Lots of excuses really. First he tried to blame bank wire transfer problems. He insisted that the money was sent, just an error at the bank. Obviously, nobody believed that.Interesting. What was Bryan’s excuse for not paying? How did he explain himself?
Go back and read again, paying attention to the mention of Ibex vs Marco PoloThe whole situation sounds kind of confusing to me.
You guys paid for a trip through this booking agent or whatever he is. Then you went hunting.
Then the guide said that the booking agent didn’t pay him. So you guys paid him. But you had already paid?
Help me understand why you guys paid him. Did you feel bad that he didn’t have the cash in his hand from the booking agent or what?
So you guys double paid for a hunt?
How do you know that the guide wasn’t lying to you?
Bryan never paid the local guy, Saku, for the Marco Polo. The govt tag on a Marco Polo in Kyrgyzstan is about $20k so it’s crazy to think that a local guy could cough up $20k and eat his people’s fees, food, fuel, lodging, etc.Fact remains the guide should have taken it up with Bryan, and continued your hunt.
Not ended your hunt because his booking agent is a retard.
You guys traveled half way around the world to hunt. Not to sit in a hotel.
I assume this isn't the first time this Bryan shafted this guide.
I’m not going to take the time to reply to all of this but if you reread my original post, you’ll find that none of your assumptions are correct.The whole situation sounds kind of confusing to me.
-You guys paid for a trip through this booking agent Bryan or whatever he is.
-Then you went hunting.
-Then the guide said that the booking agent didn’t pay him.
-So you guys paid him, knowing that Bryan had his money and you had already paid?
Help me understand why you guys paid him. Did you feel bad that guide didn’t have the cash in his hand from the booking agent Bryan or what?
So you guys double paid for a hunt?
How do you know that the guide wasn’t lying to you and he took both of your money?
Is Bryan refunding you guys the difference?
Furthermore, you keep better company than me if someone had the extra $40,000 lying around to pay this guide. lol He would have been SOL if it was me. lol
Thanks man and no problem.
Like I said originally, my hunt has been paid in full since 2019. I’m just a working guy and outfitters generally understand that so they will let you book a hunt a few years out and just send them cash until it’s paid off. This is what I did.
The other guys on the hunt paid their deposits plus some and then brought the balance in cash. Bryan used this cash to pay the local outfitter for our ibex (obviously, we didn’t know this part). This is what bought him a couple of days plus the fact that he kept telling the local guy, Saku, that it was a bank wire problem and that it should come through anytime.
Nobody traveled with $40k in cash. The $40k + that my hunting partner is out of was a combination of pre hunt deposits and cash paid upon arrival. For the record, I would never recommend traveling overseas with more than $5-7k cash. I also set up a temporary checking account, deposit $3-5k in it and use that debit card exclusively while traveling so that if anyone steals this card info, it doesn’t affect my “real” bank account.
He was suspended for 3 years from donating or exhibiting by the WSF. This was due to the item mentioned above.thanks for sharing your story, if you would share the outfitter contact it would be appreciated, I guess I can't PM on here I'm at suttonjad@gmail
a year ago I was told Brian was going to be kicked out of WSF or one of the other orgs for not actually making good on the donated hunts, not sure if anything ever happened but didn't sound good.
Thanks
Jad