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Date Posted: 04:16:27 08/20/06 Sun
Author: Dennis
Author Host/IP: unio-cas1-cs-28.dial.bright.net / 209.143.16.158
Subject: Re: What a shame...
In reply to: John 's message, "Re: What a shame..." on 17:10:52 08/12/06 Sat

I don't like to take a deposit until I know I have babies
to sell. When I have babies to sell is when the buyers
disappear.

>Well if the same thing happened last year it might not
>be the price of gas, perhaps just instant
>gratification. When I drove over to your place from
>here I knew it would be a haul but then I love to take
>road trips!!
>Perhaps you should take a deposit of say $50 to hold
>the critter. That is what used to be called "ernest"
>money.
>
>
>>I haven't shipped any flyers for probably five+ years.
>>Even when I did, in a lot of cases it was cheaper for
>>the person to drive here than to pay for an airline
>>approved carrier, health papers, and shipping.
>Shipping
>>with related expenses was more than the baby squirrel.
>>I got nothing extra for driving to the vet or to the
>>airport to ship.
>>Back then I was 40 miles from the airport. Now with
>>only Continental shipping animals, I'd have to drive
>>out of state a minimum of 2 hours to ship. Continental
>>only has shuttle service in Ohio and they do not take
>>animals on shuttle flights.
>>I have people say, "Yes we definately want one, or
>want
>>a pair." Then they as for driving directions and then
>>they disappear, never to be heard from again. If
>>driving
>>and gasoline costs ARE the problem, why can't people
>>e-mail me and say, we just can't get one right now.
>>In many cases I have told others that I had none
>>available
>>thinking the babies were sold when they were not.
>>As I said before, last summer not one person of thirty
>>on
>>a waiting list bought a squirrel, only two of thirty
>>did
>>let me know they could not get one. This is why I am
>>selling most of my breeding stock this fall. It is
>>getting
>>to be such a hassle getting babies placed that it
>>isn't fun anymore.
>>
>>
>>>Dennis, Would I be wrong if I said the lack of
>>>committement from people has increase, when it became
>>>impossible for you to ship as before... I know I
>>>personally am not looking forward to that drive. For
>>>us it will a 24 to 28 hours on the road for a round
>>>trip. And to make matters worst, gas and tolls are
>>>awful these days. I'd consider flying to you if I
>>>were not concern on how to fly them back home..

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