cost of a meat bird

[ewesfullchicks]

It's really not fair to undercut your neighbor, and not fair on yourself either. He has a larger outlay, and you could easily sabotage his business by undercutting him, BEFORE you realize that it's just too much work to do this regularly.

Therefore, you've really hurt an American small business.

It's one thing to raise birds for yourself, but another to raise them for other people.


Be a good American and support an American business!

 

[cw]

wow couldnt say it better myself

 

[horsechick]

After thinking about your situation and talking with others...we also thought if you selling 50 birds at a lower price is hurting his business of selling 200-500 something else must be wrong... lol! Maybe he is just losing business because he has a bad attitude or something.

Stick to your guns. i'd almost drop the price to $3.40 and sell yourself 100.

Best wishes!

Angela

 

[cw]

heres an idea / join forces and both can profit

 

[JackieinYorktown]

How much does it really cost you to bring them to market ?

 

[jjparke]

All of us around here have agreed to sell our eggs for $2.00/dozen and let the people choose. It works out good for all of us. Honestly if I lived in your area I would drop my prices to $3.00/lb. That way raising my 500 meatbirds is still going to make me money because I can justify buying in bulk and you raising 50 to sell can't. I would keep my prices at that until you come to an agreement.

 

[Brunty_Farms]

It's not price fixing if your selling eggs or chicken.... it would be different if 10 or so farmers went in together and started selling eggs for $10.00 / dozen.... but even then it would be hard to prove. It's hardly even noticble for a few hundred chickens and the government wouldn't spend their time with it.... the would actually probably laugh if you called in and said two farmers are "price fixing" their chicken!!

You have to realize that we are talkin about 50 chickens to friends and family.... and a very small few to local people. When you start to do a few thousand than I would start to worry about your price.

Ask what you want and do what you want.... if you think you can get $4.00 / lb than get it.... if not stick to what you think you can sell it at.

We are about $2.50 a pound and sell way more than 500 like your neighbor... I would probably put him out of buisness by undercutting his price by a $1.50 / lb... but like someone stated it's an American Buisness..... which means your subject to LOTS of competition... and let the best "man" win. Companies have been undercutting each other forever.... whats the difference if two individuals compete for each others "chicken" customers?

 

[codybird]

After you sell your 50 you are not in competition with him, and theoretically he will have a monopoly and can sell his chickens at any price.. Tell him to go suck an egg.

Prices should be set by whatever the market will bear, Not what two or more people think you should pay.

 

[water4two]

Keep selling at the price you feel is fair. Your neighbor needs to either step up his service or drop his price.

 

[WalkingWolf]

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There is no dilemma what so ever here.

If you consort with him in the manner you describe, what your doing is illegal.

Under section 1 of the Sherman anti trust act Price Fixing can be prosecuted at a FELONY.

"Price fixing requires a conspiracy between two or more sellers; the purpose is to coordinate pricing for mutual benefit at the expense of buyers. Sellers might agree to sell at a common target price; set a common "minimum" price; buy the product from a supplier at a specified "maximum" price; adhere to a price book or list price; engage in cooperative price advertising; standardize financial credit terms offered to purchasers; use uniform trade-in allowances; limit discounts; discontinue a free service or fix the price of one component of an overall service; adhere uniformly to previously-announced prices and terms of sale; establish uniform costs and markups; impose mandatory surcharges; purposefully reduce output or sales in order to charge higher prices; or purposefully share or "pool" markets, territories, or customers."

So you have nothing what so ever to discuss with him.

Jamie

Glad I caught your post, as I was reading I was getting ready to tell the OP that the caller broke the law. He is lucky the OP did not report him.