Patches
Well-Known Member
Where would the person stand....
Person calls about your horse and you tell them he's a cracking horse but has one fault....he doesn't like tractors and can jog and occasionally canter off a bit when faced with one that the driver won't switch off and has a huge scary attachment on the back.
Said person tells you they're not bothered about that as they hack straight out on to a bridle way anyway but are interested more in schooling than taking your gelding on the road.
Fine, sounds perfect!
Person tries your horse at at your yard and you ask if they want to see him taken up the road. Person declines the invitation as you've already told them what he's like in traffic and again it's won't be a problem.
Deal is struck....person buys horse and it's collected a few days later.
A couple of days after they've had the horse you receive a phone call to say horse is playing up as they've decided to keep the horse alone. Horse has never not been in company so you can understand that the stress of moving, combined with no field mates is clearly having an effect. The new owner then tells you that your lad was naughty on the road and very jumpy, just 2 days after they bought him! This is the people who said they never hack on the road!!!!!
Anyway, to cut a long story short. New people want you to take horse back and are now denying that you even told them the horse wasn't good with heavy traffic. They say they'll take you to the small claims court and are going to charge livery for every day they've had the horse as they were not informed the horse didn't like tractors. Which of course is a lie. Several adverts on the internet for said horse mention exactly what he's like with traffic.
Where do you, as the seller stand?
Person calls about your horse and you tell them he's a cracking horse but has one fault....he doesn't like tractors and can jog and occasionally canter off a bit when faced with one that the driver won't switch off and has a huge scary attachment on the back.
Said person tells you they're not bothered about that as they hack straight out on to a bridle way anyway but are interested more in schooling than taking your gelding on the road.
Fine, sounds perfect!
Person tries your horse at at your yard and you ask if they want to see him taken up the road. Person declines the invitation as you've already told them what he's like in traffic and again it's won't be a problem.
Deal is struck....person buys horse and it's collected a few days later.
A couple of days after they've had the horse you receive a phone call to say horse is playing up as they've decided to keep the horse alone. Horse has never not been in company so you can understand that the stress of moving, combined with no field mates is clearly having an effect. The new owner then tells you that your lad was naughty on the road and very jumpy, just 2 days after they bought him! This is the people who said they never hack on the road!!!!!
Anyway, to cut a long story short. New people want you to take horse back and are now denying that you even told them the horse wasn't good with heavy traffic. They say they'll take you to the small claims court and are going to charge livery for every day they've had the horse as they were not informed the horse didn't like tractors. Which of course is a lie. Several adverts on the internet for said horse mention exactly what he's like with traffic.
Where do you, as the seller stand?
