Sent fur to them last year, 8 months later, still no fur.
Trying but haven't been able to reach them on the phone, messages not returned.

Anyone else have fur there?

This is my first year using them; they answer the phone any time I call. I recently dropped a handful of hides off to be tanned. They were very helpful answering any questions I had. Are you sure you have the right number?

The answering machine says Great Northern Fur

This is my first time trying them as well . I sent a batch of fur to them in August . They said about 160 days for turnaround . Ill reach out to them via e-mail and see what kind of response I get .

Yep, shipped in early May with quoted turnaround of 4 to 5 months and it is still not done. Called a few weeks ago to check and never got a live person on the phone but I did get a call back within a couple days after leaving a message. All of my items were done except for one specie and they offered to go ahead and ship what was ready. Of course the items that were not ready are the ones I needed sooner than later. To me, it seems like they have become a victim of their own success.....they apparently have more work than they have the capability to handle with the degree of efficiency that I expect.

On the other hand, the order I sent to Moyles on the same day I shipped to GNF, I received back in September and was excellent work as usual. Moyle was a lot slower the previous year but they told you that up front and delivered in the promised time frame.

The reason I decided to try them was reports of faster returns and good quality along with lower shipping costs.
I can fully understand being busy, even being overwhelmed with business.
What I don't understand is a lack of communication.

I'm sending out a new box early next week and unfortunately I don't see a good reason to send it there.

Thank you Quietbutdeadly for some insight.

It’s ironic but I was also considering starting a post similar to this one to hear if others were expeincing this as well. I Dropped off furs back I inmay or early June. I went with Great Northern For the same reasons as you guys stated- Heard they do great quality work and have fast turnaround time. Also they are somewhat local for me as they are here in Wisconsin. Anyways was told 4-5 months, so like others its a little disappointing since I was expecting them by now. However If I have to wait longer than I expected it’s Not the end of the world - for me at least. I don’t have any deadlines to meet or orders to fill with these as they are just for myself.While the lack of communication is frustrating , perhaps the delay is because they are extremely busy as someone above suggested? They did return my call back in June the same day when I contacted them with a question about the invoice. I’m still giving them the benefit of doubt- in talking on the phone they sounded polite and professional and other than this longer wait I haven’t heard anything but positive feedback on them. So we will shall see.. It just sucks-Patience is not my best virtue lol.

Any business that produces a good product for a competitive price today is going to have growing pains. This will be exacerbated in this case with wild fur prices being very low, and being somewhat overwhelmed with small shippers. Keeping small lots of skins straight is a time consuming task at any dresser. As frustrating as it is to deal with a long wait, it's a positive thing that a fur dresser that turns out a good product wants to go through the start up process in the U.S. today, we don't have many left. I would encourage all on this thread not to discount a startup fur dresser entirely for the glitches associated with this condition. Maybe send fur to several different dressers for a good comparison?

Never used them, I stick with Moyles in Idaho, have for years, and they have ups and down as well.

Any one thinking in this day of low pelt prices and with the amount of trapping still going on, as well as half the trappers in this country sending their harvests in to have tanned, that any tannery can be held to a quick turn around is just fooling them selves.

It's not rocket science to realize if there are hundreds more putting pelts into a slow system already, that it would eventually slow to what many consider stopped, LOL, trappers I swear are supposed to be patient people !!

I do agree that the tanneries should have better communication though, this seems to be a regular happenstance with most of them.

I think every year or so it rotates to a different tannery (or two). They have a year when their not overwhelmed and turn around us great. Trappers hear about it and send to them the next season and the get overwhelmed
Then the following g year trappers ship somewhere else and so on and so on

Just a theory of course

But the no return on a phone call is frustrating Especially when someone already has half your money and all of your fur



I'm waiting on Tubari, but they are plucking too so I expect it to be longer wait

MT

I'm a big supporter of Moyles but tried tried Great Northern for the first time last year for logistical reasons (save on shipping costs). My 84 small beaver have been there since the end of June.

I've talked to a nice lady a couple of times, so they do answer the phone. If you look on their web site, there is a note about the back log situation. Has something to do with labor issues or something like that. Sounds to me like they got too big too fast and couldn't handle the increased volume.

In the mean time, my turnaround at Moyles is 45 days and that is at regular pricing. Not an expedited price.

I'm confident I will eventually get my 84 beaver back. I just hope the quality is useable for my purposes. I'm gonna be plenty upset if I get back junk.

Wissmiss

They did an excellent job on my beavers two years ago, I know things can change, especially with growing a business please make sure you let us know the quality outcome when you get them back

Will do.

I hope it is soon - they were for a project with a February 2019 deadline. That's coming up soon. LOL

So It's cheaper to send fur to WI then It Is to send them to moyles In Idaho where you live?

My guess; wissmiss's " logistical reasons" was Moyles 8-10 month turnaround time. Which is not a current problem, subject to change. Didn't want to pay another 50% to get fur done in time.

The beaver were purchased at the June sale at FHA in Canada. FHA brought them in on one of their trucks to Their Cambridge depot. The ultimate destination is a customer of mine in southern Wisconsin.

So the beaver would travel from Cambridge to Spooner (Great Northern) to southern Wisconsin. Much cheaper than Cambridge to Burley (Idaho) to Moscow (Idaho) to southern Wisconsin.

Make sense??? Does to me.

Sorry Dirt. Incorrect guess but logical thinking.

Well you failed to fill us In on the Cambridge thing.

I didn't think it was necessary. I thought logistics was much shorter than writing out the whole scenario.

And besides - what difference does it make.

Moyles Rocks!!