[Jacob-list] poor sellers

[Linda]

Only one time have I ever had any problem with a buyer - and never with a
seller. Jacob people are among the best you can work with.  

 

The one time I had the problem was related to a reasonable pickup time. It
wasn't really even that I didn't want to hold the ewe any longer - it was
that I got tired of waiting around all day for him to show up.  It was
especially irritating after we moved and the ewe was at the other place.
After that I did consider putting a deadline for pickup, but since every
other buyer (or seller) has been considerate enough to let me know when
plans change, it hasn't really been necessary. Lots of people call and talk
for an hour - it's part of promoting Jacobs to talk to them.  I get calls
from people that aren't anywhere near me.  They just want to talk Jacobs and
ask me who has Jacobs in there area.  Promoting the breed often involves
promoting sheep from someone else's flock :-)

 

I don't consider deposits to be refundable unless the animal I'm selling has
a problem.

 

Linda

Patchwork Farm Jacob Sheep 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: jacob-list-bounces at jacobsheep.com
[mailto:jacob-list-bounces at jacobsheep.com] On Behalf Of Victoria da Roza
Sent: Monday, June 26, 2006 5:19 PM
To: jacob-list at jacobsheep.com
Subject: [Jacob-list] poor sellers

 

My daughter has a solution to the poor seller issue. 

She states that  she will not consider a goat "held"

without a deposit and then after the kids birth they

only have so many days to bring the rest of the money

and pick it up...I think it is 21 days.  If the kid is

not picked up and paid for at that time, it is sold to

the next buyer that wants it and the person can put

the deposit on that same doe which will be bred the

next year or get the deposit back.

   Of course these are show goats and are bottle fed

to be friendly to people and be handled easily. If

they do not pick them up quickly she must bottle feed

along with a full time job and making her soap

products so it  is very annoying and time consuming

for her.

   I think a reasonable pickup/sale completed  time

could be stated at the first contact and restated at

the time of deposit.  I admire those of you who would

trust people enough to let them go without full

payment.  I guess I am either too jaded or too

experienced with not so nice people.  I also figure if

someone is not interested enough to put down a

deposit, then they are not really that interested.  I

also get annoyed with people who call and talk about

Jacobs for an hour and make arrangements to come look

at those for sale and never show up and do not have

the courtesy to call and  just say they changed their

minds...so you could do something with your weekend

besides wait for them never to show up.

   I guess I can be more cranky because I have a tiny

herd and not many to sell each year.  In fact I only

have 2 ewe lambs this year and was asked if I wanted

to sell them to Hawaii !!!  But I am keeping them for

awhile at least.  I wonder if their wool would do very

well in such a humid climate?  Victoria

 

Victoria

Castle Rock Farm

Jacob Sheep & Nigerian Dwarf Goats

www.castlerockfarm.net

 

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