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I was just wondering how many of you call other taxidermist checking their price? If so do you tell them the truth as who you are or do you pretend to be a customer? I will not say his name but Saturday I had one call me at noon said he had three deer to be mounted two from last year and one from this year. I told him the price and he said do I get a discount for bringing you three. I said no, does not matter if you bring me one or twenty price is the same. He said he had a couple more taxidermist to call and he would call back. Well as you know I have not herd back from him. So I got to thinking and I knew I had herd this mans voice before and thought who it might be. I had saved his number in my phone and I looked up his web site and as I thought there is the number that called me. The more I thought about it the madder I got. What makes me so mad is he lied to me. If he just called and said hey this is so and so just checking to see if my price is about the same as other taxidermy’s in my area I would have been ok with that and gave him my price. To me it was bad business on his part and I would never do that. If he lies to his competitors, wonder how much he lies to his customers? So what do you think am I getting mad for nothing? Gary C.
have had the same thing happen last time the number was blocked i told him i would mount his deer for 150.00 lol
I talk to the only good taxidermist around my area from time to time . He always asks me what I charge . Every year I go up and he goes up to. But the price checkers haven’t called so much this year . I have my price listed at the processors and sporting good shop. Did have a couple weird calls asking or snooping around about what I’m doing as usual . Why don’t they just ask ? I don’t know.
You may D. he is a good taxidermist I have seen some of his work. I do not think he is a member of the NCTA and I have never seen him at the shows.
December 8, 2012
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some guys are very competitive. you shouldnt let it bother you. if you believe in your work and your price is good for you,then let them play the game. i talked to a guy close to me the other day and he told me about going a leaving two deer heads at a processors and it was about ten miles from this other taxidermist and that dude brought his heads back to him and told him that was his territory and he better stay out of it. lol some guys are scared of losing business. those are the guys that need to do better work.
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