What would you do? - Hay Question

[20kidsonhill]

I wouldn't repay them. And clearly doing business with them again is going to be awkward.

 

[ksalvagno]

If the hay guy is "always getting screwed" and continuing to allow people to just pick up the hay and leave the money, that is a problem. That doesn't even make good business sense and why would you continue to do something that is making you lose money. Sounds like he is a bit fishy and you need to find another hay guy.

 

[Alice Acres]

We used to bale our own, but now our hay fields are in crops. So we are buying hay.

We have several neighbors (we live in MN, in the southern part - all farm country) who bale, so we get hay from them. We've got about 300 bales now in the loft.
We always write checks for the hay - so we have a record of spending for tax purposes. It also eliminates the issue of someone coming back and saying they never got the money

 

[vermillionoaks]

Thanks for the comments everyone. We will be looking for a new hay guy next time. I was just really looking forward to having another goat-related contact. It made such a huge difference when we finally found a vet that worked out and we have a good working relationship with. I was really hoping to have a single contact for hay instead of rolling the dice with a new newspaper add each time we need more hay. Lesson learned!

 

[20kidsonhill]

Thanks for the comments everyone. We will be looking for a new hay guy next time. I was just really looking forward to having another goat-related contact. It made such a huge difference when we finally found a vet that worked out and we have a good working relationship with. I was really hoping to have a single contact for hay instead of rolling the dice with a new newspaper add each time we need more hay. Lesson learned!

Have you considered advertising for someone in the area on craiglist? Ad could read: Looking for a local hay person to provide us small square bales of hay for our goats. I would mention about how much hay you go through. That you can pick it up. and the kind of hay you want. Would prefer to work with someone who has growing and selling hay.