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cjdevito":i061dq41 said:
I would use a jobber but it would have to be someone I knew something about outside of strictly a business relationship. I used a jobber once and it did not go well at all.
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I would use a jobber but it would have to be someone I knew something about outside of strictly a business relationship. I used a jobber once and it did not go well at all.
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I'm out of the running anyways - I moved back to NYC a few years ago 8)
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cjdevito":br1ii7mi said:
:wink: as I have said before....he's naked!!!
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cjdevito":2p3cs8hr said:
LOL well I'll give you three crisp 20's a week to go back and be my beotch.
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Holy crap you look like Britney Spears!
JP..hittin' on the other forum members? tsk, tsk...
We've had previous bad experiences with a certain wholesaler/jobber in the past and now receive very few shipments from his establishment...if any. (The occasional specialty item...an octopus for an employee comes to mind..)
So I'm not sure how much that matters...
Later,
Austin
We've had previous bad experiences with a certain wholesaler/jobber in the past and now receive very few shipments from his establishment...if any. (The occasional specialty item...an octopus for an employee comes to mind..)
So I'm not sure how much that matters...
Later,
Austin
JustPhish":3e70okj3 said:
It is if you are a small LFS.
Yes, it really is that hard. And when you do find one, and train them up, the leave for some other job that is easier and pays more.
Depends on how you define success. If success is barely being able to not close down, then sure.
Anywhere that isn't driving to LA to pick stuff up is pretty much in the same situation as anyone in the rest of the country. Overnight shipping takes a day no matter where you are.
It think it might seem like proximity to LA makes it seem like its better in CA, but I am not sure if it really is. Why wouldn't you fly someone out to LA once a week and have them pick stuff to be shipped back to you? 3 or 4 hundred dollar plane tickets for hand picking when you are already paying for shipping...
Great discussion!
If you're making money and drawing a salary, you're successful.Thales":1sl2jval said:Depends on how you define success. If success is barely being able to not close down, then sure.
Come on that's ridiculous. You're comparing driving to flying aross country now? It would cost me $700+ for a round trip ticket. Then I have to get the guy a rental car. Then he has to go to cargo and give them the boxes and they take it from there. Then return flight to come home? We're talking more than 24 hours for one trip for the guy. Pay for his time. Then the airlines still have the cargo. Still exposed to rough handling. Still exposed to delayed flights. Still exposed to long travel time, more than 24 since being bagged.
This is all supposed to be just as good as someone driving 6.5 hours one way and getting my livestock acclimated 8 hours after being bagged? What did I gain? Nothing except someone I knew saw the corals before they got bagged.
And overnight shipping is indeed overnight no matter where is started from and where it's going unless you use same day service. Please don't tell me now though that there are no flights leaving LAX that arrive somewhere else in CA or even the west coast the same day they left LAX. Stores can have their stuff booked on those flights and receive their goods the same day. In all the years I have been doing this that has NEVER happened with me unless the cargo was being shipped from FL.
JustPhish":3mpnofaa said:If you're making money and drawing a salary, you're successful.Thales":3mpnofaa said:Depends on how you define success. If success is barely being able to not close down, then sure.
So making a dollar in the black is successful?
Come on that's ridiculous. You're comparing driving to flying aross country now? [/quote]
No, I was asking a question in what I thought was a fun discussion.
You mean making money and drawing a salary to provide for your family isn't successful?
That's fine you can ask whatever you want. I thought we were being serious though. Why not tell me what I would gain by laying out all that cash to actually fly someone there to pick out my stuff? Cause as I already said the only thing I see is that someone I know saw my corals before I did. Everything else is exactly the same as before, except it cost me MORE money to do it.
That's fine you can ask whatever you want. I thought we were being serious though. Why not tell me what I would gain by laying out all that cash to actually fly someone there to pick out my stuff? Cause as I already said the only thing I see is that someone I know saw my corals before I did. Everything else is exactly the same as before, except it cost me MORE money to do it.
Funny you should mention shipping times, JP....lol.
Two weeks ago (three now? hmmm...the week AFTER Thanksgiving..so there ought to have been NO excuses...) we placed our order on Tuesday as always for a Wednesday delivery. The usual flight path is LAX to Sea-Tac to PDX (Portland, OR) to EUG (Eugene). Wouldn't you know that our cargo didn't arrive in Eugene until 7:30 pm on THURSDAY night!! (that was one of our orders...the other was delayed until the following morning...) The cargo's flight path was as follows: LAX to Sea-Tac to PDX to Redmond, OR to Eugene and as I said previously...arrived almost 48 hours after it left LAX. Don't think just because we're on the west coast that our shipping takes any less time/makes fewer stops.
To finish the story...needless to say, the airline has since received a claim for a couple of thousand dollars in lost livestock.
Later,
Austin
Two weeks ago (three now? hmmm...the week AFTER Thanksgiving..so there ought to have been NO excuses...) we placed our order on Tuesday as always for a Wednesday delivery. The usual flight path is LAX to Sea-Tac to PDX (Portland, OR) to EUG (Eugene). Wouldn't you know that our cargo didn't arrive in Eugene until 7:30 pm on THURSDAY night!! (that was one of our orders...the other was delayed until the following morning...) The cargo's flight path was as follows: LAX to Sea-Tac to PDX to Redmond, OR to Eugene and as I said previously...arrived almost 48 hours after it left LAX. Don't think just because we're on the west coast that our shipping takes any less time/makes fewer stops.
To finish the story...needless to say, the airline has since received a claim for a couple of thousand dollars in lost livestock.
Later,
Austin
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