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Mouldy Old Hay

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Hello

As you will see I am new to this forum, but have been reading posts for a long time.
I was wondering if anyone in the Totnes area of Devon has recently (or in the past year) bought hay/haylage which went mouldy or was mouldy, from a seller within the surrounding area/villages. I have been harvesting hay for over 50 years so I am well aware as to why this happens.

I am just looking to see if anyone else has had trouble with a seller who has refused to refund or replace. So far I have three other buyers, and we wonder how many more of us there is and for how long this guy has been doing this.

Quite a quick meal ticket really isn't it.

Cut don't bother to turn, (or turn once) and just bale it wet and sell. Whola job done!

Then ignore all your unhappy customers or just tell them 'tough! Obviously he cannot do this for long, but in the meantime, he is making money, of the backs of horse owners.

Not to mention, there is quite a few inexperienced horse owners who may not know or spot the mould and then feed it to their beloved animals. Well we all know what can happen to a horse if fed mould.

Anyway, if anyone has please contact me.
 
i can only say as other as in trading standards but not sure if they can do anything - personally when i have bought bad hay/straw and it hasnt been replaced I have voted with my feet - now I have the most amazing hay guy - best around warrington and runcorn and a true farmer and a cool reasonable guy - his hay is just perfect, he may deliver late at night but its always stacked neatly outside my stable in barn - he doesnt worry if havent managed to get there to pay before delivery - just a truely sound guy :)
 
ps can i also say whilst not mega exspensive there are others selling cheaper but you get what you pay for - that extra £1 means no worry of ragwort and i know every bale will be good and hey on the 1 occasion i had bad bale it was replaced no quibble - priceless :)
 
Dry Rot said:
Trading Standards? Doesn't it have to be "fit for purpose"?
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Yes like anything. It has to be fit for purpose and under the Sale of Goods Act, it is not as described.

The hay was not exactly cheap at £5.00 per bale, but my friend wanted to secure winter fodder before it hits the all time high like last year in this area at £7.50 per bale. But I see now this chap has lowered his price to just over £3.00 per bale! Hmmm I wonder why?

I posted here for a friend (as this happened to her) in order to discover if anyone else had a similar problem. It turns out they have, so this post was indeed fruitful and my friend is going to pursue this incident.

Although none of us can really financially afford to lose this amount of money as we all know horses are 'Money Munchers' :), it is more about the principle. As someone else posted here, most honest reliable farmers or harvest contractors, would not quibble about replacing the hay, if for no other reason that to maintain/retain a good reputation, after all the horse world is a small one, people talk and tend to recommend good hay suppliers, but bad ones spread like wild fire, (A bit like horse dealers or farriers) so even if my friend walked away, (which she will not) word by mouth is very damaging.

If you like I will post the outcome here, if anyone is interested. Thank you for those who posted and many more thanks to those who pm'd me.



Bless you
 
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