a saddle how much?

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I'm just going to put my saddle up for sale on my local riding club website and I am unsure on how much to ask?

Meadow creek GP saddle

16inch, x wide fit, havanna brown
Excellent condition, brought brand new 18 months ago and been well looked after.

So how much do you think?

I've posted this in NL as well
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Thanks in advance
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I've never heard of a meadow creek saddle.

How much did you pay for it new? Maybe advertise at half new price?
 
I paid £800, so £400, thats the sort of prica i was thinking.
So long as I have enough for a new wintec
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Meadow Creek are a small Walsall saddle makers. Good quality leather and trees - similar to Jeffries or Sabre but relatively unknown to most people- that is the problem with getting a good price. Have you tried any MCreek stockists? They might have a ready made market...
Otherwise i think you will struggle to get £250 TBH.
Have you tried to partexchange it against the wintec you want?
 
I am going to ask when the saddle fitter comes out which is 2 weeks, I am pretty sure this saddle does not fit my horse, so planning to get new wintec, he's going to check current saddle (meadow creek) first anyway but pretty sure I will ahve to get new one as she has changed shape dramaticly. I wanted to see what I could get for it privatly first, bit disapointed at under £250
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It's a GP but quite straight cut, I do country level WH and have never been penilised (sp) if I had they money I would get another but obv. in a wide
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The problem you will have is that it is an unknown make, so might be difficult to sell irrspective of the price.

If I were you I would contact the manufacturer, they may well be able to alter the tree to fit your horse.
 
I dont think the make is unknown, I have been on a few second hand saddle shops online and they always seem to have one, I'm trying not to spend any money (getting a new cheap saddle (wintec) hopefully for the price of my saddle second hand, and altering the tree seems rather costly :S
 
I bought mine brand new for £250 and my local shop still has two left to sell . Like it has been said although a good make it is unknown and people seem reluctant to take a chance on an unknown name and they don't have the advertising etc that albion,stubben etc have. You may find that a saddler may take it in part exchange for your next saddle .
 
Sorry that the value disappointed you- just trying to be realistic as to what i have seen them SELL for rather than advertised price.
Have you considered having the tree adjusted? Try
matt@heritagesaddlery.co.uk
He posts on here and i have used him for around 15 years for major saddle repairs as well as made-to-measure new ones.
 
I have just rang my saddler; they aren't buying second hand saddles atm because people aren't buying them, they are going to e-bay, so maybe I will ring a few more local saddlers and see if they will take it off my hands; I may just have to cut my losses and sell it cheap
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