If you sign up a dog you get $15 worth of coupons for that dog every month, and say you sign up a fish they deduct $1 from the monthly payment because you signed up another pet. You also receive $5 from that fish totaling $20 in coupons for the month. So that pays for the dogs subscription assuming you buy food every month then you only pay the $9 a month for the fish, with the additional discounts with their food and supplies. The 10% discount for the dog applies to everything in that is food, and 20% off supplies (Each time you go in to purchase) so essentially you dont need to pay for the 3 dogs just 1. Its a good program assuming you go into petco a lot normally and buy stuff. If you are there once in a blue moon you are better off using someones number that you know has the vital care program. They also honor their online price and in some cases you find a generous employee they can do something extra for you.
I bought a fluval 407 canister filter from petco. They were selling it for $229, so I bought the fish membership to save 20% plus the $5 rewards. The petco by me will also give me 10% off in store pickup on items over $50. So I got 30% off of a $229 item plus a extra $5 off. I ended up saving about $75. I'd say it's worth it if you are buying more expensive items.
Petco is only good for two things. Cheap tanks, and at my petco you can get really good fish. The gentleman that runs the fish department is a hobbiest and brings in all sorts of good fish. You can even order almost any species you want.
Oh yeah. I used the 50% off sale with their ,20% off supplies on some aqueon cube tanks. Was able to go from 336$ to 136$. The membership price tag is added as a 5$ off coupon each month. Really it's only 5$ a month with 5$ off each month
Here's how to get revenge on Petco. when you buy a new tank at Petco, the sticker that aqueon puts on the side of the tank states that all aquariums up to 15 gallons have a 90 day warranty, aquariums 16 to 54 gallons have a 5 year warranty , and tanks 55 and up have a lifetime warranty against leaks....then it states that Aqueon has approved any retailer to just replace the tank. recently I returned a 3 year old 40 gallon that had started leaking , they said no way , I pointed out the guarantee on the aquariums that they were selling , spoke to the manager and left with a brand new 40 gallon. the law says if you sell an item with a written guarantee, you must honor that guarantee ! the manager was not happy, but , I had the original receipt and she had to suck it up !
@@mangala666 I own a business , as does my wife , we keep every receipt going back 7 years for tax purposes in case of an audit. I realize most people do not.
At Petco, I just bought a ($35) 6g cube tank (for shrimp) on the 50% off sale. Someone had rifled through and taken the levelling mat. So I took it back and exchanged for a complete, unopened. I asked the cashier if the manager might be willing to discount the incomplete tank I returned... Turns out he was the manager! And said I could have the tank, free!! So two 6g cube tanks for $35. So, tldr, it pays to ask questions about discounts!!
Bentley so our Petco here in central Texas is now charging 10 cents per plastic bag to put your goods in. Just incredible are they hurting so bad that they got to charge for a frickin bag 😢
Sadly the PetSmart (double %)trick didn't work here in my area (metro Detroit)...still got the discount tho. So it was still a win for me. THanks dude, "stay awesome"!
no bentley your awsome. you take the time to show us lazy so & so's what can and can't work??short cuts tricks,and a plethora of information on fish, plants, and tanks. and you do offer to help if possible . stay well see you next time.
Hey Bentley, I love your videos and I have been watching your ultimate guides for the Fluval Aquasky to point out andFluval plant 3.0. I have a question for you my tank is 4 foot long 18 inches from front to back and 2 feet tall so it’s roughly about 85 gallons or so I’m just getting started into planted I’m gonna start with the easy stuff but then might get into the higher light stuff my question to you is what I’d be OK adding to aqua skies on this tank or one plant 3.0 and one Aquasky or just one plant 3.0 please let me know I may never get into higher light plants so I’m definitely torn between what I should do.
You're likely best starting with 1 plant 3.0 and dialing it's power down with the easy plants. Get used to it and as you go into higher demand plants, you can increase power.
