Buyer BEWARE!!! (Cascade Taxidermy)

[PolarBear]

Can we please make a rule that anyone who's first post is a trash thread get's nuked immediately?  This troll crap is getting old!

[ckr]

Well let's see the pics! You can't bash someone in a open forum and not provide any proof or further details.  Out of all the reviews of this taxi online yours is by far the worst.  Most are ok to great.  Let's see the proof

[jordanramos_79]

This should be interesting.

[Jonathan_S]

This should be interesting.

Already is.  I am curious to see if there is any further posted.  I doubt there will be.

[Taco280AI]

I thought he closed? Did he reopen?

[gallion_t]

I agree that this isn't the best first post and that he should back up his accusations, but I have to agree to avoid Cascade Taxidermy. I had a similar experience with him. Dropped off my deer in Oct 2011 after viewing his show room and seeing some of the work that he had done. I was happy. He told me that it would be 9 months to complete, 6 if I wanted to pay in full up front. I opted to only pay the half. June rolls around and I find out my Mom had paid the remainder of the Bill back in May as a surprise for me after he had said it would still be done in July. I call him mid July to see find out the status. He tells me it will be a couple more weeks. Call him back a month later and get the same answer, its going to be a couple more weeks. This happened several more times saying he was just starting on that bunch every time. Finally November rolls around and I am fed up with him. I tell him if its not done in a week I'm coming and picking whatever is left and I want my money back. He kind of laughs at me says I'm not getting my money back but I can have the deer. A week or so later I give him a call again and its done, apparently it had been done for a couple days and he never bothered to call me. Because I was pissed about the whole situation I just grabbed it and left without looking over it while he sat there and BS'ed with someone else. After inspecting it when I got home I could tell  it wasn't the highest quality, but not horrible. Unless you know what you're looking for you cant tell especially while its hanging on the wall.

I understand good taxidermy takes a while and is worth the wait, however just be honest and tell me its going to be a couple months rather than a couple weeks. Needless to say I wont be going back there. I can take picture when I get home from work tonight and post. Its nothing horrible, I would grade it about B quality work. Just after all of the great mounts I see on this forum it wasn't fully what I was expecting. I was more upset about the continued lying than anything.

[Skillet]

I understand good taxidermy takes a while and is worth the wait, however just be honest and tell me its going to be a couple months rather than a couple weeks. Needless to say I wont be going back there. I can take picture when I get home from work tonight and post. Its nothing horrible, I would grade it about B quality work. Just after all of the great mounts I see on this forum it wasn't fully what I was expecting. I was more upset about the continued lying than anything.

This is something I just don't understand - why is lowballing the time needed to do the work seem to be a "standard practice" in taxidermy?  I would think that a fairly priced, above-average taxi with an actual desire to give a customer the straight dope about how long it is going to take would have all the work they wanted.

That said, after reading this if I went to a taxi and they offered me a different deal for different lead times, I would go somewhere else unless I was willing to put up the money and get the faster lead time.  You know that your work just became "low priority" compared to the guy that comes in behind you and is willing to pay 100% up front.  Enough of those guys and you may never see your deer back...

[boneaddict]

Can we please make a rule that anyone who's first post is a trash thread get's nuked immediately?  This troll crap is getting old!

We are thinking about it, though there has been a couple that have spawned into great discussion.   As for this one, I'm not expecting much at this time.

[boneaddict]

THanks for your testimony Gallion.

and that is a really good point Skillet

[Becky]

Probably the sane troll that has been bashing another taxi....

  What was the other one... Hunter111? one-hit-wonders

[duckmen1]

I just have a hard time believing the first post. He said that he had to have Rodgers redo the work. Wonder if he ever got it back. That taxi is the biggest scam I've ever seen. And by the way Rodgers glues the hide straight to felt with nothing else securing it too. So if you think the work is different good luck.
I personally lost many hides that were suppose to be tanned while he took the money and never even sent them to the tannery. My buddy lost his hide from this clown. A lady lost her 5 point bull euro, and a whole shipment of hides were not even picked up by him from the tannery because he didn't feel like paying the tannery and kept the money for himself resulting in no hides for customers.
Do I need to go on.

[kpigott963]

It's not a defamation its a review.

I would love nothing better than to give raves but the man did me wrong.  The Warthog's tusks were put in backwards and he spray painted it grey, it WAS grey with blond hair, and the steenbok was indescribable.  Sorry but they went straight to Rogers and were done right.

The bear I just got back yesterday.  Pics to come.

Again, its a review.  Feel free to get taken but the warning has been posted.

[Woodchuck]

How about some pictures?

[pianoman9701]

Get the pics up as soon as possible, please.

It seems there are some corroborating posts from established members. I wouldn't nuke the post. To the OP: We'd love to see a post of your African hunt pictures in another category if you have some to share. We're always looking for some good contributions.

[PlateauNDN]

Pilgrims...........nuff said.