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Do you guys have these hay guys in your area too
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<blockquote data-quote="Running Arrow Bill" data-source="post: 556793" data-attributes="member: 9"><p>I haven't run into people offering to sell us hay at " below cost" prices. However, since we've been buying hay, we've had more than one supplier mis-represent his product. As a result, we have changed suppliers several times.</p><p></p><p>Some of reasons we have changed suppliers:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">1. Misrepresented the quality of hay (weeds, grasburs, trash)<br /> 2. Did not fertilize as he represented (we hay tested to verify after it was delivered)<br /> 3. Jacked up price from "usual prices" to "Feed Store Prices" (we were about to run out of hay)<br /> 4. Refused to give us an invoice for hay he sold (no paper trail except our cancelled check)<br /> 5. Hay turned out with too much mold in it<br /> 6. Hay guy "heard" that we had money and needed hay badly (raised prices)<br /> 7. Hay turned out too stemy (late cutting)...had too much waste</li> </ul><p></p><p>Our solution:</p><p></p><p>Stopped buying from the guy(s) that screwed us. Started having hay trucked in from 150 to 300 miles away at LESS COST, including Delivery! We even got a semi-load of hay from CANADA in 2007 that was better and didn't cost more than our LOCAL guy was charging.</p><p></p><p>Go figure...</p><p></p><p>As they say in construction: "You make your profit when you buy your materials"...</p><p></p><p>Bottom line: We have NO loyalty to any hay supplier (local or out of area)! Screw us and you just shot yourself in the foot! We feed hay 24/7/365 and buy too much to pay a "premium" for bad hay...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Running Arrow Bill, post: 556793, member: 9"] I haven't run into people offering to sell us hay at " below cost" prices. However, since we've been buying hay, we've had more than one supplier mis-represent his product. As a result, we have changed suppliers several times. Some of reasons we have changed suppliers: [list]1. Misrepresented the quality of hay (weeds, grasburs, trash) 2. Did not fertilize as he represented (we hay tested to verify after it was delivered) 3. Jacked up price from "usual prices" to "Feed Store Prices" (we were about to run out of hay) 4. Refused to give us an invoice for hay he sold (no paper trail except our cancelled check) 5. Hay turned out with too much mold in it 6. Hay guy "heard" that we had money and needed hay badly (raised prices) 7. Hay turned out too stemy (late cutting)...had too much waste[/list] Our solution: Stopped buying from the guy(s) that screwed us. Started having hay trucked in from 150 to 300 miles away at LESS COST, including Delivery! We even got a semi-load of hay from CANADA in 2007 that was better and didn't cost more than our LOCAL guy was charging. Go figure... As they say in construction: "You make your profit when you buy your materials"... Bottom line: We have NO loyalty to any hay supplier (local or out of area)! Screw us and you just shot yourself in the foot! We feed hay 24/7/365 and buy too much to pay a "premium" for bad hay... [/QUOTE]
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