Something doesn't seem right

[pbjmaker]

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I see that too. I can sell roosters at an auction for $10 in the spring that I couldn't give away any other time. I have a smart phone and always try and research how much something sells for new before it comes up for bid. But I still have to almost punch my husband to make him stop bidding on stuff when it gets to high. It becomes a competition for him.

 

[Oregon Blues]

There is the high of "winning" and some people get carried away. At least at an auction you end up with something for your money. Not like gambling with cards.

But, is there a minimum order at Greenfire and the auction chicks are a much smaller number? If so, it might still be cheaper than buying a whole box even if the price per bird is higher.

Do they always sell sexed chicks, or it is purely straight run? It sounds like the auction birds are sexed. I think that is worth extra on really expensive birds. I can normally buy 15 and cull down to one rooster. I can't do that if the chicks are $100 each. I can't afford to cull $800- $1200 worth of male chicks. So it makes more sense to me to pay extra to get sexed birds.

Then there's: some people don't know what stuff costs. I can almost always buy an item cheaper than what it sells for on eBay, and get it with a good guarantee, not from some mystery person. It looks to me like the dog supplies probably come from the same catalog that I purchase from and then the sellers, put them on eBay for a large mark-up and sell them there. It makes more sense to me to order directly from the catalog.

 

[Sharisr32]

I would say it is someone bidding up the sale ---Always set an "UPTO" Price so that you don't get Auction fever ---People get friends to falsely up a bid we use to see this in Silkies a lot.

Makes their stock look Valuable when you see one set of birds at Normal price and someone elses real high- JMO

 

[rancher hicks]

I to have seen people over bid or bid more than a product is worth and this may just be ignorance. As far as the birds I'm looking at they may be chicks or "juvenile". There really is no way to see any conformation. From what I understand GF does not work toward type. I could be wrong.

As far as the number of birds? GF does have a 6 chick min. but in some cases the highest bid is more. The shipping is the same so they aren't saving any money. Nor are they getting as much "blood" as they could by ordering directly from GF or otherwise.

As I said I'm new to this and there may be more I don't understand. In my mind the point of auctions is to get deals not spend more than if I just went to the store. I've seen bales of wood chips go for more than TSC sells them for.

I've had offers of bales of Straw for more than I pay at CM. Why would I pay more?

 

[Shayna]

I don't want to accuse, as I don't know the situation, but it does sound like they're having someone they know bid up the auctions for them. Some people don't realize it's against the rules of most auction sites. I've caught people doing this on Aquabid (for fish) and I know it happens on Ebay too.

 

[chickened]

And BYC

Which sucks.
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[rancher hicks]

Well I can't say about here cuz I just usually deal direct with folks. I don't buy hatching eggs much but I offer them for the shipping price. The bible says share what you have with others.

Now get this. A pair of Legbars are up to $377.00 but on the GF site you can get three pullet chicks and a roo and still have some leftover.

A trio of Isbars is up to $478.09 That's nearly 5 chicks!

I just don't get it.

 

[chickened]

Unless you can see who the bidder is and the actual address for all anyone knows this could be an attempt to create an artificial market that everyone goes oooh and aaaah over some birds and the seller creates an artificial shortage so demand is high. Hopefully not.

 

[Happy Chooks]

I think the difference is juveniles vs. chicks. With juveniles, you're able to sell hatching eggs sooner, which gets you in the rare egg business at the beginning, when the price is still high. As supply increases, the price drops, so chicks take longer to grow out and thus longer to sell eggs from. So the expectation is that if you buy juveniles, you are in at the beginning of the curve and make the most off of them.

 

[cassie]

I call it the T-post Syndrome. At farm auctions T posts and fencing wire often go for more than they cost new.