Picking your trophies up at the airport?

[rookhawk]

My tact is different this year. I'm not having taxidermy done in Africa. I'm going to dip/pack everything but the kitchen sink and bring it home. I can then haggle with taxidermists in the USA and if I don't want something, I can let the taxidermist keep the extra capes in barter to offset a speck of the costs.

I'm not convinced that the discount for Africa taxidermy is sufficient enough to offset the increased shipping and handling for delivery of the finished work.

Tbd but that is where my mind is at presently.

 

[Ridge Top Ranch]

The real problem in the US is government employee unions. You can't get fired from the Federal Bureaucracy. You are not allowed to work over time. So you get people who are secure that nothing will happen to them and they can become arrogant. There is no real oversight on these employees.

We need to bring the same level of accountability that is in private enterprise. Review every process, position and person every year. Do we need this process? Do we need this position? Is this person the right person for this role? AND GET RID OF EVERYTHING WE DO NOT ABSOLUTELY NEED TO SUPPORT THE GOAL OF THE COMPANY.

Prime example is Veterans Administration. Be incompetent, commit fraud, lie to cover your negligence get a bonus.

 

[johnnyblues]

Sounds like a good import agent such as SSI or Coppersmith might have saved you some money and aggravation .....Sometimes its worth the few dollars.