Wow, I've never seen a plakat before, only dragonscale. My Petco is like next door to my house. They have only (the majority) veiltails, crowntails, halfmoon, delta(not very common but I'll see them once like every 10 trips), king, and thats it... Oh! They're selling BABY bettas now!!! They used to treat the bettas terrably, always died a week or two after I brought them home. Now, they're beautiful and lively!
Seriously?! At WALMART! Lolz I found my purple Veiltail at Walmart, he's so far my longest living betta! Walmart always has healthier bettas then Petco. But Petsmart has rarer betta. I have to drive a while to get to it though :P
Two weeks? Who did you order it from? I mean, I know you're in Alaska and all but two weeks? It's not like things have to be shipped via Pony Express these days.