A cashier at petco tried to get me to buy into this a couple weeks ago. Her lack of ability to explain how I'd actually save any money was the biggest red flag for me. Thank you for making this video though because now I finally understand what the H she was trying to sell me
@@someguy3167 Oh don't worry, I was pleasant and polite. I even let her give me the whole pitch. When it was clear that she didn't understand what she was trying to sell me though, I declined. I'm not a shoot the messenger Karen type lol
Bummer as far as the app goes but I'm gonna do a shout out to Brian who manages the aquarium section at our Petco. He's a fellow hobbyist who knows a lot but is always asking how I run certain fish & plants. Also he'll hunt down snails for my puffers if it's a slow day! What have we learned: Petco, meh, Brian, 👍!
I’m kinda disappointed that you didn’t do the math. Assuming you actually go in and use the $5 monthly rewards, the yearly cost is $60. Once you’ve spent $300 within the aquatics category, you’ve already saved $60 and then any additional purchases are all 20% off. The math isn’t difficult. And then there’s the multi-pet discount. I have accounts for my fish, reptiles and small mammals, which total to $9 a month after the discount. I only had to spend $180 within each of the three categories to pay them off for the year, which I passed immediately. The program saves you money as long as you do some math in advance. Most of us spend at least $180-$300 a year at Petco, especially when we’re just getting started. It saves people a lot of money. Just sayin’.
What I would like to know is how do people buy petco tanks when they go on sale?! Online inventory does not match actual store inventory so when I call and website says they have 6... 75 gallon tanks... what that means is they have none. And so calling 6 petcos later in 45 mile radius there is 1 tank available that when you consider price of gas to get there and back you basically get no discount. Is there a petco trick to actually get my hands on a 75 gallon tank that's in stock when it goes on sale and is in stock?
I haven't dealt with stock issues quite like that, but for the most part I'm not after 75s. I'm usually after 40 gallon breeders and it's a lot easier to find those at local petco's. You can talk to a store and have them order you things. Most store staff are willing to do that.
Hopefully the PETCO" that one shops at allows the customer to use all three coupons at their location. I'm not sure if the rules/regulations at Petco are the same but once the customer has used one of the coupons, that coupon is no longer valid. They're a one time trick pony!
The Petco and PetSmart reddits are full of employees talking about the dumb stuff that goes on there (especially bad customers lol). Most of them agree vital care isn’t worth it for most people They keep being asked to join up when I buy small fish stuff, but most of my materials come from lfs or ebay, so I’d only lose money
The only thing Petco is good for, other than occasional 50% off tanks, is price checking things for sometimes big discounts. Mopani driftwood is sometimes 60% off and things like carnivore pellets are around 50%. Their fish still die Visit your lfs
Both stores are aggressive in their ways of trying to get money out of people. Tank sale aside.... Petco is normally cheaper and normally has more in stock. Not always, but normally. That being said, go try to buy any tank at PetSmart and it's 3-4x the price. The fact that their own website is OFTEN way under the store price, they don't do enough for me as a customer to want to spend time going to the store, then be forced to buy their brand, and then be forced into old stuff that's been sitting (or better yet opened). There's a lot of issues with how these stores generally operate. It's a dog and cat store with some other things. Almost always tailored heavily towards those two species. If you actually want to get a normal tank setup using a normal budget and trying to pick what works well, almost always you have to go to both or one and then order what you can't find online. Imagine if you went to the mall for clothes, had to buy a shirt from one place, socks from another, and then pants from somewhere else. Seems weird. But having to go buy airline hose from one shop and the pump from the other. Fish from one, food from the other, it's really pathetic how these two companies have chopped up partnerships and offerings to not even have a quality setup for the actual animals / customers. Just weird. The whole experience is really really weird to me sometimes walking into the stores now.
Petco is horrible as far as overcharging people. Since, they've rebranded as a "health and wellness" company they've jacked up their prices. Their vet clinic went up like 20 bucks per package. Their rewards used to be 5 bucks for every 100 and now you have to spend like 130 to get 5. So, yeah, Petco sucks!
