£94 for saddle check reflocking etc. Is that a rip off?

[pepsimaxrock]

question in the title really. I think £49 for a call out £20 for reflocking and £25 for width adjustment is beyond the pale.
Any views

 

[old hand]

I have just paid nearly £140 for the same, so I would say no.

 

[Paint Me Proud]

I paid £100 recently for something similar so as poster above suggest, no i dont think thats a rip off

 

[nato]

Seems like really good value to me. Where I am we pay £50 for a call out, £50 for reflocking and then it's case by case for whatever adjustments need to be made

 

[criso]

I've paid between £40 and £60 for a check and £20 - £25 for a reflock with various saddlers. And sometimes travel on top but that's where I'm asking someone to come outside their main area.

 

[Micropony]

I have paid more than that for similar, sounds to me like you've got a good deal as long as the work is good and the horse is comfortable!

 

[Spot_the_Risk]

Sounds about right to me.

 

[FfionWinnie]

How is the width being adjusted?

Have certainly never paid less than that.

 

[OldNag]

About what I used to pay.

I am very lucky. Saddle fitter now round the corner, so we hack there!

I am pretty sure my previous fitter was £60 callout.

 

[Goldenstar]

No it's not a rip off .

 

[acorn92x]

I paid £97 for the same thing a few weeks ago and I was surprised it wasn't more to be honest.

 

[zaminda]

I pay £35 for a saddle check. I would say that's about right for a competent professional to do a good job. Did she do it on site? There will always be cheap options, they are not always good options, unless it still didn't fit I would be happy with that.

 

[Toby_Zaphod]

The actual amount you are being asked to pay is about right, the fact that it's broken down & mentions a £49 call out fee makes it sound too expensive.

 

[ILuvCowparsely]

question in the title really. I think £49 for a call out £20 for reflocking and £25 for width adjustment is beyond the pale.
Any views

I pay £ 45 for a saddle check to included call out and saddle was my late mares and had sat around for two years so was gutted and reflocked and cost £ 95.

When you think of what could happen if you don't have them coming out and fitting correctly. The pain would not just be in your pocket believe me.

 

[peaceandquiet1]

Our saddler charges about that and spends half her time in her holiday home in Turkey, I think she has done well out of it but her saddles always fit.....sound s like a lot but the costs of running a business can be astronomical and need to be covered.

 

[Henry02]

How far are they travelling?

 

[Luci07]

Our saddler charges about that and spends half her time in her holiday home in Turkey, I think she has done well out of it but her saddles always fit.....sound s like a lot but the costs of running a business can be astronomical and need to be covered.

Upto her how she spends her money...and if we are honest, if we didn't have horses then we could all afford lovely holidays!

 

[sbloom]

My van costs a FORTUNE to run, other costs too, especially the amount of time I spend in the office which doesn't pay a penny - a customer booking can take up to two hours of my time to take, and prepare in full for, it doesn't take many to change their minds to cost me a lot. £49 (well, £50) for me would be a callout of up to an hour away (over half an hour), flocking is £20-30 (£50 if unusually I need to drop the whole panel) and a tree adjustment £50. So no, your charges sound entirely reasonable, though callout would depend on how far they're coming.

I'm clearly not charging enough though as I barely get time off let alone half the year abroad!

 

[peanuts1984]

ive apid anything from £60 - 200 depending what needed doing,

infact a very old retired saddler costs £20 near us but he only does a few saddles a month

 

[Annagain]

I've paid not much less than that (for a total reflock) and that's with me taking the horse to the saddler!

 

[MuddyMonster]

It sounds about right, in all honesty.

 

[amandaco2]

I've paid that much. Think its average price really

 

[happyclappy]

Sounds about right to me, the full amount you paid, not sure about how it is split though! Yes, OK price

 

[MiJodsR2BlinkinTite]

I paid about that for a fitting and a re-flock, plus a few minor repairs to the saddle stitching etc. Was this a qualified Master Saddler? Were you happy with the saddle's fit? Did you feel that they had taken due care to ensure a good job well done? Had they travelled out to your yard?

If the answer to these questions is "yes", then TBH I don't think there is a lot to grouse about, although none of us likes parting with our cash and that's for sure!

 

[JJS]

That's about the price I'd expect to pay, to be honest.

 

[el_Snowflakes]

No- I have paid more for similar. If you take into the consideration that amount of time & skill it takes to do an excellent job, it's not a huge amount of money.

 

[D66]

I've just booked the saddle fitter for next week. £50 call out, £50 tree adjusting. If it only needs flocking, a bit less. Plus VAT.
I don't suppose he will get another appointment that morning, and has to pay for van, fuel, phone, advertising, training, and tax before paying for rent and food. Doesn't seem unreasonable.

 

[Pearlsasinger]

It sounds about right to me.

 

[rachk89]

Nah sounds fine. I know a saddler that while they are brilliant cost £120 an hour. So that was cheap.

 

[nicelittle]

We paid £150 for a saddler to come and glance at the saddle (which they had supplied and fitted a year before) and say that they couldn't do anything to make it fit. They stayed all of 5 mins. Not happy.