Re: [Killietalk] Shipping Problems

["Ken" <ken_combs at sbcglobal.net>]

Man that's nothing...you should see my list of failures <LOL>
Anyway, concur: Bulgaria, Spain Germany & Japan do sorta seem to be
reasonable bets, but I still think it's in part due to the particulars of
the mail route & handling as much as anything else ...

...But OTOH, I got a clue who's who and "who is where" and the countries
with the better successes seem to have a disproportionate number of
competent breeders/sellers/packers

...and I'm still no big fan of every single aphy species eggs being shipped
"wholesale" in peat, as my personal experience with them is errant
hatching...but then again, I can't swear water will always be better either
:-/

KC


-----Original Message-----
From: killietalk-bounces at aka_org [mailto:killietalk-bounces at aka_org] On
Behalf Of Kevin Shepard
Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2008 10:32 AM
To: killietalk at aka_org
Subject: [Killietalk] Shipping Problems

i quickly went through my list of eggs that i've
purchased over the past 16 months to come up with
a pass fail value for each country i've gotten eggs
from. my criteria was 'did any eggs hatch'. 
the numbers reflect hatched eggs/total batches.

1/2   France
0/2   England
1/1   Italy
5/7   Spain
13/15 USA
11/17 Germany
3/5   Japan
0/2   Poland
1/3   China
5/6   Bulgaria
2/5   Brazil
2/9   Thailand
1/1   canada

disclaimer: the results may be more an indication
of my ineptness and rookie-esqueness (real word?)
or weather related rather than an indication of 
any one sellers trustworthiness. although i think
in some cases the 'record' speaks for itself.

the main conclusion i draw from this list is that
i am spending too much money on killie eggs.

on only one occasion were the eggs held up due to
customs. the eggs were shipped EMS and arrived in
new york in less than a day, where they were held
by customs for 4 days before being shipped to me.
one of the two bags had been slashed open and i
found peat and eggs scattered inside the package.

i have had fry hatch out from the unscathed bag,
with some eggs still clear. the openned bags peat
has eggs that are also still clear.

kevin shepard
michigan

> Message: 4
> Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2008 16:35:00 -0500
> From: "Jinen  Viswakula" <jinenv at gmail_com>
> Subject: [Killietalk] Shipping  Problems
> To: killietalk at aka_org
>
> Hello All,
>
> I have a question.  
> Has anyone here have any problems when
> importing/exporting eggs/fish from and 
> to overseas. I mean have you had any
> problems with customs? or  courier companies
> refusing to carry live fish or eggs? 
> Postal service not delivering on time etc..?
>
> I would like to hear your experiences.
>
> Jinen  Viswakua
> http://www.finvillage.com
>



 
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