The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Community => Coffee Lounge => Topic started by: Cheviot on September 05, 2014, 01:36:00 pm
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Hi,
Last week I had booked 2 large cages at the rare breeds sale at Lanark, a gander in one and a pair of geese in the other, so 3 birds in total.
They made £110, which made me very happy ;D however I received my cheque today, now I'm not very happy :'( as it says in the title " guess how much" it cost to have the auction mart sell my birds.
Sorry there are no prizes for anyone who can guess correctly.
Regards
Sue
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Hi,
Last week I had booked 2 large cages at the rare breeds sale at Lanark, a gander in one and a pair of geese in the other, so 3 birds in total.
They made £110, which made me very happy ;D however I received my cheque today, now I'm not very happy :'( as it says in the title " guess how much" it cost to have the auction mart sell my birds.
Sorry there are no prizes for anyone who can guess correctly.
Regards
Sue
Our local auction seems to be selling things at a very close to 'costs' price recently ::)
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10% ?
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Oooh let me play!
I am guessing there was a minimum selling charge then a percentage - so I think your cheque was 59.00
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£38
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£34.57
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id have said 10% max as the buyers were also paying a 5% purchase premium!!!
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Better rates on Gumtree and Ebay :roflanim:
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£60 cheque
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Daylight robbery! Definitely use Ebay next time! :innocent:
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Hi,
Some of you are very close, after taking off all charges, I made £77, which means the auction got 30% or £11 per bird, and then as Bloomer pointed out, they take another 5% off the buyers!!!
I for one will not be selling any more at the poultry sales at Lanark :'(
Doganjo I had thought about gumtree or preloved but as someone on another thread pointed out, a potential purchaser got all their details including a post code and then said they didn't want what they were selling, now they are left wondering if they will come and help themselves!!!!!!
Regards
Sue
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Wahey - I was within £1.58 of getting it right! (unfortunately for you Cheviot!! :o )
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I think you can withhold information on ebay and gumtree though - just give approximate area. I might be wrong though as I don't use them much
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I have just bought some sheep off Preloved and am thinking of buying some more off that site. I would rather buy from a known source. I probably payed more than I would at market but want to know where they come from. I had advertised on here and had no response. I think its a good value site and only as risky as any other form of advertising
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Cheviot, have you checked with the mart there's not been a miscalculation? That seems well above what's reasonable.
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Hi,
It's not that preloved, gumtree are bad places to buy from, it's more when you are selling, obviously you are letting the world know what stock you have for sale, if it is something that really is rare or worth a lot of money there are certain undesirables who can contact you to say that they want what you are selling, get certain details from you, and then either not turn up or call to say that they no longer want it, they now probably know your name and phone no. It is then not to difficult to use the internet to find out your address, and then they can come and help themselves.
I have decided that I am not going hatch anything next year, and in future only hatch when I need replacement stock and then cull anything I don't need.
Fleecewife I haven't checked with the auction, I knew that they took 15% off for selling! I had forgotten that they then charged vat on top of the commission and I had to fork out £13.20 to enter them, most other auctions will refund the entry fee if you sell, but Lanark don't.
Regards
Sue
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then add the petrol for going....
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if you are worried about using gumtree or preloved, and giving out phone numbers etc etc , you could purchase a cheap pay as you go phone, and arrange a pick up point near your location, i know this might be a tad harder for cattle and sheep, but poultry and smaller livestock, that don't need any movement licence could be doable
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The thing is if no one advertises on Preloved there is no where to buy from. I do not want the hassle of taking a trailer to market, and then deciding on the spot whether what I want is in the ring. I have been going to horse auctions for years and I am not a novice. The sellers got a better price, they were collected when convenient to them and they had no extra costs.
Most thefts are opportunist, the average burglary takes three minutes. I am not saying that stealing livestock doesn't happen just they are far more clever than phoning in advance, my neighbour got broken into in the half hour she picks her children up from school she had just bought an ice cream van and they must of thought she had cash on the premises. I think you are far likely to find thieves are your near neighbours which is not nice.
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If you join your local Association of Smallholders you would be able to advertise for free + no commision