African Hunting Safari For Two

[wesheltonj]

There is no free lunch, with the donated hunts. The free hunt cost is amortized in the cost of the sold hunts. The outfitter know what he needs to make over the entire season.

 

[rookhawk]

There is no free lunch, with the donated hunts. The free hunt cost is amortized in the cost of the sold hunts. The outfitter know what he needs to make over the entire season.

That is a truth best case scenario. The rule of economics: "no cost is incurred that is not passed on to the customers". We hope that donations are averaged and come out of the profit margin of all paying customers. That's the best case scenario.

Worst case scenario is that no cost was incurred by the donor OR that all costs are plotted to be covered by the fees l, upcharges and incidentals of the actual single customer.

I had this happen once, a free hunt that was not free at all. Every single person at the camp had "won" a free hunt. The sporting good store in town said as we walked in "don't tell me, you won a free hunt!". Harr har. Don't ever book a hunt with Bob McConnell, cast and blast lodge, or horseshoe hill Outfitters without doing a search first. I can provide a hue list of angry past clients. I digress..but that is the potential problem.

Back to topic, has anyone offered any price to acquire the hunt from the original author? There is some strong praise for the outfitter so surely someone will put their money where their mouth is and acquire the hunt for something?

Why not start a bid and see how high it will go amongst friends and past clients of the outfitter?