Are these owners for real?

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Looking through the ad websites, I stumbled across this ad.

Gumtree advert

The description is terrifyingly bad and the price, even more concerning. The picture seems to show a quite sweet (if a litlle overweight) looking pony
"can be ridden once a week" Does this mean she goes on strike the rest of the time? Would love to hear people's thoughts on this.
 
I used to say that about Beau - basically you could ride him once a week and he wouldn't be fizzy from not being ridden. He was of course unfit.

Now he NEEDS to be ridden about 5 times a week or he is a little [****]
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Looks incredibly dodgy to me. I would probably have read the 'once a week' thing as could be ridden once a week and not mind - as in won't be fizzy if not ridden more regularly.

Is very worrying.

Tempted to ring and ask for more details!
 
I never really thought about the "once a week" comment like that.
I just think it's this sort of ad that encourages horses into the wrong hands. It makes horse owning look like a walk in the park
 
I expect the price is a typo and is meant to read £2,500. Pony sounds very genuine from that advert; sounds like you can do almost anything with it and it doesn't get upset or bothered. I personally can't see much wrong with the advert but then I am used to looking at quirky adverts.
 
that horse is from Bombproof, they have changed their name and started a new website called Crack On - stumbled across it the other day.

if you click on a bomproof link it goes to lazy plods which is them as well.

Oh and its called Fresco on their website and is priced at £3,200

www.crack-on.com/forsale.php
 
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that horse is from Bombproof, they have changed their name and started a new website called Crack On - stumbled across it the other day.

if you click on a bomproof link it goes to lazy plods which is them as well.

Oh and its called Fresco on their website and is priced at £3,200

www.crack-on.com/forsale.php

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Definely a worry then, I've heard bad things about them and know someone who had REAL problems with them.
 
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hmmm something doesn't add up here. 99% sure "Frescoe" and "sara" are the same picture, but "frescoe seems to have changed sex!
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eeeek, yes looks the same, same stables in background, same write up about the pony... definitely dodgy... not just.. ahem.. quirky!
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Using the same words in an advert to describe more than one horse is not dodgy if those animals are similar in character. Using the same photo for 2 "different" horses is dodgy, but it still doesn't mean that the horse itself is dodgy, it may be a love.
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Oh their rep will catch up with them - the horse world is too small for any dodgy dealer to get away with it for too long.
 
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Using the same words in an advert to describe more than one horse is not dodgy if those animals are similar in character. Using the same photo for 2 "different" horses is dodgy, but it still doesn't mean that the horse itself is dodgy, it may be a love.
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same photo, different name, different sex, different price. If the horse was genuine, there would be no need for misleading ads.
 
I disagree. The people who wrote the adverts may be dodgy but that does not mean that the horse is (doesn't mean it isn't either though). I have bought wonderful horses from people who are complete dopes on a rope. I have also bought horses from people who are quite clearly lying about how long they have had horse and fib about what they have or haven't done with the horse. I don't buy duff horses - but I will buy horses off duff people. But then I don't put much stock in an advert and not much of anything that a seller has to tell me.
 
wel... the plot thickens.
I emailed Bombproof saying...
"Hi can you please tell me if you are based at the same place as Crack On.co.uk? I am a bit confused as to your where abouts."
and they came back saying..
"No but they are only 3 miles away. If you want to visit we can give directions over the phone."

but both websites are exactly the same format, wording, base, pictures etc. ooooh I feel like Sherlock Holmes!
 
haha just went on the "testimonials" to see if anyone has said a decent word about them and it made me chuckle (obviously haven't got testimonials)

anywho you little investigators let us know what happens!
 
im confused, lazyplods is a website that i thought was the same company as bombproof and they do have some horse for sale the same as the sister website, havent paid attention to whether descriptions are the same, i did notice recently that lazyplods comes up for both sites now though which i thought was strange, seems there is no bombproof site now?

i cant find the crack on.co.uk one tho, can someone put a link up? is it the same as lazyplods/bombproof?
 
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