A friend shot a nice buck and took it to a local taxi. Even though it is a really nice buck, he was on the fence about paying for a shoulder mount. He asked the taxi what he would give him for the cape if he just decided to do his own euro mount. The taxi said $35. After a couple days he went back and the taxi had pulled the skull out of the cape. My friend decided to do his own euro mount and asked how much he owed the taxi for his time to remove the skull from the cape and get it back. $75 was the answer.
I don't deal a lot with taxidermy, and neither does my friend, but both of those prices seem off to me. Its a super nice, really big cape in great condition. And I have seen a taxi pull a skull out of a cape in about 10 minutes.
At this point, my friend's brother wants to use the cape for another old set of horns from a grandfather. He doesn't want to use this taxidermist, but it will cost $75 to get the cape back.
Am I nuts to think that this guy is jerking him around? It seems like he is holding the cape hostage at this point. It seems like everything he has done has been to manipulate the emotions of the situation to make my friend feel obligated to pay for a shoulder mount. Do those prices seem reasonable?
Thanks in advance for your thoughts. If I am up in the night and the taxi is just doing business, please tell it to me straight.
Soup
I don't deal a lot with taxidermy, and neither does my friend, but both of those prices seem off to me. Its a super nice, really big cape in great condition. And I have seen a taxi pull a skull out of a cape in about 10 minutes.
At this point, my friend's brother wants to use the cape for another old set of horns from a grandfather. He doesn't want to use this taxidermist, but it will cost $75 to get the cape back.
Am I nuts to think that this guy is jerking him around? It seems like he is holding the cape hostage at this point. It seems like everything he has done has been to manipulate the emotions of the situation to make my friend feel obligated to pay for a shoulder mount. Do those prices seem reasonable?
Thanks in advance for your thoughts. If I am up in the night and the taxi is just doing business, please tell it to me straight.
Soup