Rats, Hawks and Raccoons, Oh My! Please Help!

[WindingRoad]

I canceled your order and refunded the money through Paypal because of your attitude on BYC. And it was a good decision because you like to argue with anyone and everyone and seem to know everything. In my experience that is the kind of person that will not follow the directions.

As for posting your name, most of us here use our real names. If you are hiding from the law or something I could understand being upset.

You sure do assume a lot. If you don't know what that means you can google it. I do like to argue when the arguing is good. I get real tired of posting what I have done to resolve my problem and people continue to recommend the same solution over and over. Yes I have my food in metal cans etc.

As for hiding from the law your assumption doesn't surprise me at all; that's all you have going for you Assumptions. Have you heard of security. Have you heard of HIPPA.
As far as knowing everything I believe that's your domain.

It's just not done, posting someone's name on an open/publc forum. Common courtesy. Internet etiquette. Who did you sell my e-mail address to. See I'm going by the behavior I've seen from you not on assumptions.

Are you saying that people who argue don't follow directions? Wow a lot of our senators and representatives must not follow directions.

As I said before I don't carry a couple hundred dollar bills in my hip pocket just to purchase something and not use it properly. Or are you afraid I'll give it an honest review. That's what you are afraid I will do isn't it? As for telling me you refunded my money to Pay Pal why bother I'm fully aware of that fact.

 

[WindingRoad]

Im so sorry you are having these problems.

1. I also have some record size rats lurking around my chicken coop at night. My ducks aren't so friendly to them so that helps but doesn't keep them away. I have set up all sorts of snap-traps, the spinning-drown trap, poison, and more. Yet every night when I walk over there I see the same few rats eating on leftover chicken feed. I was guided to buy something called the Ratinator ( ) on amazon. It isn't cheap but OMG does it work, you can catch over a dozen rats in a night. I strongly suggest you get one. Also, do you take their feed away at night? I started doing this when I got my first pullets to make them used to me but found when I left it out it was almost empty by morning (raccoons and rats). So I keep it in my barn in a small metal trash bin.

2. For the hawks, do you have a rooster? My rooster never puts his head down during the day and it always on the look out for hawks/eagles. We live on a salmon creek right near where it empties into the main river, so there are eagles looking for a meal here ALL DAY LONG. But my rooster takes good care of them and keeps them safe. Maybe if you already have a rooster you may consider switching him out with another to see if he keeps them more safe.

I have that ratinator trap gonna put it out as soon as the snow is gone. Although I haven't seen my "resident" lately. LOL. Glad you're having good luck with it. I'm also gonna try the birth control bait and Just On Bite. I read good reviews on them. Maybe I can depopulate the rats.

 

[WindingRoad]

Again, I seem to have made the right choice in refusing the sale.

I have hundreds of feeders in stock that were made in the Philippines, but no medium feeders which are the biggest seller, and once travel opens up again and container shipping prices come down from the ridiculous cost they are right now I will be shipping again. Matter of fact I had them start on the next 1800 feeders right before Christmas then pulled everyone off production and have them building a new building to move into around May first.

Till then I make them in the U.S., the mediums size.

You have hundreds of "perfect" feeders and can't sell them? Why?

 

[WindingRoad]

LOL The website is open to anyone that wishes to visit. No need to be "secure" unless it is being used for credit card processing. Which is why I use Paypal because they treat sellers like poo but they are the most secure payment processor around.

And again, a cup that is full cannot be filled. My feeders are currently being made in the U.S. at my shop because of the Chinese bio attack/pandemic and they are costing an extra $15.00 because of the labor rates, overhead costs, more expensive material costs, all the extra costs of manufacturing in the U.S.. And that is with a $6.00 per feeder savings in not shipping a container halfway around the world from the Philippines where I usually build my feeders. With that I am lucky to clear $6.00 to $8.00 per feeder. Then a customer that refuses to follow the directions buys one, refuses to take the advice even if they ask for it, and wants to ship back a feeder that will wipe out any profit from the next ten feeders that are sold to normal people. So when you see those red flags you pay attention to them and refuse the sale.

When I started making the feeders the only option was the grandpa feeder at over $200 plus shipping and it was and remains a crappy design. I wanted the least expensive feeder possible so people could afford it. That meant sacrificing fit and finish for durability and a good design and opening up my own factory in a low wage country ASAP because I wasn't making a dime off a $65.00 feeder built here in the U.S.. U.S. loaded wages at $15.00 per hour, assuming anyone would do manufacturing work for that little, is going to hit $30.00 per hour with overhead, insurance, and taxes. Overseas I can hire the cream of the crop of the workers for one twentieth of that, including the insurance, paid holidays, retirement pay, and make it at 1/15th with overhead. And materials, sell a 1 cent bolt in the U.S. and they need a hefty profit to cover the costs, that bolt costs 3 cents. Over there the competition is stiff, the bolt costs 1.2 cents, the same Chinese made bolt.

Or I could charge out the wazoo and make them here in the U.S. and price them out of reach for most people. Or do like the other companies and have them contract made in China and keep that monstrous government in power. As it is I can source sheet metal and mild steel from Japan, the Philippines, or Taiwan into the Philippines and avoid as much Chinese product as possible.

Again, I recommend you choose another feeder.

You must have me confused with someone else if you think I'll be working on your last statement.

 

[Al Gerhart]

You have hundreds of "perfect" feeders and can't sell them? Why?

I sell them every day, four are going out this afternoon and that is just the overnight sales.

I just will not sell one to you. Please try another feeder brand.

 

[WindingRoad]

I sell them every day, four are going out this afternoon and that is just the overnight sales.

I just will not sell one to you. Please try another feeder brand.

Isn't it ironic that you don't like me to argue with you but yet you keep coming back???
I don't need to buy any feeder. And I don't care to. I made one for about $10. Rat proof and hen flicking food all over the place proof all in one.

You seem more confused than I thought you were. When I already answered on this other feeder "idea" of yours. You already told me none of them work as well as yours and I believed you. Silly me.