price of hay, per net...

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If you were buying hay "by the net" what would you expect to pay (for a large or small net) AND if you bought hay in at £2.50 per bale what would you charge per large/ small net?

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My pet hate is places that try and do this. Either include it, or get people to buy their own (from you if needs be) by the bale.

You can't charge 'per net' IMO, you have to charge by weight - otherwise the canny person who puts in several unfluffed slices will use much more than the person who shakes it out a bit. To work out cost per net, weigh the bale, weigh a net, then divide bale weight by net weight to get number of nets per bale, then divide cost per bale by the number of nets. Then make sure everyone a) weighs their nets and b) actually tells you when they've taken a net!
 
Hi, we pay £1 per net in summer, which I think fair. Yard up road charges £2.50!!! Pay £15 per week ad lib in winter.
 
Do places really per net, why? Surely it depends on how big the net is and how tightly packed it is!
 
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My pet hate is places that try and do this. Either include it, or get people to buy their own (from you if needs be) by the bale.

You can't charge 'per net' IMO, you have to charge by weight - otherwise the canny person who puts in several unfluffed slices will use much more than the person who shakes it out a bit. To work out cost per net, weigh the bale, weigh a net, then divide bale weight by net weight to get number of nets per bale, then divide cost per bale by the number of nets. Then make sure everyone a) weighs their nets and b) actually tells you when they've taken a net!
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Thanks for your opinion, I have my own yard and will soon be having one good friend with me, my hay storage space is limited, I have already paid for a load of hay, don't want to have 2 bales open at the same time because it's messy (and I have limited space) so just wondered prices, as it says in original post. :-)
 
As it is a friend I am assuming you are not looking to make a profit, so could you just not go 50/50 and keep a tally of every bale used?

Alternatively you could charge per slice rather than net, eg 10 slices per bale @ £2.50, therefore 25p per slice, but this could get quite complicated and would have to be based on trust!!
 
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that would involve two bales being open at once, which I don't want... I like the slice price idea!!!! ha ha, they're be 5p pieces everywhere!! ha ha
 
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Sorry was that meant for me?! Glad I made you laugh!

No need to have 2 bales open - just open 1 bale at a time and friend writes down what they use out of that bale.
 
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How much hay do you put in the net? If you pay £3 a bale and put one third of it into a net then the price is £1. If you put half the bale in then its £1.50.
 
Does your friend know how you plan to charge for hay? If I was your friend and you tried to charge me per haynet I'd be offended. It's just so petty. I've always tied the string up again when using small bales and don't find it messy at all, so I don't see the issue with your friend buying a bale off you as and when they need it. Obviously its your decision what to do, but faced with paying per haynet I'd be wondering what else you will be being particular about, envisioning a yard full of very precise and possibly bizarre rules. I hope the arrangement works out for you and your friend.
 
Over the summer we pay £1 a net but most of them are out 24/7. On the winter it's £30 month for haylage ad lib.
 
I was on a yard where 3 of us shared hay and we all split the bill like some others have suggested and you seem to have mocked. As others have also said it depends on the net, the packing and the cost of the bale in the first place.
 
I think it'd be open to abuse.some haynets are huge and fit an entire bale in.
Unless you provide the nets thus know they are all same size.
Only way would be to stuff each one full and work out how much of the bale fits in and price up that way.
Hard to police
 
Jeez, a lot of it is all rather hostile towards the OP. Everyone has different situations! All my liveries are on DIY throughout the summer, we cant get small bales and have to get large round bales of haylage. Since they dont have any hay themselves i charge £1 per haynet as i have a couple stabled throughout the summer so always have haylage available. My liveries are happy with the situation. They have normal sized haynets.
 
The OP has been rather sarky and dismissive of peoples suggestions hence the hostility, nothing stops her ignoring the suggestions that she doesn't agree with but posting sarky responses just means I won't offer advice again to her.
 
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