\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 I don’t think that you can find anybody that markets their goats online that will argue with me with the following statement–Today’s online buyer is getting dumber!<\/p>\n
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\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 For starters, as a whole, prospective buyers do not call the breeders and discuss the individual animals.\u00a0 It used to be that people would call, cuss & discuss.\u00a0 I have always advised to go look at the stock or talk to somebody that you trust and that has seen them.\u00a0 As a seller, I’ve been accused of being too honest.\u00a0 No animal is perfect and I will gladly tell you the good and the bad.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Next comes the dependence on pictures and video.\u00a0 There used to be a thing called Glamour Shots.\u00a0 You could tell who the person was in the picture but that wasn’t exactly how you thought that they looked in everyday life.\u00a0 Livestock photos can be the same.\u00a0 And this doesn’t mean photoshopped.\u00a0 It simply means that good lighting and proper angles can make an animal look as good as possible.\u00a0 We all have a good side, animals are the same.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 The next part is a combination of the first two.\u00a0 The buyers don’t call and talk.\u00a0 And they have a dependence on pictures.\u00a0 So for the past couple of years they TEXT and ask for more pics.\u00a0 I have always wanted to respond with “No, you dumbass nameless sack of monkey crap.\u00a0 If I had more pics then I would have posted them.”\u00a0 But I have refrained.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 But now, just to prove that I am right, several bidders tried to buy a dead goat online.\u00a0 Yes, dead.\u00a0 The wether had died after the sale was posted.\u00a0 Lot 1–DECEASED\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 The first word of the description was DECEASED.\u00a0 Yet, several people still bid AND then realized that the goat was dead.\u00a0 What the hell?\u00a0 Did they think it’s name was DECEASED?\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 The modern online goat buyer mentality–Name Brand seller, Good pic & in the budget—click that mouse!\u00a0 Now, they will deal with delivery, payment (some struggle with this) and then if the goat is good enough.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
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\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 It’s raining here in paradise.\u00a0 We’ll take it.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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