Tankueray
Bird Nerd
I won an auction for 6 Ayam Ketawa eggs last night. The seller appeared to have good feedback and is located in OK. They had the normal blurbs in their description about not being responsible for USPS delays or mishandling, hatch not guaranteed, etc. Although it did seem a little harsh, it was pretty on par with other egg sellers, so I didn't think anything of it. Estimated delivery was next Tuesday, but that's eBay's calculation, so I also had no problem there either. As soon as I won and paid, I sent a message as requested by the seller to give my phone number and ask the PO to hold for pickup. I also asked if they'd ship out Monday, right? (It's Easter weekend, I'd like them to ship out Monday so they're not stuck in a warehouse or on a truck. From their location to mine, it's a max 2 day shipment, sometimes even one day.) Thus far, I wasn't concerned about anything....
I get a response about 30 min. later that says, "USPS has really went down hill, you pay for 2 to 3 day shipping, but it don't normally happen." and telling me that I'll get it probably on Tuesday, along with letting them sit for 12-24 hours before incubation*. No offer nor even acknowledgement of the request to hold it. My response: "So you're not going to wait until Monday? That will significantly reduce the viability of the embryos to sit in USPS warehouses over the weekend." Their response came this morning: "They don't set in the ware houses all weekend, they will be in transit."
(*They'll already be at least 5 days old when I get them, and they told me to leave them out for another 2 days?)
What?
(Even going from them to OKC to Dallas to me with all the processing and distribution center stops along the way is not even 8 hours worth of road time. If it was shipped Monday morning, there's still a real chance I'd get it Tuesday, but definitely Wednesday.)
Now, I thought that I sent a response to that saying that I've actually been to the warehouses (processing centers) and that I was surprised at their lack of concern or acknowledgement of my request to hold until Monday, but it doesn't seem to be found in my app, email, or the desktop, so maybe it didn't go through (I was using the app). And during the writing of that response, I got a pop-up that the package had been received by the originating post office.
Am I getting screwed by someone not selling legitimate eggs? I mean, it doesn't really seem like they have the ethics of someone breeding rare birds. It also seems like a good scam, considering that there are so few eggs in the auction, shipped eggs often don't hatch well, and neither do the rarer breeds. How many sellers are doing that I wonder?
If you want to know who it is, they have an auction up right now. Just look for that breed in that location, you can't miss it.
I get a response about 30 min. later that says, "USPS has really went down hill, you pay for 2 to 3 day shipping, but it don't normally happen." and telling me that I'll get it probably on Tuesday, along with letting them sit for 12-24 hours before incubation*. No offer nor even acknowledgement of the request to hold it. My response: "So you're not going to wait until Monday? That will significantly reduce the viability of the embryos to sit in USPS warehouses over the weekend." Their response came this morning: "They don't set in the ware houses all weekend, they will be in transit."
(*They'll already be at least 5 days old when I get them, and they told me to leave them out for another 2 days?)
What?
(Even going from them to OKC to Dallas to me with all the processing and distribution center stops along the way is not even 8 hours worth of road time. If it was shipped Monday morning, there's still a real chance I'd get it Tuesday, but definitely Wednesday.)
Now, I thought that I sent a response to that saying that I've actually been to the warehouses (processing centers) and that I was surprised at their lack of concern or acknowledgement of my request to hold until Monday, but it doesn't seem to be found in my app, email, or the desktop, so maybe it didn't go through (I was using the app). And during the writing of that response, I got a pop-up that the package had been received by the originating post office.
Am I getting screwed by someone not selling legitimate eggs? I mean, it doesn't really seem like they have the ethics of someone breeding rare birds. It also seems like a good scam, considering that there are so few eggs in the auction, shipped eggs often don't hatch well, and neither do the rarer breeds. How many sellers are doing that I wonder?
If you want to know who it is, they have an auction up right now. Just look for that breed in that location, you can't miss it.
