How can you know if the fish is healthy or no...in the bucket for several hours, the waste from the fish, pH down, stress....then transfer to your bucket then under the same conditions on the way to your tank....
what I'm saying is when they're in bag/bucket, you just creating more stressful environment to the fish....especially if you have to wait for the other person come and then swap/sell it and vice versa to the person who bought the fish. In LFS at least you can take a look at the fish swimming behaviors to eating behaviors.
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