No shows-FED UP !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[pullet2hen]

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ME TOO!!

 

[banter]

Anyone who showed interest and left ME a # or email I had the graciousness of replying. I can't believe how rude people have become.

 

[Beekissed]

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Happened to me last month from someone selling geese!

Made an appointment to see her geese one evening, said she would be there all evening. I drove 45 miles one way to see her geese. Found the spot with some difficulty using the crappiest directions ever and she wasn't there! She called and left a message on my answering machine that was clearly for another person who may have called, saying she had been out in her yard all evening and missed the call. I can personally vouch that she was indeed NOT out in her yard, as I was in her driveway next to her yard, viewing the geese that I could not buy and she was not there.

Yep, I definitely hate no-shows!

 

[piecemaker]

We had a donkey to give away awhile back. One man wanted me to haul it to him 60 miles away. Then for 3 weeks he said every day I'm coming today. He even ask us to haul the little guy to a craft fair we were at said he'd be there early (livestock is not aloud there) that was 2 months ago. Some people at church heard we needed a new home for him and beat us to the barn to get him. All ended well but those no shows are such a pain

 

[SpottedCrow]

I've had the Freecycle noshows and it KILLS me...the stuff is free. you say you're coming for it and you don't show...doom on you!

 

[corancher]

Yes. I have had the same problem. People begging for me to hold a certain breed of bird for them then don't show up and don't call.

I had some buff orpingtons that a lady said to please hold that she would come the following weekend. Then had someone else who was buying other birds and wanted the buffs also. I said no they are spoken for and now I still have them. Anymore it's first come, first serve.

I have also had the people who want me to deliver one $10.00 bird fifly miles. Also a request to bring birds to work with me and they would pick up after I got off work. Ten hours in a hot truck. Don't think so.

Also had a request for only non biting hens.

 

[joebryant]

After reading all of these replies, I've made up my mind that if I ever advertise something for sale, I'll get all interested callers' phone numbers and tell them to call me when they're leaving their house to come to mine, otherwise, don't come.

 

[Indiana hens]

I like to think that no-shows wouldn't take care of my birds! God knows that I would rather have someone that was going to care for the chickens. I have been very lucky to have met or talked to many customers that I truly enjoy. I worry about shipping birds with family members and so far there have been wonderful people on the other end! I do enjoy chickens! Sold a goat a few weeks ago because he was jumping the fence. The customer pulled up in a car on its last leg and they put him in the back seat:/. They said that they would update me on him. Finally sent them an E-mail. Their car had trouble on the way home so they bought a brand new VW bug at a dealership and put the little billy in the back seat. Would have made a great picture! What a home! I was thinking of making a chicken stand so people could come by and drop the $ in a can and pick the chicken that they want. Do you think it could work?

 

[AussieSharon]

I had someone wanting me to deliver FREE chickens and was upset when I said no.

 

[hypnofrogstevie]

I had about 10-15 no shows when I put something up on craigslist. Chickens, garage sale lots and even my PS3. I did have a few people from africa try to scam me though.