Good evening everyone,
I've got 4.2kg of fur sitting in my garage and I can't seem to find any info on the current fur prices. Also does anyone know any buyers in the Auckland-Taupo kind of area?
Chur
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Good evening everyone,
I've got 4.2kg of fur sitting in my garage and I can't seem to find any info on the current fur prices. Also does anyone know any buyers in the Auckland-Taupo kind of area?
Chur
Stu Bracegirdle Ingelwood buys fur
Cheers mate. Definitely looking for somewhere closer though.
Local trapper was telling me last week that his normal buyer who buys locally will only take "machine plucked" this year, he didn't know why. Maybe the demand has dropped and their getting choosey.
Is he only buying machine plucked, or only paying the machine plucked rate?Quote:
Originally Posted by tetawa
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Only buying machine plucked, buyer reckoned the fur ends up different between hand and machine, has stopped a few young guys who did a few for pocket money.Quote:
Originally Posted by MSL
Local guy here reckons the machine plucked fur is better quality. Have to wonder about that when you see how one of those backpack motorised ones work and how it treats your hands if you get too close to rotor.
When I was doing it, machine plucked fur was paid at a lesser rate, because you could pluck the entire carcass clean, all length fibres mixed. Hand plucked was more selective, so able to be used for minimum length orders. And therefore commanded a premium.
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Cheers for that heads up guys. Maybe I just have to hold onto it then.
We need to organise our own forum buying cooperative and ship direct to China . Cut out the middle men :-]
I've still got fur from before covid, bring back the days of $140 a kg!
Put it in the freezer otherwise you risk moths getting into it unless its super well sealed.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rusa3006
Same with the basically bush guys down here. Only want machine plucked fur.
I asked him why and he said the can "blend it better" ??
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Why China? China is not the market, but if you got snow white stoats let me knowQuote:
Originally Posted by Friwi
Oh I see, do you got it? Those textile machines from Japan is very picky. eh,, Icebreaker did inspired lots people. Good luck for startups, but 80% is tax reduction game -15% gst, export incentives....Quote:
Originally Posted by kukuwai
https://www.seriousshooters.co.nz/in...buy-possum-fur
Give them a call first
Local guys here aren’t buying it haven’t being for awhile now
Our local guy in Taranaki Egmont skins is begging for possums but not sure if he's buy fur or body's.
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Bodies only...fur on, headshot or trapped or fur off and prepped...Quote:
Originally Posted by 25/08 IMP
Had a mate try machine his hand plucked last week
Fur buyer noticed pretty quick
There is a guy in Rotorua. Steve Brake from memory, who buys hand plucked from time to time, last I heard was $85 a kg
Also try pest pro they were buying both MP and HP a we while ago
It’s a merry go round trying to keep up with who’s buying what
Beers
Steve Brake will buy h/p at the moment. Not too sure how long for as he buys for Dawson Furs n apparently the business will most probably be sold
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The 8yo has been slowly collecting. He has about 3.5kg and we were also hoping to part with it so he had some $ incentive to keep going. Kids been doing some late nights for it.
Haven’t been able to find a buyer at all. Have had one guy offer $70kg who is obviously hoping to turn a profit but was hoping buyers would be getting back into it now. Also Auckland-Taupo.