[Jacob-list] Jacob breeder in Marion OH

[Tom and Judy Riddolls]

here is a question related to bad buyers- of which i must say i am often 
guilty.  My pick-up died ages ago, we are too poor to get it fixed (not a 
small problem, and we have a small SUV and borrow a trailer, now my wife and 
i are too busy as it is and it takes us ages to get anything arranged, so 
what happens is i call around and talk to sellers and get them excited then 
say ok well i come by in a month, well it gets a lot of people upset.  i 
guess with reason, but we just can't drive and pick up animals on a day's 
notice.  We just picked up for lambs from Melanie Boxall which is 4 hours 
from here that she advertised here a few months ago, the price went up 
because lambs don't stay small for long, but that's fair, she did not mind 
but others get all mad at me and some refuse to sell.  so what should i do? 
a local goat breeder was selling some animals and we picked one out and said 
we would pick it up in two months, well 6 weeks later i had built the goat's 
pen but the fellow had sold her! but if i wait till we're ready the 
advertised animals may be gone.

so my point is that some bad buyers have only good intentions

also melanie boxall still has plenty of animals to sell, not papered but 
very handsome and at meat prices

tom


>From: "Linda" <patchworkfibers at alltel.net>
>To: "'Jacob List'" <jacob-list at jacobsheep.com>,<beegal7 at yahoo.com>
>Subject: RE: [Jacob-list] Jacob breeder in Marion OH
>Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2006 22:10:27 -0400
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>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.
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>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 
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>to see who she is.  Not really sure if this is the place to publicly accuse
>someone of fraud.
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>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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>Patchwork Farm Jacob Sheep <http://www.patchworkfibers.com/>
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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
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>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.
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>Does anyone else run in to this with sheep buyers?  How  should I have
>handled it when she showed up minus the checkbook?
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>This woman also told me her daughter (who is a junior member) was looking 
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>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.
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>Thanks for reading and considering.
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>Patchwork Farm Jacob Sheep <http://www.patchworkfibers.com/>
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