Dave,
Back to ReeferMadness. Since you said I have some things in error, I would like to understand them better. When Mike Laskey was brokering the selling of ReeferMadness, I was one of his prospects. For some reason I was not of the impression that I would be purchasing Reefermadness from Chris Turnier.
Question for you please. Did--- ANY---- shareholder, past or present, of PAF own a financial interest in ReeferMadness? Did ReeferMadness have any special vendor relationship with PAF ? Who owned the building Reefermadness and PAF were in or is it simply owned by a warehousing company and the two, meaning PAF and ReeferMadness, just happend to find themselves side by side with the employees " not getting along"? Were any blood relatives of PAF's past or present owners also connected with ReeferMadness, how about BlueZoo, either financially or as an employee??
You mentioned that PAF does not have a FEDX account, but by the way------you do. Why do you offer BlueZoo customers, meaning hobbyists, " Free Shipping " for livestock and a guarantee but you do not offer that same service to your retail accounts ? As a LFS owner, I would love free shipping by FedX on orders over 75.00 with a long guarantee on the livestock, that is what you give your other customers so the LFS should get it too and perhaps they do. For me personally, Chris Buerner would not allow me enough margin to continue my free shipping so I abandoned it. My guess is since BlueZoo is part of PAF, BlueZoo buys better than I can from QM so BlueZoo can afford free shipping to the hobbyist and I cannot. Not a problem, just pointing out the difference between dropshipping and PAF's abilities. Hard for me to understand your comment that dropshipping is more destructive to the LFS business than is your model of wholesalers, meaning PAF, selling direct under the smoke cover of BlueZoo. PAF ( via Bluezoo ) can and does undercut the LFS on livestock price. Generally I am not able and for sure Chris Buerner, since he does not sell direct like PAF, has no ability to undercut the LFS, nor would he do so.
You mentioned that QM was a dropshipper and you were not. I am sure you meant that was the case as you personally have ownership in BlueZoo and PAF and therefore PAF cannot be considered a dropshipper since the companies are basically considered one and the same. You are shipping for yourself, a wholesaler selling direct to your customer's customers-------so you cannot really be considered a dropshipper, I think I get it.
I may not post more but when I am accused not being factual----well, I like to get my facts straight. Please set me straight.