We ordered two Lucky Lass weaners, and told
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I never received an order from you Morgan,
I received several enquiries about several pigs, when I came back to you to further the enquiries I was told that you had already bought a boar locally, and that you were going to source other stock from the UK with a friend.
If we take an order for weaners, we ask for it in writing, to confirm that an order is firm, and then we request a deposit to hold the piglets in your name until they are old enough to leave the sow.
I never received an order or a deposit from you.
I have on my system an email from you dated 15th December 2008 at 19.00 hrs asking about weaners, and asking what bloodlines they were and what was the bloodlines of their father.
This is 10 days before Christmas, that you raised this question. No order had been placed.
As a newcomer to pigs, all I can assume is that you had just purchased the boar from elsewhere
and it had occurred to you ten days before Christmas that it may be important to ask about the bloodlines of the girls that you were enquiring about.
You admit yourself on the previous page of this forum, that you "searched extensively for unrelated stock"
You basically made enquiries without commitment to several breeders, and sat on the fence, bartering down the price, and asking questions, ten days before you expected to produce these piglets on your farm for the boys.
I am sorry if your boys were upset at christmas, I have a little girl and I know what that feels like.
I am really sorry that you truly believe that I am the person to blame for this, as I never received an order or deposit for any piglets.
When you have livestock, you also have deadstock, and these pigs are not rare breeds for no reason. I have no birth notified tamworths with the BPA since the 9th of May 2008 as far as I believe.
A Tamworth did lose her litter in December, this does happen.
It is pointless me going on any further - a misunderstanding took place in December 2008. You have learned a lot about pigs since then.
I wish you well Morgan, I hope you have lots of little piglets in the future, and I hope you get the best price for any you wish to sell.
By the way, a lady in the North charged me 20 sterling for pedigrees, the exchange rate at that time would make it 25 euros. I did quote that to you, yes, it is a lot, and others do it too.
Buying a pig is not like buying a car, with a car Ford can have a r.r.p, I wish they were a guideline somewhere for the price of stock - maybe they should be a Glass's Guide to Pigs -
Again, Apologies for any misunderstandings.
Julie