why almost every aquarium shop that sells through online is a scam
I ordered fish from multiple online shops. One turned out to be a complete scam, while another didn't ship my order for nearly one and a half weeks. The seller even claimed that the order had already been shipped when it hadn't. After calling every day, I finally received the fish today, but five of them were already dead on arrival.
Why do so many businesses in India seem willing to scam customers? It's incredibly disappointing. All I wanted was to set up a planted aquarium.
Based on my experience, stay away from Freshwater Aquatica and Vijay Aquatics. I'm still evaluating the other sellers I ordered from before making any conclusions.
I would also appreciate recommendations for reliable online stores that sell aquarium fish.
All of the websites I mentioned are running on Shopify, yet there seems to be no effective legal mechanism in India to help victims of this kind of fraud. When I filed a complaint through the Cyber Crime Portal, the response I received was that there was no way to block such websites. It's frustrating to hear that while the government is busy blocking random tweets, websites allegedly scamming customers continue operating without consequences.
It's just sad that it has become so difficult to know whom to trust.