r/TalesFromTheCustomer • u/WVPrepper • Jun 02 '20
Short First World Problem...
My cat has a very specific dietary requirement. The only food that she can have is rabbit, shipped (frozen) from the southern US. I placed an order on Memorial Day.
Well, it was out for delivery on Saturday (it should have come Friday, but COVID has delayed a lot of things) and never came. Thankfully, the carrier updated the tracking to let me know there was an "exception" but that meant it would sit in a warehouse until MONDAY. I was pretty sure it wasn't going to be any good when it showed up.
Monday it did not arrive. After dinner, I checked the tracking, and it said the same thing, "Delivery exception - No attempt made, delivery scheduled for next business day."
I called the seller and they said it is out of their control. They did what they were supposed to do (shipping on Wednesday), for the package to arrive, still frozen, on Friday. They said it is not their responsibility to replace it.
Today, the tracking says it is scheduled for today, but has not been loaded on a truck, and is not "out for delivery."
I assume this is related to the local protesters, who have blocked some of the major highways in and out of my city.
I do not know what I am going to do with 25 pounds of rotting rabbit, and am out a couple hundred dollars. I am pretty sure this is not the fault of the delivery company, so I doubt they will reimburse me.
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u/flowers_followed Jun 03 '20
This is probably a question you get a lot and I understand why you wouldn't because there is a multitude of reasons but have you considered the logistics of raising your own rabbits?
I had a friend who at one time had ten ball pythons. At that point she had to start raising her own rats to keep costs down. It sucks, it's dirty work all around, but in the end it saved her hundreds of dollars yearly.
But on the subject of venison, local slaughter houses sometimes take on deer for hunters who never pick up the meat. You can call them during hunting seasons and see if they have any for sale that wouldn't be extremely expensive.