EgerdenFarmStud
Well-Known Member
Am I being unfair to say that there are as many timewaster customers as there are dodgy dealers??
Dealers on here do tend to get a bit of a pounding when it comes to selling horses unfairly ect...Whilst I do agree that some dealers are awful people, I would like to have a little rant about some people that come to look ate horses....
We have for sale a gorgeous homebred jet black 5 year old gelding by Eddison ( Jasper / Ramiro Z ) out of an Akzent 2 mare... He has done a bit of everything, been to shows jumping double clears british novice and discovery. Moves beautifully and has the temprement to die for... So .. We get someone call up and ask to see him, make an appointment, they come, we ride / jump him, they then get on and have a sit on him, ttheir useless instructor then gets on and rides and jumps him too. Then they want to see mum and dad, brothers and sisters. Spend an hour chatting with him - cuddling him in stable. They loved him, they then want to come and try again, which is fine... This time to hack him, so they hach him up the road, with one of ours, then we take other horse home whilst they wait to bring him home alone, trot past gate to yard ( none of this phases poor boy ) then back home. Then they want to see him x country, so arrange to come for a 3rd time to see him... So we take him in the lorry 10 miles away to a x country course for them to see, again they ride him and jump him around the course ( Even though they look as if they had never seen a log before let alone jump one - again this does not phase poor little man even though the rider is hung round his neck half of the time in fear of the size of the 2 foot log ) Get back home, again they spend a while loving him and playing in the stable etc. They then call that evening and say that they absolutely love him and could not fault him in any way, that he would be perfect for him but they unfortunatley did not have the full amount...He is advertised for £12,500 ono - they offered £8000 as that was all they had!!! Why the bloody hell did they come to look at a horse £4,500 over what they had to spend. We will always do everything we can to provide our customers with the best possible trials that we can give, but that just takes the biscuit!! Maybe coming to see him once then mentioning it would be excusable, but 3 times, one of which we had to take him out has made us slightly pi**ed off...
Such a pain.
Sorry .....Rant over
Dealers on here do tend to get a bit of a pounding when it comes to selling horses unfairly ect...Whilst I do agree that some dealers are awful people, I would like to have a little rant about some people that come to look ate horses....
We have for sale a gorgeous homebred jet black 5 year old gelding by Eddison ( Jasper / Ramiro Z ) out of an Akzent 2 mare... He has done a bit of everything, been to shows jumping double clears british novice and discovery. Moves beautifully and has the temprement to die for... So .. We get someone call up and ask to see him, make an appointment, they come, we ride / jump him, they then get on and have a sit on him, ttheir useless instructor then gets on and rides and jumps him too. Then they want to see mum and dad, brothers and sisters. Spend an hour chatting with him - cuddling him in stable. They loved him, they then want to come and try again, which is fine... This time to hack him, so they hach him up the road, with one of ours, then we take other horse home whilst they wait to bring him home alone, trot past gate to yard ( none of this phases poor boy ) then back home. Then they want to see him x country, so arrange to come for a 3rd time to see him... So we take him in the lorry 10 miles away to a x country course for them to see, again they ride him and jump him around the course ( Even though they look as if they had never seen a log before let alone jump one - again this does not phase poor little man even though the rider is hung round his neck half of the time in fear of the size of the 2 foot log ) Get back home, again they spend a while loving him and playing in the stable etc. They then call that evening and say that they absolutely love him and could not fault him in any way, that he would be perfect for him but they unfortunatley did not have the full amount...He is advertised for £12,500 ono - they offered £8000 as that was all they had!!! Why the bloody hell did they come to look at a horse £4,500 over what they had to spend. We will always do everything we can to provide our customers with the best possible trials that we can give, but that just takes the biscuit!! Maybe coming to see him once then mentioning it would be excusable, but 3 times, one of which we had to take him out has made us slightly pi**ed off...
Such a pain.
Sorry .....Rant over
