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Ok but some buyers would rather buy one incalf as he ends up with a beast for next to nowt or a cow and calf for next to nowt.
In calf heifer comeback
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That's market forces for you. If you all stopped pandering to Ye Olde Farmers Code then the buyer wouldn't be so quick to take advantage.
Is it so hard to say "pee off" ? If more of you did it there would be less opportunity for the unscrupulous to take advantage of your good nature.
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It’s just one of those things. No point in not paying up. We might need that buyer another day. Just rings alarm bells when some of them are pleased about it.
Was purchased via ‘Sell my livestock’ website, I bought the animal to fatten in the stores category, if I had wanted an in-calf heifer I would have purchased from the breeding category.
If I buy a dog from the cat section of Ebay then I can only blame my stupidity on myself.
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Your fault IMHO for being daft enough to buy sight unseen. Talk about buying a pig in a poke
Did you ask if was in calf
Would you buy a car on the basis of an Autotrader ad without bothering to go and see it?
Have you run out of ideas? I hope not, I'm just starting to enjoy our exchange.
Put 2 bunches of 12 month heifers in a store ring, one bunch guaranteed free from bull, the other bunch may or may not be in calf, which do you think would make most money?
No I went to look at them.
When you buy stores you should assume they’re not in calf unless vendor says otherwise
Its like arguing with townies. Im done.
If you had gone to look at it first you would hopefully known it was a dog.
What would have happened if 2 months down the line you realised it was in pup, has 7 dead puppies cause it was a Jack Russell in pup to a Great Dane, plus a vet bill for £1000, ah welll put it down to experience
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I have never tried selling heifers through the store ring saying they might have seen the bull. Don’t think I ever will. All store heifers are guaranteed free of the bull as far as I’m aware where I go.
Yes! If I buy an orange then I can't complain when it turns out to be a clementine. I looked at it with my own eyes and decided whether it matched my criteria - If it doesn't then it's hardly the fault of everyone but myself, is it?
Would you buy a second-hand car and complain it wasn't as described because it was a Skoda rather than a Ford? You have eyes, determine its suitability for yourself.
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It’s definitely not your fault if they were bought as stores. Is there any comeback off the website. The vendor should square up. Maybe that’s why they were on there
Of your depth? Yes, I think that was obvious.
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If they were bought as stores then they definitely should not be incalf.
Whether they should be or not is irrelevant. It's what they were when bought on sight. Unless a vendor has guaranteed them as something or other then you are relying upon someone's goodwill, which strikes me as being either too trusting or incredibly stupid. Possibly both.
Unless the vendor is promising that 2+2=4 then you should look after yourself.