[Jacob-list] Jacob breeder in Marion OH

[Linda]

We have all had less than satisfactory dealings with buyers - the ones that
never send deposits, the ones that send deposits and then disappear (how
long do we wait?), even the ones that pay in full and then never come to
pick up their sheep and the ones that mean well, the logistics get confused
and everything ends up working out. 

 

You've pretty much given enough information to identify your buyer for
anyone that has the flock books. You have named her publicly for anyone that
wants to research it.  I have the flock books, but haven't really bothered
to see who she is.  Not really sure if this is the place to publicly accuse
someone of fraud.

 

I sympathize with your problems.  Unless I know someone, I get paid before
the sheep leave here.  I have never gotten a bad check and feel comfortable
taking checks - although I do hold the papers until the check clears if I
don't know the buyers.  The checks have always cleared. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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From: jacob-list-bounces at jacobsheep.com
[mailto:jacob-list-bounces at jacobsheep.com] On Behalf Of Meg Steensland
Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2006 6:45 PM
To: Jacob List
Subject: [Jacob-list] Jacob breeder in Marion OH

 

A woman in Marion OH bought a Jacob ram last summer and paid cash in full.
This past Feb, she agreed to buy two more sheep and came to get them with
her children and only $40 and no checkbook.  Well, I let her take the sheep
(minus the papers she would need for Donna's ewe and the registration
certificate on the ram) with the understanding that she was to send the
money later. She has given me one excuse after another - today she said she
mailed the check over a week ago.  Previously she lost my address- once her
mother took it over the phone and lost it, etc.  Donna who owned one of the
sheep she took (that was here to get bred) said she is lying about the check
sent last week and Donna is tired of hearing these tales and wants us to
take her (Marion woman) to small claims court.

Does anyone else run in to this with sheep buyers?  How  should I have
handled it when she showed up minus the checkbook?

This woman also told me her daughter (who is a junior member) was looking to
get a free sheep at the MD show.  I suggest the daughter be disqualified
until her mother pays up or returns the sheep she took. Marion woman is NOT
in the latest flock book, but daughter is.  In the meantime, suggest other
breeders avoid buying from or selling to her.  I am not naming her publicly,
but will 
discuss privately with anyone on the edge of dealing with a breeder claiming
to live in central OH.  There are mosly responsible people here - up until
this incident.

Thanks for reading and considering. 

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