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Jersey corals, buyers beware..

Do not recommend! Jerseycorals.com . I have used this company before and the owner Anthony is very sketchy. When I received my order half of the corals were dead. The corals were just thrown in the box with no support so some of the bags were busted and leaking water. The other half looked nothing like what I ordered and where the size of a pinky fingernail. I spoke with Anthony several times he said he would make it right. And of course he has disappeared and still hasn't made the situation right. I had to go to my bank and dispute the charges. When the bank pulled up their account they mentioned that there has been several disputes against this company. This is just my experience so buy a beware!!
 
Do not recommend! Jerseycorals.com . I have used this company before and the owner Anthony is very sketchy. When I received my order half of the corals were dead. The corals were just thrown in the box with no support so some of the bags were busted and leaking water. The other half looked nothing like what I ordered and where the size of a pinky fingernail. I spoke with Anthony several times he said he would make it right. And of course he has disappeared and still hasn't made the situation right. I had to go to my bank and dispute the charges. When the bank pulled up their account they mentioned that there has been several disputes against this company. This is just my experience so buy a beware!!
Same here , scammed me for quite a few expensive corals . Had to call my credit card . Yea , he has quite a few disputes with banks
 

kevin

NJRC Member
I went & picked up a few corals last year from them for the first time. They're hidden away with no signage. Corals are on the small side, but everything else was fine. So maybe just a pickup type place.
 

knockout

FRAG SWAP VENDOR
I went & picked up a few corals last year from them for the first time. They're hidden away with no signage. Corals are on the small side, but everything else was fine. So maybe just a pickup type place.
??? from Who?
 

DEL

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I ordered from them before and also bought some acros at a swap. Everything was healthy and lots of polyp extension. They have been at all the swaps lately
 

radiata

NJRC Member
I'm rather saddened to read all of this. I've bought from them twice with no problems. The first time, Antony delivered my order personally - with their cost of shipping containers and their shipping expenses, it was cheaper for them to deliver. This past weekend, I picked up an order from them. They're located in an odd part of Patterson (half industrial and half residential). The shop isn't easy to find, and isn't worth a visit (yet, I hope).

Anthony seems like a nice guy. The business is part-time for him, and his employees are just a few reefer friends. So, I'm inclined to give him a buy for now, and say his past business errors were caused by self-inflicted growing pains. (FWIW, I recollect he told me he was a full-time cop.)
 

kevin

NJRC Member
I'm rather saddened to read all of this. I've bought from them twice with no problems. The first time, Antony delivered my order personally - with their cost of shipping containers and their shipping expenses, it was cheaper for them to deliver. This past weekend, I picked up an order from them. They're located in an odd part of Patterson (half industrial and half residential). The shop isn't easy to find, and isn't worth a visit (yet, I hope).

Anthony seems like a nice guy. The business is part-time for him, and his employees are just a few reefer friends. So, I'm inclined to give him a buy for now, and say his past business errors were caused by self-inflicted growing pains. (FWIW, I recollect he told me he was a full-time cop.)

I drove past it like 5 times. Then when he told me the place i still wasn't sure it was it LOL
 

iTzJu

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NJRC Member
I have purchased from them before and had a good experience. I only did one order for shipping and the rest I went by and picked it up. the place is definitely hidden and i had to definitely confirm with him that i was at the correct place.
I definitely agree that if you order,you should only consider pick up if you can.
 
Same here , scammed me for quite a few expensive corals . Had to call my credit card . Yea , he has quite a few disputes with banks
Hey, not sure how you were scammed. You sent us pictures of your order. Torches extended in bags, meat coral with a ton of flesh. You initially said it arrived at 66.4 degrees then tried to say it was freezing at 50 degrees and felt like it was just defrosted. Here are your emails to help you recall along with your arrival pictures. You then claimed you were entitled to punitive damages. We told you that we would take care of the yellow tang as it looked rough after shipping, we’d give you another acro frag and would give a $100 credit towards a new acantho. The water was crystal clear in the bags. If it were doa the water would be brown. Anyone that reefs and gets online knows that if it were DOA there would be flesh floating in the bag and the water would be brown. You can clearly see they’re alive. IMG_5337.jpegIMG_5349.jpegIMG_3703.pngIMG_3704.pngIMG_3783.pngIMG_4136.jpegIMG_4137.jpeg
 
Do not recommend! Jerseycorals.com . I have used this company before and the owner Anthony is very sketchy. When I received my order half of the corals were dead. The corals were just thrown in the box with no support so some of the bags were busted and leaking water. The other half looked nothing like what I ordered and where the size of a pinky fingernail. I spoke with Anthony several times he said he would make it right. And of course he has disappeared and still hasn't made the situation right. I had to go to my bank and dispute the charges. When the bank pulled up their account they mentioned that there has been several disputes against this company. This is just my experience so buy a beware!!
We also sent you a full box of replacements, yet the chargeback stayed. You paid for a replacement shipping box too, so we lost on both orders since although you stated the chargeback was canceled, your credit card company ultimately advised it was never canceled and we never saw the money back.
 
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