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wellington womble

Joined: 08 Nov 2004
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Location: East Midlands

Posted: Sun Aug 17, 08 10:28 am Post subject: Rent-a-chicken

My local farm shop has just started a rent-a-chicken scheme. You choose an amount (in half dozens) a pick up day and a timescale (quarterly up to a whole year) and get eggs for that period - eggs are collected the day before your pick up day, and are guranteed less than 24 hours old, at a 10 - 15 percent discount on usual prices. Struck me as a good idea for people like me, who would like chickens but who are prevented by practical means.

They're also doing starter kits, but I'm not allowed to look at those

RichardW

Joined: 24 Aug 2006
Posts: 8443
Location: Llyn Peninsular North Wales

Posted: Sun Aug 17, 08 1:18 pm Post subject:
Marketing spin lol 6 hens will produce 30 ish eggs per week. I bet you wont want that many 15% discount on what price? You dont get the eggs from your hens. Whats the cost of the rental? They just want to a, make you feel good b, have a guaranteed market for the eggs Clever but not "real world" just like carbon offsetting & plant a tree schemes arnt. Richard

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45671
Location: Essex

Posted: Sun Aug 17, 08 1:27 pm Post subject:

RichardW wrote:

Clever but not "real world"

I'd say very clever in the real world, you get a regular punter for your eggs who'll hopefully buy other stuff too. Prolly not a huge benefit to the punter though.

wellington womble

Joined: 08 Nov 2004
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Location: East Midlands

Posted: Sun Aug 17, 08 1:31 pm Post subject:

RichardW wrote:

They just want to
a, make you feel good
b, have a guaranteed market for the eggs

Of course - that's why this is in trading post. It's a good idea for other egg producers to suck in people with money to pay for luxury goods and get a regular income (and for people like me to get decent eggs at a discount)

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: Essex

Posted: Sun Aug 17, 08 1:33 pm Post subject:
Well done womble. The trick with any farm shop is to keep the punters regular, and this is an excellent way to do that.

RichardW

Joined: 24 Aug 2006
Posts: 8443
Location: Llyn Peninsular North Wales

Posted: Sun Aug 17, 08 1:47 pm Post subject:

wellington womble wrote:

Of course - that's why this is in trading post.

Is it? Thought this was SMC?

But yeh good for the sellers just cant see why punters would fall for it.

Richard

jamanda
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Joined: 22 Oct 2006
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Location: Devon

Posted: Sun Aug 17, 08 2:45 pm Post subject:
Because as you said, it makes them feel good. Can't see anything wrong with that. And they can buy nice fresh free range eggs from a place they trust. I'd say it was win win.

wellington womble

Joined: 08 Nov 2004
Posts: 15051
Location: East Midlands

Posted: Sun Aug 17, 08 3:32 pm Post subject:

RichardW wrote:

wellington womble wrote:

Of course - that's why this is in trading post.

Is it? Thought this was SMC?

But yeh good for the sellers just cant see why punters would fall for it.

Richard

Sorry - that's what I meant!

From my point of view, I would like to have chickens, but can't at the moment and it means I get fresh eggs (they have often sold out by the time I get there on a Saturday morning) and a discount of around ten percent. I'd imagine it's be great if you were trying to get kids interested in where their food comes from, or give an original Christmas gift for someone difficult.

Cathryn

Joined: 16 Jul 2005
Posts: 19856
Location: Ceredigion

Posted: Sun Aug 17, 08 5:59 pm Post subject:
I think it's a great idea. We discussed variations on it in HMM. Go and pack Richard.

chez

Joined: 13 Aug 2006
Posts: 35935
Location: The Hive of the Uberbee, Quantock Hills, Somerset

Posted: Sun Aug 17, 08 6:06 pm Post subject:
I think that's a great idea. How much are they charging? I reckon it's costing me 14p per egg to produce at the moment.

Barefoot Andrew
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Joined: 21 Mar 2007
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Location: In the 17th century

Posted: Sun Aug 17, 08 6:15 pm Post subject:
I think it's a great idea too - would suit me to join such a scheme. Wonder if I can suggest it to anyone... A.

chez

Joined: 13 Aug 2006
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Location: The Hive of the Uberbee, Quantock Hills, Somerset

Posted: Sun Aug 17, 08 6:18 pm Post subject:
I should think local small producers would snap your arm off - as a small producer, I want a few regular people who take a small-ish amount weekly or fortnightly - not someone who comes irregularly takes six dozen and then buggers off never to be seen for eight or ten weeks. Not that my mother in law does that, oh no, of course not.

Barefoot Andrew
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Posted: Sun Aug 17, 08 6:21 pm Post subject:

Chez wrote:

I should think local small producers would snap your arm off

I've seen better customer service

RichardW

Joined: 24 Aug 2006
Posts: 8443
Location: Llyn Peninsular North Wales

Posted: Sun Aug 17, 08 6:26 pm Post subject:

Cathryn wrote:

Go and pack Richard.

Dont you start lol

Richard

Penny Outskirts

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Posted: Sun Aug 17, 08 6:58 pm Post subject:
Stop ganging up on him It's sort of what I do, but with friends and family.

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