Scanning scam

Mcclelland · Apr 20, 2022

Recently got my scanning bill from new man,He charged me £1 for the first 50 and 60p for the remaining251.Some of my friends had a good laugh and swore to engage a scanner from outside Dumfriesshire! In future! so would you say he was trying it on?

Estate fencing. · Apr 20, 2022

Mcclelland said:
Recently got my scanning bill from new man,He charged me £1 for the first 50 and 60p for the remaining251.Some of my friends had a good laugh and swore to engage a scanner from outside Dumfriesshire! In future! so would you say he was trying it on?

What wrong with that? My scanner charged £40 then 50p for every ewe after. Did 500 and 450 over 2 days month apart.

unlacedgecko · Apr 20, 2022

Mcclelland said:
Recently got my scanning bill from new man,He charged me £1 for the first 50 and 60p for the remaining251.Some of my friends had a good laugh and swore to engage a scanner from outside Dumfriesshire! In future! so would you say he was trying it on?

As said what's the problem? He's running a scanning business not a charity.

Estate fencing. · Apr 20, 2022

unlacedgecko said:
As said what's the problem? He's running a scanning business not a charity.

He has charged £200 to do a skilled job that you can’t do yourself. Christ people are tight.

unlacedgecko · Apr 20, 2022

Electricfencer said:
He has charged £200 to do a skilled job that you can’t do yourself. Christ people are tight.

A job that takes £10k of equipment and God knows how long to learn. Beyond tight.

Al R · Apr 20, 2022

Around 50p mine is, comes down 3 separate days, sets up a few times too. I’ve told him before I wouldn’t begrudge paying £1/head. I’d rather pay £1/head to the scanner than £1/head to the shearer (not that they don’t earn it)

Farmer_Joe · Apr 20, 2022

Think mines 65p flat rate but I’m fairly low number 280 this year other guy I used was slightly cheaper but had a weird noise that happened when it pumped the jelly stuff out for scanning head, the ewes did not like it and it made scanning very hard work

Tim G · Apr 20, 2022

Mcclelland said:
Recently got my scanning bill from new man,He charged me £1 for the first 50 and 60p for the remaining251.Some of my friends had a good laugh and swore to engage a scanner from outside Dumfriesshire! In future! so would you say he was trying it on?

Doesn't sound dear, did he get it right?

Estate fencing. · Apr 20, 2022

Al R said:
Around 50p mine is, comes down 3 separate days, sets up a few times too. I’ve told him before I wouldn’t begrudge paying £1/head. I’d rather pay £1/head to the scanner than £1/head to the shearer (not that they don’t earn it)

Can your shearer come to the Cotswolds?!!!

Estate fencing. · Apr 20, 2022

Tim G said:
Doesn't sound dear, did he get it right?

Yeah that’s far more important.

Al R · Apr 20, 2022

Electricfencer said:
Can your shearer come to the Cotswolds?!!!

Give them 900 with no moves then 400 with 2 moves then 600 stores and ewe lambs with no moves

Estate fencing. · Apr 20, 2022

Al R said:
Give them 900 with no moves then 400 with 2 moves then 600 stores and ewe lambs with no moves

We shear 3500 dry hoggs over 7days and guaranteed because they can house them all, we charge far more than £1.

sticky · Apr 20, 2022

I was charged 65p for 350 by someone in their first year and we’ve had about 20 wrong.

Happy · Apr 20, 2022

Don’t see a problem.
My scanning man charged flat rate of £0.65 for our 385 so £250.25.
On that number your man would be 335 @£0.60 = £201 plus the first 50 at £1 so £251.

Just a different way of doing it so that the smaller jobs are worth providing the service to those that want it I guess.
Sad if you and your mates end up miscalling if him locally as a result.

Al R · Apr 20, 2022

Happy said:
Don’t see a problem.
My scanning man charged flat rate of £0.65 for our 385 so £250.25.
On that number your man would be 335 @£0.60 = £201 plus the first 50 at £1 so £251.

Just a different way of doing it so that the smaller jobs are worth providing the service to those that want it I guess.
Sad if you and your mates end up miscalling if him locally as a result.

It’s the 20/350 wrong is the problem, especially charging full whack first year doing it

sticky · Apr 20, 2022

Al R said:
It’s the 20/350 wrong is the problem, especially charging full whack first year doing it

I will add that he won’t charge me that next year as I’ve said to my wife if I even hint at lambing sheep again to grab my balls and squeeze as hard as she can to remind me not to do it !!

Jerry · Apr 20, 2022

I’m still waiting for my scanning bill from two years ago and last year.

And that’s after chasing numerous times!!

som farmer · Apr 20, 2022

slightly different, sons mate shears, and has far more than he can do, and is giving it up, except his own, and a few small, cash jobs, at an age where aches and pains dictate. Is there that serious shortage of shearers ?

Estate fencing. · Apr 20, 2022

sticky said:
I will add that he won’t charge me that next year as I’ve said to my wife if I even hint at lambing sheep again to grab my balls and squeeze as hard as she can to remind me not to do it !!

Been that bad?

Bullring · Apr 20, 2022

Bet the 40p extra for the first 50 save you more than £20 in feed bills.

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