LSL to charge for the App

In every other auction situation with farming both buyer and sell pay a fee (machinery auctions, entitlement sales, farm clearances as well as marts) this in a way regularise online bidding. The view only option is for sellers if they so choose to use the facility. The more expensive option is for buyers who view and bid.

Very hard to prevent LSL app sharing as most sharing would be using phone only, it like sharing wheelie bins impossible to prevent.

TBH mart commission prices for buyers have not risen significantly in a while. It's around ten Inc or plus vat in most places. I think sellers commission vary's more. Costs always increase and you just have to adapt.

I buy the indo online it's 138 euro, got the Sunday Times for a five for 12 months. Disney X went up by 20-30 euro in the last 12 months. HiweI do not buy sky. I pay for Disney X, daughter pays for Netflixs, one ifvtge lads pay for Spotify and the other lad pays for GAA go

Marts can and will not share data regarding purchase with LSL. LSL is only a bidding platform technically they do not need your herd number as marts register you directly, generally you must ring them directly. Msrts do not put cattle i to a herd number until you have paid up. As well dealers may have multiple customes so it none of LSL business, they may try to poli e it but unlikely as majority will just do there own thing

Not true, it's very easy to prevent app sharing, that ability has existed with a good while now

Looks like €5 a month / €50 a year euro to bid now? They must be feeling some backlash.

https://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/lsl-auctions-makes-changes-to-farmer-membership-fee-options/

To be fair to LSL their cameras are far better than the Martbids and Marteye. I was watching Roscrea mart there recently on Martbids and I could hardly see anything.

A company can't be run at a loss, but it shouldn't have a monopoly either.

AgriCam seem to provide the camera's for LSL and MartEye.

No they can't be expected to run at a loss but not sure they thought out the subscriptions fully either and are now already backpedaling. They are now trying to throw in the herd software as a sweetener, but it is poor in comparison to any of the competition and staffing a support line for herd software could well be a hole where money is being lost, might be some chance if it were developed to the same level as the other providers in that area.

There's a subscription due on that coat.

Decent thing to do regardless of the type of sale. It's only happened a couple of times for us. Just told the auctioneer that she's not suitable for breeding and he'd announce it.

The mart that I bought them through still has a sign on the wall which included similar words "Heifers are considered correct and right for breeding"

AFAIK, the cull cow ring is the only ring that you don't have any comeback with regards to them been in calf/or not, potential breeding etc except for antibiotic withdrawals.