I think they got too big, too fast and couldn't handle the volume of fur they were receiving. Shipments kept coming in and they got overwhelmed.

Also, they were having problems finding employees to do the work. Fur dressing isn't for everyone. It is manual labor and probably pays barely above minimum wage.

well I posted on 5/03/19 that I talk with them an they said they were sending my fur back to me so I could have who I wanted , do it , still have not gotten my fur or any more calls from them

It was strictly a labor issue. Even at well above minimum wage to start you struggle to get anybody interested in this line of work. There is a long learning curve to being a knife operator, and to match beginning wages comparable to other skilled trades the dressing cost would be so high nobody would pay the price.

You'll see David at a lot of trappers conventions, representing Tubari. It's a tough time but feel confident he will do everything possible to make it right with everybody.

I'm glad you are confident that David (owner of the now defunct Great Northern Tannery) "will do everything possible to make it right with everybody".

Perhaps he should start by stay at home in Spooner, Wisconsin to straighten out the mess he has there with unreturned /missing pelts rather than running around to conventions promoting Tubari. Tubari is capable of doing their own promoting.

Just saying..........

Well, since he now works for Tubari, I guess you could say that with him being out there that Tubari is doing their own promoting. I am not 100% sure of what the situation is on the fur, I know what he has told me the situation is and from our past dealings I have no reason to doubt his word. I do know that as of tomorrow his bear and deer skins will be pretty much taken care of.

Just sayin.....

Very interesting discussion. Some good points raised.

If your fur is at Tubari my thought would be, even though it's not a good situation, he is doing what he feels best to remedy a bad situation. Many times business's have issues, not just dressing or tanning business's, not something that was expected and certainly not something that was wanted or desirable. When there are two options, cut and run, which is most commonplace in today's world, or try to work out a solution where the customer at least gets their items back, eventually, the first option is the simple way out, but the second option is the upstanding way.

The bear are done and all but the last 13 deer, which are going in tan now, are done. We have taken a couple calls from people who they go to, nobody is hiding the fact that a bad situation needed fixed and how it's being fixed. The bear and deer customers know we have them, he's not hiding it, from what i saw the fur customers were notified of the Tubari deal, status of that I have no clue about, only what I handled. He will be here shortly to pick up finished items, I'll tell him to call you, pm me your name and number if you think he may not know who you are.

No, it is very expensive to open a new tannery and government regulation adds to the paper work and expense. Finding help that wanted to work hard and do a good/dedicated job was described to me as being the biggest impediment to GNF's success.

PM sent.

Thanks in advance for the help.