Dave":232nweir said:
It is where you are leasing a piece of ground and they go to the landowner with a bigger offer and do it in such a manner so you don't even have the chance to meet or match their offer. Or other unethical business practice. There are two the come to mind. The first one I knew a gal who leased a place for years. She paid $50 an acre. These guys came in a offered $80 an acre. After she was gone the guy told the landowner that he couldn't pay the $80 and ended up negotiating it down to $50. The other a guy went into his insurance agent to inquire on how much it would raise his insurance if he leased this particular piece of ground he was looking at. He had been offered the land at a certain price. Just two days later, before he could get a signed lease, the insurance agents husband leased the property for his cattle. There is a certain amount of honor and ethics in most of the cattlemen I know. There are a few others who would stab you in the back if they thought they can make a profit doing it.
Someone beats you in business by paying more. That's fair and square.
If you wanna call them a thief your the one in the wrong. Plain and simple.
Here's what I have usually happens. A elderly widow leases her land for what her long dead husband leased it for. A fraction of the value. Finally a fence builder comes along ( because the leasee has demanded new fenceing).
The fence builder offers the woman what the land is worth. He gets the fences right and also gets the hunting rights leased out (the previous renter payed nothing but hunted anyway) and puts another 10grand in the woman's hands on top of the grazing..............and gets called a thief...... funny thing though never to his face. :lol2:
