[AlpacaTalk] Re: Alpaca meat
Susan:
Keep in mind that if you are in the very highest tax bracket, the government is only going to give you back about 1/3rd of the purchase price of your alpaca. Many people will only get back 15% or less of the alpaca purchase price at tax time.
Don't confuse a discount with free. The choice is buy an alpaca and get a rebate of up to 33% from the government in a few months, or just save the money. Since I own a bunch of alpacas, you can guess which choice I made.
Don Stanwyck
Carnation, WA
On Wed, 5 Nov 2008 01:18:12 EST, LunarStruck wrote
> Ah, Richard - but here in CA/USA we can write off at least part of all of
> the alpaca's purchase price on our taxes - so its either pay the money to the
> government at the end of the year, or buy alpacas and let them produce for us,
> still a pretty good investment if you ask me.
>
> SUSAN OLSON
> Alpaca Loco
> Riverside, CA
>
> ============
>
> In a message dated 11/4/2008 12:28:03 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,
> humhojl120@hotmail.
>
> --- In _AlpacaTalk@
> LunarStruck@
> > That said, we got into raising alpacas 4 years ago with the
> understanding
> > that their purchase price would go down to around $1-3K per animal
> within the
> > next 5-10 years. That was fine with us and we purchased our
> alpacas
> > accordingly. It happens with every imported animal. To think
> their prices will stay
> > this high is not good business sense and we need to adjust our
> business to
> > suit the market. Even at $1-2K per animal, that is still a very
> good sale
> > price considering the amount of feed they consume. The fleece is
> just a bonus at
> > this point. I for one am still convinced this is a very good
> business to
> > get into and alpacas are still one of the most rewarding animals
> to care for.
>
> > SUSAN OLSON
> > Alpaca Loco
> > Riverside, CA
>
> Susan you are commendably honest and realistic, compared to other
> breeders who still advertise that alpaca prices will remain stable
> [UTF-8?]due to high demand â" despite the fact that prices are already falling.
>
> Or compared to the typical advertised breeder's graph that shows by
> starting with 2 pregnant female alpacas now, you can have a herd
> worth $1m by the end of year 10!
>
> One site even boasts that "alpacas represent the primary source of
> income for millions of South Americans" whilst failing to mention
> that these small producers mainly live in extreme poverty on
> [UTF-8?]something like $345 to $800 per year â" the asking price for a single
> gelding in the US or UK.
>
> However rewarding alpacas are to care for, I can't share your
> conviction that this is still a very good business to get into now.
> In the absence of a viable end product (and even for meat they are
> only talking of $100/head in Australia) the only justification for
> paying $0000s for a breeding female was the prospect that you could
> in turn sell similar progeny in a few years for on-breeding, at a
> [UTF-8?]similar price, for someone else to do the same thing, down the line â"
> a classic speculative bubble.
>
> Once the prospective speculative buyer reckons that prices are likely
> to fall, the incentive to buy-to-breed begins to fall away, and
> prices start to spiral further downwards in self-fulfilment. OK for
> those who are only concerned with the lifestyle/hobby/ tax break
> aspects, but not for anyone contemplating starting up, now, to make
> a living from alpacas.
>
> Richard
> Maidstone Kent UK
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
Don Stanwyck
Jo's Fleece Fields (www.fleecefields.
10528 344th Ave NE
Carnation, WA 98014
+1-425-788-8239
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