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Accurately Disclosing Genetics 2

StevePerry Jun 08, 2011 05:43 PM

This was a good topic and I hope it can continue.
I'm hoping this one stays on topic also.

I also want to know what I'm getting. As many of you know I was one of the lucky ones who got a trio of het albinos that started popping out hypos. I have found that the hard part is knowing which line they are coming from. I've had many of you give me your opinions and I am still sitting with a pretty even split, so I pulled mine off of the classifieds and am still trying to piece together all of the info. Many people say they are nice Evans, others say smoke and few say something else. No matter what they are, I am pleased but it is hard to market something without some background.
I made the mistake last year of selling an albino male to a guy who contacted me within two weeks saying the baby would not eat.
In our conversation food never came up. It was not that I wasn't wanting him to know that I had been feeding live pinkies, it just slipped both of our minds. I asked him if he had any access (pet stores incldued) to buy live pinkies and told him that I would walk him through switching the animal to F/T. I also offered to buy the animal back(which I did end up doing). At this point of our conversation it came up that he no access to mice period and had been trying to feed it crickets, roaches, and goldfish, because his mom would not let him have mice, alive or dead, in the house!! LOL He ate F/t for me within a few days of being home too.
Because I found out that the "guy" was only 16, I ended up paying shipping both ways and lost money all because I let food slip my mind during the transaction.
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Steve Perry
North Idaho.

Replies (3)

DDedrick Jun 08, 2011 09:44 PM

Thumbs up dude. Sounds like you went above and beyond for the sake of the animal and the customer. I personally prefer not to buy from or sell to newbies. I have found most of the new guys are not really connoisseurs yet and after 8 years of line breeding I only sell hogs with an extensive genealogy and I sure won't buy hogs that have a genealogy of "I got it off a table at daytona" LOL.
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D.Dedrick

macgano Jun 09, 2011 01:14 PM

Hi Steve,

Here is an unusual request I recieved last year....

The person went on and on...regular questions about hognose care. Then I was asked if I could put a note on the box to be delivered on Saturday or Sunday and if the delivery driver could leave it under a bush around the back door behind the garage...lol.

Needless to say, that deal didn't work out.

Rich Macias

nearhoofm Jun 09, 2011 01:30 PM

LOL
You cant fix stupid

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