AIBU? Saddles

[conniegirl]

Have just been sent a load of abuse and been told im completely unreasonable. So good people of HHO please tell me if I am
I’m trying to sell a synthetic adjustable saddle of a known good brand, i bought it new from a saddler at £450. It has been sat on maybe a dozen times since new as horse went lame. There are no marks on it, not even on girth straps as it was used so little. I’ve been advertising at £275 with the view that I’d take any offer over £225 for it.

had one lady offer £100 for it which i said no to, she then upped her offer to £150. Again i said no to the offer (politely), got told that as she is wanting to resell I’m being unreasonable to say no to her offer as she needs to make a profit on it and I’m lucky to even get an offer of £150 (well it was less polite words to that effect).

now i know synthetic saddles don’t have the best resale value but am i being unreasonable to expect somewhere around half of what i paid for it new?

ETA I’m not desperate to sell it though the money would be nice to pay for my roof bill!

 

[The Xmas Furry]

Tell her to do one, how rude of her! You set the value on your saddle, if she doesn't like that, then she can shop elsewhere!

Edit, I brought a Wintec Wide just over 2yrs ago, in v good nick for £200 and considered that I got a bargain. It's been in virtually constant use for last 18 months as pony prefers it to anything else! So, it was a bargain for me as came into its own through all the v wet winter

 

[Roxylola]

Well, she obviously thinks it's worth more than £150 as she anticipates making a profit on that. So not being unreasonable

 

[doodle]

When selling saddles I have never got much for them. If you don’t want to accept offer that is up to you. Block her and ignore!

 

[Red-1]

Even if you stick a price on it of £650 you are not being unreasonable. You aren't likely to sell the saddle either, but it is not unreasonable, even if you have got the market wrong.

Why on earth should you care if she make a profit or not?

I would keep it advertised.

Saddles can take a year to sell, I struggled for a while with one, was about to reduce the price, when I got the original value. Just need one buyer.

 

[C1airey]

There’s something about selling a saddle that makes you into an instant lunatic magnet. I have a hallway full of the bloody things because I cba dealing with the crazies who come out the woodwork every time I put one on eBay.

You’re not being unreasonable, they are.

 

[conniegirl]

When selling saddles I have never got much for them. If you don’t want to accept offer that is up to you. Block her and ignore!

thanks, ive sold plenty of leather saddles in the past, ive bought them second hand and normally got my money back on them (between £450 and £600) if not a bit more but not familiar with synthetic saddles.

 

[C1airey]

Just to add, I have found that saddles priced around the £200 mark always bring out the weirdos. Upwards of £300, most people are halfway reasonable.

 

[cobgoblin]

Why should you pay for her profit? Idiot woman!

 

[ycbm]

So she admits it's worth more than she's trying to buy it from you for then ? ?

Single digit response seems appropriate.

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[Fleece Navidad]

So she admits it's worth more than she's trying to buy it from you for then ? ?

Single digit response seems appropriate.

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Sell me your things cheaply so I can make a profit, why are you being so unreasonable?

I'm with ycbm, tell her to go do one.

 

[MiJodsR2BlinkinTite]

What a very rude woman!

I'd unashamedly tell her to jog on. She basically wants you to let her have your lovely saddle at a silly, nay insulting price, and is telling you that she'd then sell it on and make a profit - at YOUR expense!! Whaaattt??

Agree with others that saddle-selling brings every lunatic out of the asylum; I had one bought a saddle from me, I invited her to sit in it before she left my yard, but Oh no she "didn't need to". Then we agreed that if she got home and it didn't fit the pony she could bring it back, would be refunded, and no questions asked. SIX MONTHS later she came back and said they'd only just put it on the pony and oh dear it didn't fit. How-sad-what-a-pity-never-mind say I, and reminded her of our earlier agreement, and told her to jog on! Blocked her from FB too as she was getting to be a PITA about it.

On another occasion I had a lovely saddle, just like OP has, only ridden in a handful of times; put it on Preloved, and as it was a specialist saddle I wasn't getting any punters. A year passed, and I just thought OK so I'll take the dang thing down and take it to a saddle shop, and lo and behold someone wanted it! Turned out to be a fitter for this particular brand of saddle who wanted it for a client at the other end of the country! She was happy to pay postage, and was happy with my asking price!

You may have to hang in there OP if you want to achieve your price but I believe it IS possible if you are prepared to be patient. If you go the E-bay route then you will have to pay commission; ditto if you go to a second-hand tack shop.

 

[meleeka]

Tell her to jog on, how rude!

it’s your saddle and entirely up to you what you want to sell it for. You may or may not get your asking price, but it’s then your decision whether to then lower the price. FWIW I’d want more than she’s offering too.

 

[DirectorFury]

had one lady offer £100 for it which i said no to, she then upped her offer to £150. Again i said no to the offer (politely), got told that as she is wanting to resell I’m being unreasonable to say no to her offer as she needs to make a profit on it and I’m lucky to even get an offer of £150 (well it was less polite words to that effect).

Funnily enough I had exactly this line and the £150 offer on a substantially more expensive saddle a few years ago. I suspect it's probably the same person! She tried to report me to ebay for not accepting her offer and telling her that her profit wasn't my problem ?.

 

[Bernster]

Well, she obviously thinks it's worth more than £150 as she anticipates making a profit on that. So not being unreasonable

Quite! How very rude!!