tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842136564899097734.post5849525072068546053..comments2023-12-15T02:04:08.213-08:00Comments on meat: RetailBruce Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10995706761794063165noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842136564899097734.post-48795910730416582062012-05-19T08:00:31.877-07:002012-05-19T08:00:31.877-07:00I get these. They are generally in mid to late spr...I get these. They are generally in mid to late spring. They haven't reserved. By mid-spring piglets are sold out through June easily with reserves ($15) per piglet. That reserve list keeps moving through the summer. It isn't until fall that someone can call and just come to get piglets. Late winter, spring and summer piglets have all been reserved as much as a year ahead. Like you, I don't hold piglets without reservations and certainly not during the high sales seasons.<br /><br />Likewise on individual meat orders we do a $100 deposit.Walter Jeffrieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12720110642967540506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842136564899097734.post-56368881004247037572012-05-18T07:38:11.626-07:002012-05-18T07:38:11.626-07:00We require nonrefundable deposits as well. Just ma...We require nonrefundable deposits as well. Just makes sense. <br /><br />When we were first starting out and buying pigs from other producers we were also charged a daily rate to feed the piglets until we were able to pick them up. Once we had placed a deposit on them they were on my dime. That encouraged us to pick up in a timely manner, for sure.Barefoot Farm and Flowershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01459072392393740929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842136564899097734.post-14188269889070594292012-05-17T09:57:29.843-07:002012-05-17T09:57:29.843-07:00Yup, you did it right Bruce. Never hold anything w...Yup, you did it right Bruce. Never hold anything without a deposit. I was a construction contractor and I never did work for anyone without a deposite either. I paid cash for all materials and I'd explain that the deposit was to buy the materials for their job. I didn't bankroll anyone. That held true even when I did work for government agencies (unless it was a little one day repair job). They didn't call it a down payment, they liked to call it start up money. What ever makes them happy.<br /><br />Now, with my CSA program, people have to put up half the money when they sign on and the rest is due when they start receiving shares. If they decide that they don't want to do the program after all, if there's someone on the waiting list to take their place I'll refund their money, or if they're leaving for extraordinary circumstances, but other than that, I keep the money because I could have signed up someone else who has now signed with another farm.Joannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06713890730631954040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842136564899097734.post-49913812361618765912012-05-17T07:20:16.474-07:002012-05-17T07:20:16.474-07:00Haha! I wont hold anything without a deposit. And ...Haha! I wont hold anything without a deposit. And all deposits are non-refundable. I'm also thinking about charging by the day to hold anything longer then a week.Sagecreekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03127704220729632670noreply@blogger.com