I don't think you are right when you say you have to register every single dog. I think you just register per category of animal. And 20 percent off is generous you just have to be careful to truly evaluate if you are winning throughout the year or fooling yourself
If you're trying to take advantage of the various grooming rewards as an example, you have to make an appointment based on each dog. So an example of this would be with my dogs. I have to have each of the dogs in there and if I am taking in say Lulu but I only registered Papalymo, because that's a different dog in their system and as well as the app, I would not get credit for the grooming done on Lulu. This is just one example. If you're not using those services, of course you probably only need to register a singular animal, but depending on how your registering your animals, there is a potential at a certain level depending on the number of say dogs and cats that you have you can get the discount down to a point of where it actually becomes more benefit than cost.
Bentley is correct on needing a Vital Care Premier membership for each dog or cat in your family. This is because those programs offer the grooming and veterinary discounts that can be costly and should be maintained with routine. However, for our small animal, bird and aquatics plans, a single plan for your household would suffice to take advantage of the savings discounts. Additionally, each household only needs one Vital Care Core (our free membership) to take advantage of our sales and promotions. Our app does offer the ability to include multiple pet profiles for all your pets so we can help you track what purchases and services they may be due for. Hope that helps clarify!
If you sign up a dog you get $15 worth of coupons for that dog every month, and say you sign up a fish they deduct $1 from the monthly payment because you signed up another pet. You also receive $5 from that fish totaling $20 in coupons for the month. So that pays for the dogs subscription assuming you buy food every month then you only pay the $9 a month for the fish, with the additional discounts with their food and supplies. The 10% discount for the dog applies to everything in that is food, and 20% off supplies (Each time you go in to purchase) so essentially you dont need to pay for the 3 dogs just 1. Its a good program assuming you go into petco a lot normally and buy stuff. If you are there once in a blue moon you are better off using someones number that you know has the vital care program. They also honor their online price and in some cases you find a generous employee they can do something extra for you.
I bought a fluval 407 canister filter from petco. They were selling it for $229, so I bought the fish membership to save 20% plus the $5 rewards. The petco by me will also give me 10% off in store pickup on items over $50. So I got 30% off of a $229 item plus a extra $5 off. I ended up saving about $75. I'd say it's worth it if you are buying more expensive items.
The Premier membership works for me. It's entirely based on your shopping habits. Wouldn't call it an outright scam.
I just used the Petsmart Trick for an Fx4!!! $359. Online price match for $309. All 3 coupons dropped it down to $189. $205 after tax!!
Petco is only good for two things. Cheap tanks, and at my petco you can get really good fish. The gentleman that runs the fish department is a hobbiest and brings in all sorts of good fish. You can even order almost any species you want.
Keep up with these great videos about deals for us fishkeepers Bentley, you have me hooked 😊
Thanks, Bentley. You just saved me time, money and bandwidth on this weekend's pet supply purchase.
So I've only got a petco in my town so vital care primere is a life saver for how much I spend😅
And my 40 breeder with my extra 20% on the half off sale I walked out with a 40 b for 43$
Thanks. I was debating on signing up. I just bought a 75gallon one at petco a few weeks ago when they had the 50% off deal.
Oh yeah. I used the 50% off sale with their ,20% off supplies on some aqueon cube tanks. Was able to go from 336$ to 136$. The membership price tag is added as a 5$ off coupon each month. Really it's only 5$ a month with 5$ off each month
Here's how to get revenge on Petco. when you buy a new tank at Petco, the sticker that aqueon puts on the side of the tank states that all aquariums up to 15 gallons have a 90 day warranty, aquariums 16 to 54 gallons have a 5 year warranty , and tanks 55 and up have a lifetime warranty against leaks....then it states that Aqueon has approved any retailer to just replace the tank.
recently I returned a 3 year old 40 gallon that had started leaking , they said no way , I pointed out the guarantee on the aquariums that they were selling , spoke to the manager and left with a brand new 40 gallon.
the law says if you sell an item with a written guarantee, you must honor that guarantee !
the manager was not happy, but , I had the original receipt and she had to suck it up !
That is a fantastic share!!! Good for you 😁
Brilliant!
Hmmmmm… so, tape the receipt to the back of each of the tanks in your fishroom? Got it!
@@mangala666 I own a business , as does my wife , we keep every receipt going back 7 years for tax purposes in case of an audit.
I realize most people do not.
