Go figure!

[Green Creek]

A man called yesterday begging for some hay. He had spied our hay and stopped at a neighbors to get our name. He knew how much was there, that some of it was old, etc. etc. My husband told him he had promised others to bail them out if they needed it but the guy only wanted 3 bales and would take the old stuff since he was desperate.

Since it was old we said we would only charge him $10 a bale. He had no way to load it so we agreed to do that too. He didn't show up so called him to make sure we weren't leaving him in the lurch and darned if he didn't say he had to go to Kansas City today and would have to go inspect the hay to see if he wanted to pay $10 a bale for it. Dang, no good deed goes unpunished. Now what?

 

[Cabo]

A man called yesterday begging for some hay. He had spied our hay and stopped at a neighbors to get our name. He knew how much was there, that some of it was old, etc. etc. My husband told him he had promised others to bail them out if they needed it but the guy only wanted 3 bales and would take the old stuff since he was desperate.

Since it was old we said we would only charge him $10 a bale. He had no way to load it so we agreed to do that too. He didn't show up so called him to make sure we weren't leaving him in the lurch and darned if he didn't say he had to go to Kansas City today and would have to go inspect the hay to see if he wanted to pay $10 a bale for it. Dang, no good deed goes unpunished. Now what?

Personally, I would give it to someone else before I would sell it to him. JMO

 

[brownmule]

boy he must not be hurten too bad... 10.00 not bad price for last yr hay if you dont have any... if it's rolled tight it should have truned most of the water right? i paid 20 a roll ( 400 lb ) for 2 yr old hay- sheld kept but was very glad to get it no extra hay here for 2 counties.... every one lost the 2nd cutting.. Rose

 

[cfpinz]

If he knows what kind and how many you have, he's already "inspected" it and obviously doesn't need it that bad. May even be trying to resell it. I hate to be rude, but sometimes people ask for it.

cfpinz

 

[*Cowgirl*]

we're short in hay round here too. That guy sounds extremely rude. Give it to someone else.

 

[stocky]

Green Creek, you have already answered your own question. You said you had promised the hay to other neighbors if you had any left over. 3 year old hay is bringing 50-70 dollars per bale in SW Missouri and sometimes more. You gave that person a chance, now tell him your neighbor has already bought it, since he wasnt sure if he wanted it or not. Dont mess with him.

 

[mnmtranching]

I run into folks like that off and on. Just don't want anything to do with them.

 

[Green Creek]

Green Creek, you have already answered your own question. You said you had promised the hay to other neighbors if you had any left over. 3 year old hay is bringing 50-70 dollars per bale in SW Missouri and sometimes more. You gave that person a chance, now tell him your neighbor has already bought it, since he wasnt sure if he wanted it or not. Dont mess with him.

I know....he sounded like an older gentleman and we both felt sorry for him and he only wanted three rolls.....and so on and so forth. We were kind of bumfuzzled by the whole situation frankly. Felt kind of unappreciated.