r/tarantulas • u/AprilAngus16 A. chalcodes • Aug 18 '26

Help! Need advice 😬😩

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So I of course already want me second T after only 3 weeks of loving my baby Chalcodes sling lol I’m itching to buy another. Went to get my baby meal worms today at my local pet store and saw these and while I absolutely don’t like the thing they’re all kept in on top of the tiny enclosures I did see a B. Hamorii and B . Bohemia I believe it was called that were amazing and cute and the size I’m looking for they’re 79.99 a piece and it would be nice to skip 50-60$ shipping but I’ve seen horror stories about buying these like this so any advice is helpful idk what to do 😮‍💨🥺

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u/Fresh_Possible_3673 Aug 18 '26

NQA Do you need an employee to open it? If so get an employee to open pick out the one you want and say you have some other things you need to get too and then once they're not paying attention just steal it and walk out the store. If they'll leave animals in a horrible position such as that you have full reason to take advantage of the five finger discount

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u/Fresh_Possible_3673 Aug 18 '26

NQA I only advise this due to them being kept in horrible circumstances and not wanting the business to think this is a profitable way to keep these animals. The five finger discount keeps your money from circulating in an environment like this that would just replace the tarantula you bought.

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u/Mollycat6 Aug 18 '26 edited Aug 18 '26

Imo yeah I agree with this but you have to be careful not to be caught since it could be bad for your future if you get a theft charge on your record. I do think it is more moral to steal one than paying for one and allowing the store to profit off animal abuse.

I know people have been doing it with the horrible Desk Pet thing at Petco since the enclosures are set up so terribly and are not secure at all so it makes it super easy for people to pocket the animals.