@@thehairywoodsman5644 that makes sense - but for me it would be a case of “which tank did this receipt go to?”
thank you for this! I get my tanks from petco, but that is about it.
At Petco, I just bought a ($35) 6g cube tank (for shrimp) on the 50% off sale. Someone had rifled through and taken the levelling mat. So I took it back and exchanged for a complete, unopened. I asked the cashier if the manager might be willing to discount the incomplete tank I returned... Turns out he was the manager! And said I could have the tank, free!! So two 6g cube tanks for $35.
So, tldr, it pays to ask questions about discounts!!
I had a similar issue. I just contacted Aqueon and they mailed me a free mat.
@@dragonwolf1231 I just used a square of that foam type shelf liner. Works pretty well! ✌️
Bentley so our Petco here in central Texas is now charging 10 cents per plastic bag to put your goods in. Just incredible are they hurting so bad that they got to charge for a frickin bag 😢
It's to discourage plastic waste
@@thebeigesheep6132 then they can provide paper. Sounds simple enough to me
Sadly the PetSmart (double %)trick didn't work here in my area (metro Detroit)...still got the discount tho. So it was still a win for me. THanks dude, "stay awesome"!
no bentley your awsome. you take the time to show us lazy so & so's what can and can't work??short cuts tricks,and a plethora of information on fish, plants, and tanks. and you do offer to help if possible . stay well see you next time.
Thank you Bentley for validating the feelings I had when walking out of Petco a few weeks ago with a couple of Aqueon boxes and NOTHING ELSE. 😂
They were trying hard to sell me this bs when I went in to get my 75 gal during the 50% off sale.
Hey Bentley, I love your videos and I have been watching your ultimate guides for the Fluval Aquasky to point out andFluval plant 3.0. I have a question for you my tank is 4 foot long 18 inches from front to back and 2 feet tall so it’s roughly about 85 gallons or so I’m just getting started into planted I’m gonna start with the easy stuff but then might get into the higher light stuff my question to you is what I’d be OK adding to aqua skies on this tank or one plant 3.0 and one Aquasky or just one plant 3.0 please let me know I may never get into higher light plants so I’m definitely torn between what I should do.
Apologies for the grammar I was using auto text lol.
You're likely best starting with 1 plant 3.0 and dialing it's power down with the easy plants. Get used to it and as you go into higher demand plants, you can increase power.
Ok and one plant 3.0 should provide enough spread of light from front to back in my tank ? So it won’t have dark spots?
A cashier at petco tried to get me to buy into this a couple weeks ago. Her lack of ability to explain how I'd actually save any money was the biggest red flag for me. Thank you for making this video though because now I finally understand what the H she was trying to sell me
Don't get too upset at them, the managers at petco force cashiers to do that, and if they don't get enough signups they get harassed by management.
@@someguy3167 Oh don't worry, I was pleasant and polite. I even let her give me the whole pitch. When it was clear that she didn't understand what she was trying to sell me though, I declined. I'm not a shoot the messenger Karen type lol
Bummer as far as the app goes but I'm gonna do a shout out to Brian who manages the aquarium section at our Petco. He's a fellow hobbyist who knows a lot but is always asking how I run certain fish & plants. Also he'll hunt down snails for my puffers if it's a slow day! What have we learned: Petco, meh, Brian, 👍!
I’m kinda disappointed that you didn’t do the math. Assuming you actually go in and use the $5 monthly rewards, the yearly cost is $60. Once you’ve spent $300 within the aquatics category, you’ve already saved $60 and then any additional purchases are all 20% off. The math isn’t difficult. And then there’s the multi-pet discount. I have accounts for my fish, reptiles and small mammals, which total to $9 a month after the discount. I only had to spend $180 within each of the three categories to pay them off for the year, which I passed immediately. The program saves you money as long as you do some math in advance. Most of us spend at least $180-$300 a year at Petco, especially when we’re just getting started. It saves people a lot of money. Just sayin’.
What I would like to know is how do people buy petco tanks when they go on sale?! Online inventory does not match actual store inventory so when I call and website says they have 6... 75 gallon tanks... what that means is they have none. And so calling 6 petcos later in 45 mile radius there is 1 tank available that when you consider price of gas to get there and back you basically get no discount.
