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With you on the seller. TOTALLY. BUYER BEWARE
I am pretty good at hatching peacock eggs despite shipping being especially severe on them. It is a risk that is calculated.
3 years ago I got some eggs for her and had one chick hatch. Oh well. That happens.
Last year I bought 14 or so eggs towards the end of a season (this was pre arranged to fit with holiday). She then priced them WAY above what she had been getting on
ebay. I had them overnighted to me. NONE WERE FERTILE. So I asked her if the males still had tail feathers when she sent them. She said a few did have a few feathers. So she KNEW they were infertile, still opted to send them, and charged me MORE than usual for them. She could have mentioned to me that the males had lost their tails by the time the pre arranged date came around, BUT NO SHE OPTED NOT TO MENTION IT. I did not ask as I assumed no one would sell eggs they knew were likely to be infertile.
I am still fuming that someone would be that dishonest.
That would INFURIATE me!
I talked to someone the other day that got eggs from her twice. First time some hatched, then died soon after, second time none hatched. She said it wasn't he fault and there was nothing she was going to do to fix it.
I know enough about Tolbunts to know that 3 years is too old for them to be reliably fertile anymore. They would be pretty lawn ornaments, but I'm not paying for that.
Is there a way to giver a bad rating?
Nat - Glad you're feeling better. Been there - don't EVER want to go back! Tell your sister she's a butt!
Sem - I'm surprised they put the boys' names in the paper, but not sorry. There's too much wrist-slapping going on with animal cruelty. CiP - Michael Vick. "Hey Mike! You have to go to jail for subjecting dogs to violence, torture, and death, and encouraging others to get involved, and making money from it? No problem, we'll hold that multi-million football job for ya!"
Mark took care of all of them this am again for me
