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bull w/no calves--what do you do?
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<blockquote data-quote="Anonymous" data-source="post: 2710"><p>but I have to stick my oar in. Since we AI and dont use bulls it may be irrelevent. With heifers/cows if they don't settle in the first breeding season the seller will make good on it, usually by replacing with an equavilent valued heifer/cow, unless the managment breeding, etc. has been totally screwed up by the buyer. That said, customer satisfaction is what it's all about. I think 2 years is stretching things a bit, but one person bad mouthing your operation can be a killer. Of course if you get to be known as a pushover that is just as bad. We sell some commercial heifers as breeding stock and stand behind them for their first breeding season, disposition is included in the deal. If we've culled them and sent them to the sale barn they go as butcher heifers. If someone decides to breed them they don't have any recourse. It also doesn't matter if the buyer runs 2 cows or 2000, if he badmouths you it all carrys the same weight with the listener. The first time buyer is the one you need to hook. It's like the car business. The salesman sells the first car, the service sells the the repeat cars.</p><p></p><p>dun</p><p></p><p>> situation: you sell a registered</p><p>> bull that you had previously used</p><p>> & had calves out of. two years</p><p>> later, the buyer calls & says</p><p>> he hasn't had any calves out of</p><p>> the bull (has calves but says they</p><p>> are from neighbors bull).</p><p></p><p>> for all you seedstock producers:</p><p>> "what would you do?"</p><p>> & for anyone who purchases</p><p>> seedstock "what would you</p><p>> want to be done?"</p><p></p><p>> ok, before you start, yes, one</p><p>> option would be to have him</p><p>> tested, but he could test ok &</p><p>> just not be servicing cows. so,</p><p>> either you test & he's ok or</p><p>> you test & he's not, what do</p><p>> you do?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 2710"] but I have to stick my oar in. Since we AI and dont use bulls it may be irrelevent. With heifers/cows if they don't settle in the first breeding season the seller will make good on it, usually by replacing with an equavilent valued heifer/cow, unless the managment breeding, etc. has been totally screwed up by the buyer. That said, customer satisfaction is what it's all about. I think 2 years is stretching things a bit, but one person bad mouthing your operation can be a killer. Of course if you get to be known as a pushover that is just as bad. We sell some commercial heifers as breeding stock and stand behind them for their first breeding season, disposition is included in the deal. If we've culled them and sent them to the sale barn they go as butcher heifers. If someone decides to breed them they don't have any recourse. It also doesn't matter if the buyer runs 2 cows or 2000, if he badmouths you it all carrys the same weight with the listener. The first time buyer is the one you need to hook. It's like the car business. The salesman sells the first car, the service sells the the repeat cars. dun > situation: you sell a registered > bull that you had previously used > & had calves out of. two years > later, the buyer calls & says > he hasn't had any calves out of > the bull (has calves but says they > are from neighbors bull). > for all you seedstock producers: > "what would you do?" > & for anyone who purchases > seedstock "what would you > want to be done?" > ok, before you start, yes, one > option would be to have him > tested, but he could test ok & > just not be servicing cows. so, > either you test & he's ok or > you test & he's not, what do > you do? [/QUOTE]
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