American Agriculturist, February 24,1923 
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Adjustments and Collections 
Service Bureau Reports Many Cases Amicably Settled 
u 
DAY or so ago, I received a 
check from the fur house to which 
I had shipped my furs, and with it 
came a very nice letter explaining 
things. There had been a misunder¬ 
standing on both sides, and as a result, 
I sent them another lot. They promised 
more promptness in handling it, and 1 
am sure that since this has been 
straightened out our transactions will 
be perfectly satisfactory.” 
It is thus that one of our subscribers 
wrote us about a case which we had 
handled for him. A reliable fur house 
of New York which advertises in the 
American Agriculturist had received 
futs from him, and he did not feel that 
they had paid a fair price for what he 
shipped. The American Agriculturist 
immediately took the matter up with 
the advertiser, and as a result Mr. O. 
immediately heard from them. His 
letter tells the story. 
WE COLLECT $114.90 
“We received the (jheck for $114.90. 
We are very much o’bliged to you for 
your services.” The check was in pay¬ 
ment for a large shipment of turkeys 
made before Thanksgiving Day to a 
Boston firm. It was the end of Janu¬ 
ary before the subscriber received the 
remittance, and then it was only due 
to the efforts of the Service Bureau 
that the check was sent. 
Mrs. J. C. C. of Richville, N. Y., 
wrote us, however, that the firm mailed 
the check within a few days after re¬ 
ceiving our communication urging them 
to do so. It was a case which we did 
not find difficult to settle, but which, if 
the subscriber had handled herself, 
might have dragged along for some 
time before reaching a satisfactory 
outcome. 
BANTAMS PAID FOR 
“Thank you very much for collecting 
the $9.00 for me. You have been of 
great assistance in the matter.” Stan¬ 
ley Saunders of Alfred, N. Y., turned 
over to us, early in December, a case 
which concerned the sale of prize-win¬ 
ning bantams. He had never been paid 
for the bantams, and the American 
Agriculturist immediately undertook to 
collect for him. It took a little while 
to get in touch with the recipient, but 
finally the check was forthcoming and 
the matter amicably adjusted. 
SLOW, BUT IT CAME AT LAST 
Mr. C. E. M. had to wait six weeks 
to get his check, and even then he did 
not think it was for a fair amount, but 
he had had so much difficulty in col¬ 
lecting from the company that he was 
glad to accept the amount of $61.32 for 
the poultry which he had sold to a 
Boston firm. 
In this case, also, it was due to the 
efforts of the American Agriculturist 
that the firm made remittance, and 
although Mr. M. felt that the price was 
too low, he realized that he might have 
easily been out the entire amount. 
MOLASSES IS SLOW 
A lost case of molasses which started 
in Vermont and never arrived at the 
New York farm for which it had been 
been ordered, recently caused a good 
deal of trouble. 
However, the Philadelphia branch of 
the firm made the order good and 
blamed the present embargo on the 
railroads for the slowness in delivery. 
In any case, the customer received 
his molasses and that was what he 
desired. 
A CARBIDE COMPANY VANISHES 
Ever since last summer, the Service 
Bureau has been flooded with inquiries 
about different carbide companies. One 
of the names which we received was 
that of the Imperial Carbide Company, 
which had been taking orders, but 
never seemed to ship them. The offices 
of the firm was usually given as Kan¬ 
sas City, Mo., although the American 
Agriculturist discovered that the Im¬ 
perial Carbide Company of Keokuk, 
la., was supposed to have some connec¬ 
tion with the firm. 
We have recently been advised by 
the Post Office that this firm went out 
of business some time ago. At first, 
a(:cording to the Postmaster of Kansas 
City, they left a forwarding address, 
but then they dropped out of sight 
altogether. This seems to be another 
of the many dubious concerns which 
solicited orders without a reputable 
organization to back up the delivery. 
We are sorry that so many of our read¬ 
ers were taken in, and will have to 
write it off as another swindle. 
“THANKS” OUR BEST PAYMENT 
In thanking the American Agricul¬ 
turist for obtaining a check for $15.75 
from a New Yoi’k firm which had not 
made good on an order, Mr. W. M. 
Barmore of Gerry, N. Y., offered to 
pay any -necessary collection charges. 
As usual, we wrote him that the Serv¬ 
ice Bureau lived up to its name. In 
other words, it is here to render service 
and not to make money. We were glad 
that we had succeeded in getting the 
money, but all the payment we wanted 
was the satisfaction of our subscriber. 
“ALMOST A MIRACLE” 
“They surely do come across when 
the Old Reliable American Agricul¬ 
turist goes after them. I am glad to 
inform you that I received the check 
for the full amount. This seems almost 
a miracle, when I have been writing to 
them ever since the middle of Novem¬ 
ber and could get nothing hut promises 
of what they would do.” 
It was thus that Mrs. E. E. McF. of 
Pennsylvania wrote to the Service 
Bureau recently. It had taken some 
time to make a prominent Mail-order 
House see the light in I’egard to a case 
which they had neglected, but the re¬ 
sults were so satisfactory that it was 
worth the effort of bringing the case 
to a conclusion. 
A SMALL SUM, BUT WE GOT IT 
The sum of $1.69 may not seem a 
large one, but when you take into con¬ 
sideration the difficulty of making out 
an order, sending it, waiting for it to 
be delivered, writing letters of inquiry 
and the other details involved, it makes 
it all the more annoying that the order 
was such a small one and was so badly 
handled. 
A check for $1.69 was recently re¬ 
ceived _ from the Leonard-Morton Com¬ 
pany in settlement of a case put into 
our hands by Mrs. George Franklin of 
New York State. Instead of receiving 
a pair of child’s shoes she had ordered, 
a pair of woman’s slippers was sent 
her, and, upon returning them, she 
failed to get any satisfaction from the 
company until the American Agricul¬ 
turist took the matter in hand. 
Place Orders Early—By this time all 
incubator and brooding equipment 
should be ordered. If you are not go¬ 
ing to hatch your chicks, your order 
for chicks should be placed immediately 
to insure delivery when you wish them. 
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