Hatching Eggs / Paypal CHAT Thread

[krazykat0373]

Quote: awesome...sorry you lost the one, and yes they have a hard time getting back over, fat butts, ok now I want a tally on how many of what breed

 

[CelticOaksFarm]

Quote: Herducks................PMing you about those cutie calicos cause I love me a CPL for being able to ship them this way

Quote: I have both, eco's in the house for when they come out of the hatcher and sweeters in the brooder house over the floor stalls. We actually became a distributor of them because we needed so many and wanted to offer them to customers also. PM if you have questions as I could miss it over night. (heading to bed shortly)

 

[DMRippy]

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I have the wierdest crackpots contact me this year for chicks. They seem to think I am open to chicken tours and just want to come see my chickens first. Then the others that tell me they are on the way and I give directions and then they try to talk me into sell 2 chicks and reducing my price really?

OH yeah and then there is the ones I offer to meet and give them some options and they tell me they are 2 hours away and want me to meet them 1/2 way for $20 worth of birds

 

[reesepoultry]

I have the wierdest crackpots contact me this year for chicks. They seem to think I am open to chicken tours and just want to come see my chickens first. Then the others that tell me they are on the way and I give directions and then they try to talk me into sell 2 chicks and reducing my price really?

really same here. They think they are going to tour my place to and then ask if they can just buy one when I say no the min is 6 they try to see if I will sell 2. Not like they are adults they are chicks.

 

[DMRippy]

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I am very tempted to take the ads down and take them to the flea market and sell them. IDK.... not many options CLOSE to me to sell chicks other than out of my farm.

 

[CelticOaksFarm]

crackpots here too................. everyone wants to "walk around and take a look" or they want a deal, or can we come during the week at 5:30? uumm no, no and no


speaking of cracks.........just sorted eggs and loaded hatcher trays

Ducks: Ancona and Silver Appleyard

Chicken: CCL and EE and Light brahma (LF)

Emu (check)

Button Quail (check)

Sebastopol goose and Dewlap Toulouse goose (check and double check)

 

[Reyvaughn]

Off topic, but I wanted to post a concern of mine...

I usually double box my eggs. I usually put a medium flat rate box inside a 12x12x8" priority box. Two weeks when I shipped out someone's eggs, the girl at the PO charged me $22.50 for this box. She claims the size makes it have a surcharge. The week before that the normal PO worker weighed it and charged me $12.30 for the same box. Now, the large flat rate boxes ship for $16.xx and they are only 2 inches shorter.

I was wondering if anyone else here double boxes using the same method and if so, what are you charged?

Because of this insanity, I am no longer double boxing. I am sorry. I want these eggs to get to you, but I can not afford to ship them at almost $23 and the price of packing materials. Yes, I reuse everything I can out of egg shipments I receive, but I am almost out and I will be forced to buy again. I am not receiving as many this year as past years. I also use fresh bubble wrap around my eggs, so that's an instant cost there.

Just wondering what was up with the PO lately...

 

[CelticOaksFarm]

I print all postage at home, its an automatic 15% savings on every package we ship and customers like that we can save a buck here and there

 

[DMRippy]

Off topic, but I wanted to post a concern of mine...

I usually double box my eggs. I usually put a medium flat rate box inside a 12x12x8" priority box. Two weeks when I shipped out someone's eggs, the girl at the PO charged me $22.50 for this box. She claims the size makes it have a surcharge. The week before that the normal PO worker weighed it and charged me $12.30 for the same box. Now, the large flat rate boxes ship for $16.xx and they are only 2 inches shorter.

I was wondering if anyone else here double boxes using the same method and if so, what are you charged?

Because of this insanity, I am no longer double boxing. I am sorry. I want these eggs to get to you, but I can not afford to ship them at almost $23 and the price of packing materials. Yes, I reuse everything I can out of egg shipments I receive, but I am almost out and I will be forced to buy again. I am not receiving as many this year as past years. I also use fresh bubble wrap around my eggs, so that's an instant cost there.

Just wondering what was up with the PO lately...

Are you talking about the #7 box you get at the post office? There is no surcharge for that box it is within the sizes the PO requires it is THEIR BOX.

 

[Brookhavens]

Off topic, but I wanted to post a concern of mine...

I usually double box my eggs. I usually put a medium flat rate box inside a 12x12x8" priority box. Two weeks when I shipped out someone's eggs, the girl at the PO charged me $22.50 for this box. She claims the size makes it have a surcharge. The week before that the normal PO worker weighed it and charged me $12.30 for the same box. Now, the large flat rate boxes ship for $16.xx and they are only 2 inches shorter.

I was wondering if anyone else here double boxes using the same method and if so, what are you charged?

Because of this insanity, I am no longer double boxing. I am sorry. I want these eggs to get to you, but I can not afford to ship them at almost $23 and the price of packing materials. Yes, I reuse everything I can out of egg shipments I receive, but I am almost out and I will be forced to buy again. I am not receiving as many this year as past years. I also use fresh bubble wrap around my eggs, so that's an instant cost there.

Just wondering what was up with the PO lately...

The 12x12x8 box should not have a surcharge. I use a #4 box inside the 12x12 and I print all my shipping labels at home. Saves some money and I don't think I have ever paid more than $12.