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MERI
J RANCH SEMEN
SHIPPING PROCEDURES
1.
Semen may be ordered by phone.
Orders must be received by 8 a.m. CST for
same day collections. Orders
received after 8 a.m. CST will be processed the
following day. If you leave
a semen order on voice mail, be sure to get
confirmation from the farm.
2.
First and second shipments of semen will be shipped at no charge,
provided the
Equitainer or
Equine Express Container is returned for each shipment.
If the
Equitainer is
not returned, a $300 deposit must be paid in advance.
If the Equine
Express Container is not returned, a $45 deposit must be paid in
advance. There
will be a $100 fee assessed for each additional shipment of cooled semen
to each
mare after the second shipment. (If
same day shipment is necessary, $100.00
Northwest Airlines fee is assessed).
Federal Express shipping charges for second
shipment and any following shipments, will be the responsibility of the
mare
owner.
3.
Equitainer or Equine Express Container MUST
be returned immediately after
removing cooled semen by the FASTEST courier available (Fed-Ex or UPS)
at the
cost of the mare owner.
4.
Semen will be collected on our breeding days only, unless special
arrangements are
necessary. Stallions are
collected Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.
Call 24 hours prior to
semen request to verify collection dates.
5. Mare
owners must pay the stallion fee in full prior to first shipment.
6. If the
container was not returned after the first shipment and a deposit
was
necessary, it will be refunded when the container is returned and the
mare is bred
for the last time.
7.
Percott Company/Meri-J Ranch reserves the right to approve all locations
where
semen will be shipped and will only ship to those locations which have a
comfort
level that the cooled semen will be handled properly.
8. There is
a possibility on some collection days that due to the number of
mares being
bred to a given stallion at the farm, we may not be able to ship cooled
semen.
9. Even
though we will make every attempt to get cooled semen to your mare
in good
condition, we will make no guarantees or warranties that the semen will
be in good
condition upon arrival.
10. If
your mare fails to conceive with the use of cooled semen, she will
be eligible for
a return
breeding.
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