Quite possibly so but, unfortunately, he also had a sight of both my car and my pickup when collecting his deposit.
Trying to work out whether you have a Ferrari or a Lada
Quite possibly so but, unfortunately, he also had a sight of both my car and my pickup when collecting his deposit.
aah, but were the tyres bald?Quite possibly so but, unfortunately, he also had a sight of both my car and my pickup when collecting his deposit.
So the merchant wasn't letting the farmer make a knock for moisture, bushels weight etc was he?
I have no problem at all with knocks for moisture or bushel weight BUT I want to see a bonus for dry corn and high bushel weights. What's fair one way must be fair the other way.
It always scares me when a lorry of anything leaves the farm and you have to wait for payment. The level of worry varies with the reputation of who is paying too!
A bit off subject but on same theme
Dad had on contract with local firm some S Barley
lets say we had 120t & one load was rejected for various reasons, it was all out the same heap from the same fields
anyhow it poss was the last load, i cant remember now.
Dad hit the roof at the time, the salesman even swore in our kitchen infront of my mother.....
Sum up they wouldnt back down, so Dad did, closed our account with them & i wont ever buy a single thing off them again.
Bearing in mind i'll spend £100k annually with the competition...
Their loss silly fools.
That was roughly 8 years ago.
Who would you say are the big three?Why does anyone deal with these small time merchants ? Disaster waiting to happen
Wouldn't ever contemplate any serious credit for anyone smaller than the big 3 UK merchants
Who would you say are the big three?
Won't that p*ss off Cofco?Frontier, ADM, Gleadell as far as i'm concerned. wouldn't give any significant credit to anyone else.
Won't that p*ss off Cofco?
I know malting barley tests can be a bit "subjective" at times. But it sounds like the situation got out of control quickly. Why was the buyer in your kitchen, was he summoned? You say your Dad hit the roof, and the rep swore. This sounds like both parties were at loggerheads with each other. You say the company wouldn't "Back Down", but without all the facts, could it not be possible the company had no reason to back down?
100K in the ag world could result in a margin, before costs of £1000, so might not be any fat left in the deal to pay you your loss.
As my dear old friend Gordon English (anyone remember him?) used to say, "Don't fall out with folk, because you'll never be able to get even with them later", it's a good saying for farmers and merchants alike.
Soz folksThink you have your quotes muddled up @Grain Buyer the post you attributed to me in your post was from @Farma Parma
My Dad fell out with them not me.
The Same Load of Barley was fine the next day after it was returned back to us & we had it independently tested.
This sort of con has & will be still going on to this day.
Reject odd loads & then Farmer sends the same load in the next day & go's thru with no issues.
The Rep came down to soften the blow id say but it all went the otherway.
2months later dad had a life changing Stroke. Yes he poss did over react but who wouldnt.
Trouble is if you keep going with that approach you will have nobody left to sell to.
Always try and find a way out that never shuts a door permanently but allows you to retain your dignity.