not covered by LAG- meaning no refund.  However if you knew how mantids molt, you'd know they cannot successfully molt without hanging.  if they fell during the molt they would be entombed in the molt rather than free from the molt.    The criminals running around screwing people over with similar behaviors are a much worse problem.  Then there are the people that Drop-ship and dont even own the livestock they advertise. And sadly, many big sites are accomplices.  These people only care about money.  they dont care.  IMO, focusing on petco is focusing on the symptom rather than the problem. We all know petco, like other corporate stores are bound by their corporate standard.  The employees will be reprimanded or fired for disobeying this corporate standard.  I will say this though- Ive been going to petco since I was a child, and they actually take MUCH better care of their specimens now than they used to.</blockquote>