wendymac
Well-Known Member
Okay. Say you had a customer that had you hold 2 bunnies for you. You also offered to breed the customer's doe, with the fee for stud service being their pick of one of the resulting babies. The customer then comes to purchase and pick up the 2 bunnies they had you hold. One was 8 weeks old (from one litter) and one was just turning 6 weeks old (from another). The customer takes them home, and 3 days later the youngest one has to be put to sleep. It was taken to the vet, and the vet said that the intestinal tract wasn't quite formed enough to be away from the mother. When notified, you tell them that you'll breed their doe and they keep all the babies, instead of refunding the money on the dead bunny. You're happy, the customer is happy.
Fast forward a few months. You breed the doe, the doe delivers, and the customer tells you. Then you turn around and say, "Do we still get a baby from the breeding?"
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Now, I'm the customer. And I'm going, "WHAT???" That would mean being out the money for the lost bunny PLUS the money from the sale of one of the one's for your doe.
Am I in the wrong for thinking that I'm getting taken here? I do have all e-mails that exchanged, from the moment I notified them I wanted 2 of their babies, up until now (I stink at keeping my inbox cleaned up). Could it be a case of they always have so many rabbits changing hands (in one day, they had 9 does kindle), that they forgot I lost the little doe? Or should I just chalk it up to yet another "live and learn" and let it go?
I have 10 babies. I have 3 sold, and I'm keeping at least 2 of them. I won't let any of mine leave until they're at least 9 weeks old, and advise the new owner it would be ideal to leave them here until they're 10 weeks. And if they were to die within 5 days, they'd get a refund or could get another bunny (if I had any left, and with proof that they had taken it to a vet).
The rabbit world is a small world, and I don't want to make enemies/create waves. On the other hand, this "live and learn" crap is getting expensive!
Fast forward a few months. You breed the doe, the doe delivers, and the customer tells you. Then you turn around and say, "Do we still get a baby from the breeding?"
*********************************************************
Now, I'm the customer. And I'm going, "WHAT???" That would mean being out the money for the lost bunny PLUS the money from the sale of one of the one's for your doe.
Am I in the wrong for thinking that I'm getting taken here? I do have all e-mails that exchanged, from the moment I notified them I wanted 2 of their babies, up until now (I stink at keeping my inbox cleaned up). Could it be a case of they always have so many rabbits changing hands (in one day, they had 9 does kindle), that they forgot I lost the little doe? Or should I just chalk it up to yet another "live and learn" and let it go?
I have 10 babies. I have 3 sold, and I'm keeping at least 2 of them. I won't let any of mine leave until they're at least 9 weeks old, and advise the new owner it would be ideal to leave them here until they're 10 weeks. And if they were to die within 5 days, they'd get a refund or could get another bunny (if I had any left, and with proof that they had taken it to a vet).
The rabbit world is a small world, and I don't want to make enemies/create waves. On the other hand, this "live and learn" crap is getting expensive!