They have ruined my day! I ordered turkeys in November of last year so that I would not have any problems getting them this spring. they were set for delivery the week of March 28th. I received a call this morning from McMurray that they had cancelled my order due to problems at the hatchery..... seems the girls just aren't laying.
THAT part I understand and can deal with. I know we can't predict nature and we can't MAKE the birds lay fertile eggs....... BUT I asked the lady if they couldn't just delay the order until they were available instead of cancelling it altogether..... she said NO! All I could do was call every few days to check availability. You mean you can't substitute whatever you have extras of at some point during the next couple of months and just ship me those? I don't care about what breed at this point, I just want my turkeys! Ship me ANYTHING when you have it available..... can't you do that?? "NOPE!" she said I could submit a new order but that the earliest available ship date for ANYTHING (not what I originally ordered) was gonna be late July or August.
GGGGGRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm sorry, But I KNOW they will have extras along the way once the girls start laying.......... I guess I just don't understand why you have to be stubborn and refuse to deal with the situation some other way. I had already paid, all they had to do was ship me a few of the extras once ANYTHING became available...... Now they have lost a once loyal customer forever.
Thank goodness for my local feedstore..... They have an order coming in April 6th...... so it's not a total loss, but I had to change my order quite a bit.
O well..... Life goes on.
Jeff
THAT part I understand and can deal with. I know we can't predict nature and we can't MAKE the birds lay fertile eggs....... BUT I asked the lady if they couldn't just delay the order until they were available instead of cancelling it altogether..... she said NO! All I could do was call every few days to check availability. You mean you can't substitute whatever you have extras of at some point during the next couple of months and just ship me those? I don't care about what breed at this point, I just want my turkeys! Ship me ANYTHING when you have it available..... can't you do that?? "NOPE!" she said I could submit a new order but that the earliest available ship date for ANYTHING (not what I originally ordered) was gonna be late July or August.
GGGGGRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!





I'm sorry, But I KNOW they will have extras along the way once the girls start laying.......... I guess I just don't understand why you have to be stubborn and refuse to deal with the situation some other way. I had already paid, all they had to do was ship me a few of the extras once ANYTHING became available...... Now they have lost a once loyal customer forever.
Thank goodness for my local feedstore..... They have an order coming in April 6th...... so it's not a total loss, but I had to change my order quite a bit.
O well..... Life goes on.

Jeff
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