Quote Originally Posted by FL0OD View Post
I am a big believer that every thing happens for a reason. Every time I have had some thing like what you mentioned happen some thing else has always popped up that was better. I think the main thing to look at is a lot of these people that are breeders are just that, breeders. They do not have a sense of what it means to run a business. In there minds they may want to sell there animals but it takes more than just posting some pictures on a website and waiting for results. When I was at NARBC over the weekend I was really surprised at the lack of interaction by a lot of the breeders. Just because you have a $10,000 animal does not mean that some one is just going to give you the money because you have a unique animal. I think long term that is where you are going to see the business breeders succeed and the breeders fail. If you cannot SELL your animals you just have a zoo collection. Thats just my opinion.
Yeah, a lot of breeders with tables at shows surprise me too. They'll sit there talking to a buddy forever while you stand there and and stare at them, or even worse not even be at their own table. There have been a ton of people who have lost my business at shows because they won't take a minute of their time to take the wad of cash from my hand. Why even bother paying for a table and making the drive? On the other hand there are people like John Piro and Tim and Monica Bailey who have the common sense to get the job done. Last year at NARBC Tinley I went both days, and I had good conversations both days with them. I was looking for a nice normal female and almost everyone at the show had some, but John took the time to talk to me about his business, his snakes, and just shoot the breeze. Hell, we talked about Chicago vs. New York pizza and how steaks ordered medium in Chicago come bloody, for about 10 minutes. But when other people walked up he asked me to hold on while he took care of them which is exactly what everyone with a table sould be doing. Same thing with the Baileys. Unfortuneately I didn't have any money to buy anything from them, but because of that weekend I constantly look at B&B's website and I plan to do business with them as soon as they have something I need.
Quote Originally Posted by JASBALLS View Post
He cared more about the $ then his Daughter? Nice!
LMAO. I can see it now. "Honey, college can wait, the king has to go make a $50 spot right quick".