> From:    Derrick <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: Breeding; Performance Foods
>
> >>Low price often means lower quality ingredients.
>
> And higher prices often = expensive advertising + greedy profits.
 
That might be true, but from all we know, that is not in anyway true of
Performance Foods.
 
>>And children love candy.
>
>So, if it tastes good its bad for you!  Hmm.  Well, I forgot.  Your are
>the great "Buddha".  And I am sorry for suggesting a food that my ferrets
>like and keeps them healthy.
 
Buddha does not respond here.  If you are happy with a different food
please continue to use it.  However, the most learned folks might have a
different on which foods are as good as others.  We do not consider
ourselves to be amongst those most learned in ferret nutrition.
 
>From:    Sandi <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Discussion list? or personal attacks?
>
>I received a total of 29 private e-mails.
 
In internet tradition, we discount claims to amazing private email
vindicating another.  It is consider one of the marks worthy of nomination
to KOTM in usenet as an aside.
 
>A DISCUSSION list allows multiple people to present their views and then
>other people can decide for themselves (if there's any decision to be
>made) which side they agree with.  If some people get their way and
>suppress these discussions then there is no longer a DISCUSSION list.
 
Sukie did not try to suppress your right to speak your mind.  Are you
trying to deny her and others the right to disagree with your opinions?
 
>One killian said in a silly tone, that dealing with us directly is
>"hurting" Performance Foods and indicated that they'd not be able to help
>ferrets if PF put "all of their income into supporting our business".
 
Siily tone?  We do not believe we spoke in a silly tone.
 
>I can guarantee you that PF has been making money from our shelter (a
>non-profit "business") for 5 years now.  They have not put one red cent
>into our business and they have not donated even one bag of food to us
>(nor have we needed or wanted them to do so).  All of you can rest assured
>that Performance Foods can continue to help ferrets (if they wish) while
>also making money by selling their product directly to our shelter
 
Perhaps you need a refresher course in business.  Manufacturers deal with
wholesalers because it is very expensive for them to have to deal with
each individual retailer.  You are are a retailer, expect to deal with a
wholesaler, it is not in any way an insult to you to be considered a
retailer when you indeed operate at small levels.  For Performance foods
to deal with your store then you they have to expend resources that they
could expend else where.  That is simple economics.  We have dealt with
Performance foods as well, we always went through a local distributor.
Performance Foods called in a favor to get the wholesaler to deal with
someone as small as us.  That seems to us that they do indeed try to help
shelters to the best of their abilities.
 
Perhaps you should have tried to be the distributor for your area if you do
not approve of the company that was able to meet the needs of PFI.  If you
could have increased your order size then you could have remained as a
company dealing direct with PFI.
 
We do consider both Tom and Trish our personal friends, but we do not
expect them to harm their business to help us in any way.  There
explanation of there side of things seems very logical.  Without any
accusations.
 
bill and diane killian
zen and the art of ferrets
[Posted in FML issue 3393]