The buyer can get a $557 cat through this method for what a $500 cat through the auction example would ultimately cost. The same $557 total cost to buyer. At the auction the buyer is maxed out at $500 hammer price to meet the $557 total after commissions.

Sounds interesting a new way to market western heavy Bobcats. How long would this marketing process take and would we be able to track our fur while it is in your possession? Would you have receive dates to be marketed by dates?

I just don't understand the process that GFW is presenting here?Their presentation and answers to questions seem really vague to me.Maybe wissmiss could explain this process/proposal GFW is presenting?

It looks like once you turn over said cat it's no longer yours, like any auction other than state run auction,( nafa ,fha ) it's gone. As I read it. They have it till it sells and then you give up the right to say yes or no. Imo how I read it. imo

Won't want mine...good luck everyone else.

Just try it out with a few cats instead of trying to find fault right off the bat,then make up your mind.You can split them up-send some to fha and some to gfw,then make up your mind based on experience not what if's.
I'd give it a shot if he was doing that with sable or lynx.
Like Trump said what have you got to lose at this point.

I think Boco has the right idea. Give it a shot with a few and see what happens.

Does GFW bundle cats or sell them individually. If individual a buyer might lose bids and end up with mismatched skins not suitable for something large like a coat. I am just curious. Of course GFW knows their business.

I second Boco's take on it.

I would assume Groenewald (and most other international dealers) sell in matched bundles. The size of the bundle depending on the intended purpose. Fewer pelts for a vest, more pelts for a full length coat.

I haven’t studied Groenewald ‘s plan thoroughly, so I don’t know exactly what he is proposing but given the current state of fur prices, having another option for selling pelts can’t hurt. In fact, for trappers with better quality western bobcats, it might be a good idea.

We won’t know for quite some time, maybe even a year, how this is going to work, so we will just have to wait. I’m sure multiple trappers will participate in his plan.

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I tried out their mail in system a few years ago...I was pleasantly surprised on how well it went.

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Before GFW came to New York I read the horror stories on here. My experience has been 180* from that. I've sold to them at their truck and even shipped pallets of fur to them. Never had an issue.

If fur dealer A sells fur cheaper to end users, then fur dealer B will have to meet the new lower prices. Seller A just set the market price. Trapper loses.

The Canadian buyers for them bought all the lynx and marten presented to them on their pick-up routes. Actually their prices were better than FHA final prices. But in this market who knows what happens tomorrow.

There are no final prices at FHA for lynx or marten. Most not sold yet.

I too have had nothing but positive experiences with Groeny.

Granted it was with beaver, coon, and muskrat
rather than high-end western bobcat but you
get the picture.

I will have no issues dealing with Groeny this upcoming season.

GROENY ROCKS!!!!!

walleyed

Will the pelts be presented raw or tanned to the buyers?

ML

That is an interesting question. Hopefully we will get an answer.

I as many others have had great experiences "selling" to Groenewold. But this is a "consignment" program.
Two completely different aspects of fur commerce.

For a number of years, GFW has offered a consignment program to small dealers and trappers with large quantities of Raccoon. I wonder if any one on here has participated in that program and how it worked out for them.