Is there a petco trick to actually get my hands on a 75 gallon tank that's in stock when it goes on sale and is in stock?
I haven't dealt with stock issues quite like that, but for the most part I'm not after 75s. I'm usually after 40 gallon breeders and it's a lot easier to find those at local petco's. You can talk to a store and have them order you things. Most store staff are willing to do that.
Try only being able to get spectrum only it’s worst the comcast
Petco seems better for fish and small pets in my area.
It went down to 40% on 55 gallon or smaller now in texas as of March 😢
That sucks.
Hopefully the PETCO" that one shops at allows the customer to use all three coupons at their location. I'm not sure if the rules/regulations at Petco are the same but once the customer has used one of the coupons, that coupon is no longer valid. They're a one time trick pony!
The Petco and PetSmart reddits are full of employees talking about the dumb stuff that goes on there (especially bad customers lol). Most of them agree vital care isn’t worth it for most people
They keep being asked to join up when I buy small fish stuff, but most of my materials come from lfs or ebay, so I’d only lose money
The only thing Petco is good for, other than occasional 50% off tanks, is price checking things for sometimes big discounts.
Mopani driftwood is sometimes 60% off and things like carnivore pellets are around 50%.
Their fish still die
Visit your lfs
Wow that’s an awful “rewards” program! Thanks for sharing!!!
Nice video
Both stores are aggressive in their ways of trying to get money out of people.
Tank sale aside.... Petco is normally cheaper and normally has more in stock. Not always, but normally.
That being said, go try to buy any tank at PetSmart and it's 3-4x the price. The fact that their own website is OFTEN way under the store price, they don't do enough for me as a customer to want to spend time going to the store, then be forced to buy their brand, and then be forced into old stuff that's been sitting (or better yet opened).
There's a lot of issues with how these stores generally operate. It's a dog and cat store with some other things. Almost always tailored heavily towards those two species.
If you actually want to get a normal tank setup using a normal budget and trying to pick what works well, almost always you have to go to both or one and then order what you can't find online.
Imagine if you went to the mall for clothes, had to buy a shirt from one place, socks from another, and then pants from somewhere else. Seems weird. But having to go buy airline hose from one shop and the pump from the other. Fish from one, food from the other, it's really pathetic how these two companies have chopped up partnerships and offerings to not even have a quality setup for the actual animals / customers.
Just weird. The whole experience is really really weird to me sometimes walking into the stores now.
Petco is horrible as far as overcharging people. Since, they've rebranded as a "health and wellness" company they've jacked up their prices. Their vet clinic went up like 20 bucks per package. Their rewards used to be 5 bucks for every 100 and now you have to spend like 130 to get 5. So, yeah, Petco sucks!
I don't think you are right when you say you have to register every single dog. I think you just register per category of animal. And 20 percent off is generous you just have to be careful to truly evaluate if you are winning throughout the year or fooling yourself
If you're trying to take advantage of the various grooming rewards as an example, you have to make an appointment based on each dog. So an example of this would be with my dogs. I have to have each of the dogs in there and if I am taking in say Lulu but I only registered Papalymo, because that's a different dog in their system and as well as the app, I would not get credit for the grooming done on Lulu. This is just one example. If you're not using those services, of course you probably only need to register a singular animal, but depending on how your registering your animals, there is a potential at a certain level depending on the number of say dogs and cats that you have you can get the discount down to a point of where it actually becomes more benefit than cost.
Bentley is correct on needing a Vital Care Premier membership for each dog or cat in your family. This is because those programs offer the grooming and veterinary discounts that can be costly and should be maintained with routine. However, for our small animal, bird and aquatics plans, a single plan for your household would suffice to take advantage of the savings discounts. Additionally, each household only needs one Vital Care Core (our free membership) to take advantage of our sales and promotions. Our app does offer the ability to include multiple pet profiles for all your pets so we can help you track what purchases and services they may be due for. Hope that helps clarify!
This is terrible especially compare to PerSmart thank you for making this video
Lol fuuuuuucckkkk that shit!!!
I mean, it IS a cool trick, for them anyways 😅.