Caol Ila's latest activity

Yes in my view the trial and return was the final reassurance. You emotionally invest in a horse. And when one seller pushed for a...

I can see the difference, and I would never buy an animal only on the pretence of being able to return without quibble. You've hit the...

I have not had a horse from this dealer, although both times I have bought I have requested information from her as she is relatively...

As you can see, we had a few horses.

It was one of the 'attractive' elements to her sales pitch. We've all heard of people buying a horse and the dealer refusing to honour...

Yes, I suppose. In a way. On paper. But I don't think that's how people felt about it. Because it's a horse, they were genuinely...

Because we rode to the venue, I had my horse in her normal bridle and saddle, but I did a lattice on her mane, and we borrowed some...

Yeah, but I think the point here is that *no one knew* the horses were being sent back and forth on multiple trials like defective...

I agree with this. To add to it: remember all the stories we hear about people who are vulnerable, neurodivergent, lonely, elderly etc...

The saying 'You never know until you're in that situation' is very true. I appreciate it's very off topic but I'll give you an example...

I think you are making a big assumption here, buyers weren't thinking "it's an easy return", they thought they were going to get a horse...

I am neither novice nor bonkers but I bought Lottie unseen from Ireland because the dealer was widely reputed to be absolutely...

She strongly deterred viewings, pushing the trial option. Extensive videos offered. Consumer rights for distance selling are quite...

The people I know who have bought from dealers did so because the dealers had a lot of horses to view in one place, or they just had one...

This made me laugh, there are definitely times when you have to hold your hands up to them genuinely knowing best.. I did this with an...