Fur Shed in Downer, MN
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Fur Shed in Downer, MN
Well I sold 6 coyotes to this buyer tonight. This was my first time selling coyotes that I put up myself.
I had a total of 6 coyotes. One was really nice, 4 were what I would call average, and one was rubbed really bad. I did the bad one for my first attempt at putting up fur, so it was for practice, not profit.
The 6 coyotes earned me 168 dollars. He paid me an average of 28 dollars per coyote. He said if I had taken the bad one out and averaged the other five I would be looking at a 32 dollar average about. How do you think that is? I am new at this so any advice would be good.
The fur buyer was very easy to deal with. He was friendly, let me look at the animals in the shop (bobcats, etc.), explained a little about grading, and answered my questions quickly and matter of factly. I was happy to hear that he was pleased with the conditions of the hides. He said they were some of the better taken care of ones he has had this year. I will definetely sell to this buyer again and hope I can give him some business.
I had a total of 6 coyotes. One was really nice, 4 were what I would call average, and one was rubbed really bad. I did the bad one for my first attempt at putting up fur, so it was for practice, not profit.
The 6 coyotes earned me 168 dollars. He paid me an average of 28 dollars per coyote. He said if I had taken the bad one out and averaged the other five I would be looking at a 32 dollar average about. How do you think that is? I am new at this so any advice would be good.
The fur buyer was very easy to deal with. He was friendly, let me look at the animals in the shop (bobcats, etc.), explained a little about grading, and answered my questions quickly and matter of factly. I was happy to hear that he was pleased with the conditions of the hides. He said they were some of the better taken care of ones he has had this year. I will definetely sell to this buyer again and hope I can give him some business.
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What the fur buyer is doing is he is buying the lesser grade coyote from you, the money to pay for it comes from youre better furs. The lesser fur may have some value,not much and the buyer may end up takeing a loss on it or break even .In other words he is takeing a risk buying the lesser hide..
What i do is keep the lesser quality hides and sell them seprate at a latter date, you may make a little more for them or even take a loss, its a 50/50 deal.
What i do is keep the lesser quality hides and sell them seprate at a latter date, you may make a little more for them or even take a loss, its a 50/50 deal.
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I have also taken those sect. III hides and got them tanned and sold them on Ebay. Just a few to see if I could make it pay. I did come out ahead but you have to ship them out to get tanned and then ship them again to the end user. I brought my average up $10-$15 but it was more work.
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