Sort of hay issue !

[holeymoley]

At my last yard I was at, we had to buy in hay and bedding ourselves. At the end of September I ordered in 4 large rounds of hay(2 for me and 2 for a friend) . The guy we got it from is relatively young and he's only cut hay and haylage for about 2 summers. I bought a bale from him in the summer there as our normal supplier had ran out. It was really nice stuff so we decided to stick with him for the winter order. Anyway, 3 of the bales were good and 1 of them(mine) was really dusty/mouldy. I assumed it was perhaps the outer layer where it had been lying so took that off but after that came away it was apparent it was all through the bale. The guy agreed to come and take it away and said he'd replace it with a new one. This was all well, but I mentioned to him that I'd be moving yards and that could he leave it until I'd moved . This was fine and he said to get in contact once I was settled.

Now my problem as such! - I'm at a much larger yard and they have their own hay bales which you can buy off them. There's no space to keep large round bales as they have haylage for full liveries etc, and even if there was space I'm sure they'd charge on top of that for storage. So, do you think it's rude if I ask the guy for my money back? If it came to it I'm sure I could somehow store it in my trailer if absolutely necessary. £40 is a lot to be losing

 

[dianchi]

Ring and ask him explain the situation and see what he suggests

 

[Honey08]

I think that he has been good to you, replacing the mouldy bale and holding it for you while you move yards etc. I think it would be a little rude to then ask for your money back. I also think its a bad idea to "upset" a person that you may need in the future (you never know when you may change yards in the future and need a hay deliverer..). If I were you I would use this one bale, in your trailer if need be, thank him for holding the bale for you, tell him you really appreciate it but that your new yard supplies the hay so you won't need any more. Leave things on good terms, rather than leaving him thinking that you're flaky and mess people about..

 

[MissMoo]

I think that he has been good to you, replacing the mouldy bale and holding it for you while you move yards etc. I think it would be a little rude to then ask for your money back. I also think its a bad idea to "upset" a person that you may need in the future (you never know when you may change yards in the future and need a hay deliverer..). If I were you I would use this one bale, in your trailer if need be, thank him for holding the bale for you, tell him you really appreciate it but that your new yard supplies the hay so you won't need any more. Leave things on good terms, rather than leaving him thinking that you're flaky and mess people about..

I think this is what I would do too.