Omg! Jolleys Have Really Done It This Time!

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I believe they have recanted this after a complete uproar, and have blamed "a rogue member of staff" - but really, what a message to be sending! x
 
I got my first ever piggies from Jolleyes. Gilbert and Ludwig. Ludwig only lived 2 years. Gilbert two and a half. My poor Gilbert had nonstop health problems. I would never get another guinea pig from there.
 
Julesie said:
I got my first ever piggies from Jolleyes. Gilbert and Ludwig. Ludwig only lived 2 years. Gilbert two and a half. My poor Gilbert had nonstop health problems. I would never get another guinea pig from there.
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Pets at home usually die the next day so dont go there either.
 
Diane Pike said:
Pets at home usually die the next day so dont go there either.
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The guinea pig in my avatar is from Pets at home. He's never had any health problems yet but he is absolutely traumatized when it comes to hands. I've never had a guinea pig chatter at me just for seeing my hand. He's super friendly, the second most friendly out of my lot but I want to know what they did to make him so traumatized of hands. He's certainly not scared of me. Loves to run over to me and climb up me so I know its not a fear of me.
 
Julesie said:
The guinea pig in my avatar is from Pets at home. He's never had any health problems yet but he is absolutely traumatized when it comes to hands. I've never had a guinea pig chatter at me just for seeing my hand. He's super friendly, the second most friendly out of my lot but I want to know what they did to make him so traumatized of hands. He's certainly not scared of me. Loves to run over to me and climb up me so I know its not a fear of me.
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Thats weird, makes you wonder doesn't it?
 
Pets At Home has over crowded enclosures with about 10 boars in one space at my local store, a few of them actually have most their ears missing where it's obviously been bitten at/ripped off where they've been fighting so much. Breaks my heart, I had to be dragged out of there before I robbed the place and took home (rescued!) approx 20 piggies and 20 rabbits...

EDIT: And I don't even like rabbits that much! Or own any of my own!
 
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I believe they have recanted this after a complete uproar, and have blamed "a rogue member of staff" - but really, what a message to be sending! x
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seriously what utter bonehead came up with that! pets are crap presents to give at christmas- the giver has no sense to buy them then- they will be mass produced even more so than usual, more susceptible to illness/health issues, the pet wont be researched as well because the receiver wont know they are getting it, so even if they are normally responsible they just wont get the chance. animal purchases on impulse rarely are successful for both parties- pet & human.

there is no time for the receiver to pay full undivided attention to the new pet & often households are more noisy & busy around Xmas so stressing pet out even more.

i dont think pets should be sold/rehomed for at least a week before xmas & probably not until after new year.

to buy all the equipment, bedding , toys, food, etc yes fair play but not the animal.

bet the knucklehead that came up with the poster had a bonus too---- its just profit, profit, profit!

----sorry touched a nerve there, but i'm not a great fan of xmas anyway.. bahh humbug lol!:san:
 
Its only reported to have happened in one of their shops isnt it? So I actually believe that it was a rogue member of staff. Jollyes, although a chain, allow their stores to act fairly independently with regard to stock and advertising, so that they can suit the area they are in. (I got chatting to the manager of one).
 
GPTV said:
i dont think pets should be sold/rehomed for at least a week before xmas & probably not until after new year.

to buy all the equipment, bedding , toys, food, etc yes fair play but not the animal.
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Pets at home were actually good at Easter - they banned the sale of rabbits for Easter weekend. Instead you could buy a voucher for a bunny or two and buy the equipment but the voucher for bunny couldn't be redeemed until after Easter and if there was a change of mind before actually getting a bunny with your voucher they would refund it all without hesitation. That way the shop still made their profit, people still bought the pets as a present but at least there was time to think about it and research and change your mind before you brought bunny home.

I think the same should happen at Xmas with all animals.

ETA - link to a Facebook post they did about it-
 
I don't believe the rogue member of staff excuse. It is a printed poster and doesn't look like they have printed themselves. Therefore someone has come up with it and probably ok'd it with senior staff and it has also been put out. Unlikely to be just one person but then its easy to blame and punish one person than say "oh crap we thought it was ok"
 
Pets are awful presents at any time of year! As a child I always asked for a puppy or a pony for birthdays and christmas - I never got one, because my parents (farmers) were responsible enough to realise that pets should be chosen by the person that buys them, or indeed, the pet should choose the human!

P@H are awful, even the 'good' ones! Lettie is mentally disabled, the was placed into their 'rehoming' section as 'antisocial' and was blooming lucky that Jo saw her, fell in love with her little bobble head and knew that we would be able to look after her. Someone who doesn't know about piggies would be either having a hell of a time with her, or would have taken her hoe and she would be ill/dead by now!

Bluey and Piper are both inbred, broken babies, they have cysts, will probably need spaying in the future (the cysts aren't causing a problem at the moment) and will likely have reduced lifespans due to their awful genetics.

Chain stores, no matter how 'ethical' they try to be, are all about profit, and the way they make their profit is to use breeders who produce on a huge scale and then sell to the stores, the stores then put a large mark up on the piggies (and rabbits/hamsters/rabbits/gerbils etc) and push all the accessories for the animal - often too small, incorrect or inadvisable ones at that!

When I was a breeder, I sold to one store, a local, self owned store, they would only take a certain amount of litters from each breeder on their books, and would inspect our premises without warning. They also had a 'cooling off' policy, where customers put their name on an animal, paid the money, and then collected the pet 24/48 hours later, or had their money refunded if they had decided otherwise.
That is the only way I would breed. When that store was bought out by a chain, I stopped breeding.

I do not believe in the slightest that one member of staff was responsible for the sign, it is printed on company heading, would have been printed in the shops office, and would have been seen by senior management almost immediately.
It may have been only one store that did it, acting outside of the Jolleys brand jurisdiction, but it is one store too many!
 
Lady Kelly said:
I don't believe the rogue member of staff excuse. It is a printed poster and doesn't look like they have printed themselves. Therefore someone has come up with it and probably ok'd it with senior staff and it has also been put out. Unlikely to be just one person but then its easy to blame and punish one person than say "oh crap we thought it was ok"
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From what I was told by that one manager they print their own posters in store - some come from head office, some are the manager or deputy managers own ideas.

I do think it was a rouge member of staff - probably a manager or deputy manager in one of the stores but a rouge one all the same, who has probably been disciplined to hell and back for that. Otherwise it would have been in other stores too and I can only find that it happened in the one store.
 
For anyone interested in exactly what Jollyes had to say:
Initial release: "After being notified by a customer that a poster was put on display in one of our stores that gave an irresponsible message and showed poor judgement we took immediate action in having it removed and have launched an internal investigation as to why this happened.

The store intended to promote responsible pet ownership by highlighting that animals should be given time to settle into a new home, however the wording chosen to headline the notice certainly sends an incorrect message to our customers.

Purchasing a new pet is not a decision that should be taken lightly, and throughout our website and our stores we offer advice and guidance to all new and potential pet owners so that our customers are able to make informed decisions regarding owning and purchasing a pet.

Thank you once again for bringing this matter to our attention, we would like to reiterate that this was an isolated incident and again would also like to apologise for any upset this may have caused anyone."

Second release- "Anybody who knows Jollyes would understand that this is absolutely not company policy for what was printed. Jollyes has been in business for over 40 years and in all that time it has promoted responsible pet ownership. This was clearly an unauthorised, individual and isolated event which we do not endorse whatsoever. Each of our stores have their own printers, which allowed the poster to be produced without authorisation on blank marketing paper. We are very embarrassed and would like to apologise profusely to everyone once again."
 
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