Re: [Killietalk] Expectations of shipped eggs

["Karl" <kilikarl at wowway_com>]

Has any one notices that Michigan CO-OP does not sell eggs.to many hassles. 
with the post office handling them. Or shipments average about 98% 
successfull. We ship in the spring around May first& again the first of 
October.Use some comon sense your weather& there weather distence how many 
time is that plane from Tialand going up & down before  you get it?? You 
want eggs if i can hand them to you give me a call.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "wm crash" <wm_crash at hotmail_com>
To: "KTalk" <killietalk at aka_org>
Sent: Friday, February 08, 2008 1:55 AM
Subject: [Killietalk] Expectations of shipped eggs


>
> Irrespective of the buyer/seller that started this conversation, I think 
> some people have somewhat unrealistic expectations from shipped eggs, 
> especially overseas eggs. Shipped eggs are a gamble. And in my case, the 
> eggs I collect are also a gamble (I get better, but still not that good). 
> Don't believe everything you see on YouBoob: 
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEuOx4ue8J8
>
> My advice is to only seek a fish overseas if you have fully exhausted 
> internal sources. Sometimes it takes an email, sometimes it takes a phone 
> call, sometimes it takes attending a local meeting and twiddling your 
> fingers until the talker is done talking so you can get to the auction.
>
> If you are in the situation to get eggs from overseas, be prepared to try 
> four to five times, possibly from different sources and at different times 
> during the year. If out of the species that you order, you manage to get 
> breeding pair(s) from a quarter of the species, consider that a successful 
> transaction. Expectations greater than that only set you up for 
> disappointment. And in the end, a species also ends up really costing a 
> lot more than the listed price (no they don't teach that in school, but 
> it's true).
>
> My other advice would be to use killitalk more for your species requests. 
> I find that most people are more willing to help out with particular 
> requests if they happen to have the requested species, rather than make 
> the effort to post an availability list.
> cheers,
> wm_crash, the friendly hooligan
> AKA #08840, SAA #162, HOOLIGAN #1
> Wilmington, DE
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