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Keep in mind that pet shops sell at "retail" prices, not necessarily the same price you may be able to find on the internet. The tortoise may be less expensive on the internet, but by the time you pay to have it shipped you are often paying as much or more than walking into a pet shop and buying one. The advantage of a pet shop purchase is that you can physically see the animal that you are getting, for better or for worse. At least then you know what you've got in your hands. More often than not when you buy from an internet wholesaler or dealer you get what they send you. Most will not go through the trouble to send you a photo of the specific animal that they are sending. Even if they do, a picture is a picture. It doesn't allow you to look over every inch of the animal or to pick it up and feel it's weight or how stong, active and alert the animal is (or isn't).
Bringing a copy of an internet ad for less into a pet shop and demanding that they sell it to you at the internet price will probably isn't going to get you the animal, just some choice words.
 

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GBtortoises said:
Keep in mind that pet shops sell at "retail" prices, not necessarily the same price you may be able to find on the internet. The tortoise may be less expensive on the internet, but by the time you pay to have it shipped you are often paying as much or more than walking into a pet shop and buying one. The advantage of a pet shop purchase is that you can physically see the animal that you are getting, for better or for worse. At least then you know what you've got in your hands. More often than not when you buy from an internet wholesaler or dealer you get what they send you. Most will not go through the trouble to send you a photo of the specific animal that they are sending. Even if they do, a picture is a picture. It doesn't allow you to look over every inch of the animal or to pick it up and feel it's weight or how stong, active and alert the animal is (or isn't).
Bringing a copy of an internet ad for less into a pet shop and demanding that they sell it to you at the internet price will probably isn't going to get you the animal, just some choice words.

The actual hands on and seeing, is why I am more then willing to buy at the higher prices. Cheaper often means less quality in my book. In the end the purchase price may be cheaper than the added vet bills, time spent, and general frustration often associated with a "cheap" animal.
 
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