I learned this from my boat diesel engine mechanic. He is charging heavily foreign yacht owners.
For sure, but I’ll compare it to something else. You can spend let’s say $1000 on a Leupold scope from an authorized dealer or you can spend $500 from “Joe’s Sporting Goods” on eBay. Maybe the $500 scope is real or maybe it’s a counterfeit from China. You took a gamble to save money. There’s a point where the client/buyer should know better if he loses on the bet. $21k could have provided a great buffalo hunt in Zimbabwe. $21k is Massailand is a red flag. It’s too far below the going rate. I’m honestly surprised there was even game on the concession. The shipping problems and the PH not getting paid are what I would expect from that kind of deal. The deal was too good to be true and it appears it was.
Hundreds of thousands of dollars.
In the case of this low cost massailand hunt. I think it’s 50/50, a lying agent(s) and a naive client. Write a report, but the blatant red flags are hard to ignore. It’s easy to blame the outfitter.
Well…. News flash…. No offense…and to members here that don’t know TZ prices are well above market elsewhere
Who the criminal is is clear. Whether the guy walking the street should have known better isn’t. If 5 locals stop you and tell you don’t go that way there was probably a reason.
Very well stated
The analogy is more like you bought the buffet and you thought (and were told) the buffet may include Lobster and Crab based on seasonal availability. You paid $14.99 and the Sunday Brunch price that usually has the seafood is $49.99.
Was this hunt posted here, just interested in reading the add or who was it?
If gold trades for $4300/ounce and someone offers you gold for $3500/ounce, are you going to jump on it and tell yourself you got a great deal?
I was making a general comment and used lion as the example.
I deleted my comment (while you were typing) when I realized you were making a general comment not referencing an earlier post.
That outfitter is not a sponsor, and that country only has one or two outfitters represented here as sponsors. The same goes for most of the “wild” countries in Africa. Unfortunately/Fortunately (depending upon how you look at it) the sponsoring outfitters here on AH are almost entirely compromised of South African and Namibian Outfitters. A majority of whom are hunting on ranches and other tracts of Private Land, often with fenced borders. In Africa Fair Chase and Free Range aren’t always synonymous with one another.
It was not…it was emailed to many of us.
