# Muzzling a fish!
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muzzling-a-fish/101930
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [April 5, 2002, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muzzling-a-fish/101930 "2002-04-05T04:54:27Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)
#### Post date: [April 5, 2002, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muzzling-a-fish/101930/1 "2002-04-05T04:54:27Z")
Who cares about the story I just like the picture of the fish!
[Web talk lands some in hot water](http://www.msnbc.com/news/734035.asp)
Pet supplier sues to muzzle fish enthusiasts carping online
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### Author:  [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)
#### Post date: [April 5, 2002, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muzzling-a-fish/101930/2 "2002-04-05T05:27:33Z")
Oh, the Pets Warehouse flap. That’s old news, it was going on all last summer. I hang out at a tropical fish hobbyist board every so often, and they were having a fundraiser for Aquatic Plants Digest to pay their legal fees.
So they finally settled it, sort of?
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### Author:  [@Wonko\_The\_Sane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wonko_The_Sane)
#### Post date: [April 5, 2002, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muzzling-a-fish/101930/3 "2002-04-05T21:31:32Z")
I would say, (hypothetically speaking) that the owner of a place that sued it’s customers instead of fixing an actual or percieved customer service issue, would have done much more damage to it’s own reputation, than any customer could. I would hesitate to order from them, lest I get screwed over. I’d probably get sued if I told anyone.
Allegedly.
Screw that stuff.
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### Author:  [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)
#### Post date: [April 6, 2002, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muzzling-a-fish/101930/4 "2002-04-06T15:51:54Z")
A man was sued by Jim Ellis VW in Marietta, Georgia after publicly complaining about the egregiously bad service he received. If you have a few hours (the thread is 35 pages long), check out this thread: [Worst service ever! Jim Ellis, Marietta, GA (long)](http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=52126&page=1)
Not fish related, but it does relate to this thread in that a company sued a customer when the customer complained. Quite a story if you can read through the whole thing.