buyer messing me around

if you pull out you run the risk of still having to pay that extra weeks livery... and quite possibly more particularly if any other buyer also wants to arrange a vetting... your choice I guess but I don't think that the buyer is messing you around.
 
brownie57 said:
Yes Spring Feather, perhaps its just me being stupid,

but i made an agreement with the buyer to have the horse vetted this week, if she was unable to do this then SHE should not have left a deposit and then i would not have turned other people away that wanted to view the horse. I could have sold the horse to someone else, but i took the buyers word and now she is messing me around.

But yes, its obviously my fault totally - i see this now, what a totally unreasonable fool i am.
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did you get the agreement in writing stating the above and that if the vetting was not done this week then the deposit was forfeited?

if not tough either give the deposit back and move on as above or wait till the vet comes next week
 
Actually I think you are being unreasonable by claiming that she is in the wrong. Just give her back her deposit if your not happy end of.
 
Goodness me, NOT a nice way to do business OP. And what will happen if this horse FAILS the vet inspection :eek: You might just wish you'd kept this buyer on side.
 
Next time you take a deposit for a horse, specify very clearly that the vetting needs to be done within X amount of time and if that isn't adhered to they lose the deposit, if that's how you want to work it.
I've normally got the horse vetted PDQ and wouldn't be putting it off, I want to know asap if I'm buying the horse or not or moving the search on, and I wouldn't want to be slow about it and mess the seller about either.
 
OP the potential buyer is not being unreasonable at all, you are. It sounds like you just want rid of this horse asap so as the others have said, give the lady her money back and hope someone else will buy him this week. If I was the potential buyer and read this i wouldn't buy off you. Good luck with your quick sale.
 
I'm another one who cannot see how the buyer is messing you around , and you break your agreement to sell her the horse subject to vetting you are breaking a verbal contract . Did you write on the receipt you gave to the deposit horse must be vetted next week, did you emphasise the horse must leave the yard by the end of the week?

One week in the scheme of things is nothing, and you are the one that chooses to have your horse on full livery, not the buyer!
A buyer should be entitled to have the vet of their choice to vet, however cheap or expensive, a vet whose opinion they trust !



I think you are one who is considering messing the buyer around not the other way! And in this economic climate there are a lot if time wasters out there, that will really mess you around !
 
OP I think you are being totally unreasonable.

Buyer sounds great - one viewing, left a deposit straight away, arranging a vetting in a week and a half.

It's not her fault you're paying full livery, nor that you dropped the price of the horse. You couldn't sell it at 4.5k no? So it is not worth 4.5k.

It's your choice if you turn the buyer away and give her the deposit back. But you might find it unlikely that you will get another buyer to purchase, vet and remove the horse within the space of a week.
 
It's a buyers market, you want horse gone so suck it up and get on with it. this lady has payed deposit to not be messed about, and still you are messing her about. she has every right to want her money back and walk away. I would if it was me!
 
Flipping heck, she left a deposit without a vetting? Sounds like you've hit the jackpot, what are you moaning about? Sounds like things are pretty instant for you. Two weeks livery is nothing if going to a good responsible home !
 
Sorry, when did i say i wanted the horse gone asap ??????

Why do people on this forum just make up stories,

I made an agreement with the buyer and she has broken it, not me. Its not my fault that she can only find one vet to come out who is expensive. She should have thought about that before making an agreement.

I will sell the horse to someone else,

Thanks
 
xspiralx said:
But you might find it unlikely that you will get another buyer to purchase, vet and remove the horse within the space of a week.
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Absolutely. This summer I know several utterly lovely horses who are taking months to sell, if they're selling at all. Prices are having to be dropped and still very few buyers are coming forward. :(
 
Perhaps only post again when you've woken up and smelt the coffee ? You cannot be serious. This has to be the best wind up in ages !! :eek::rolleyes:
 
brownie57 said:
Sorry, when did i say i wanted the horse gone asap ??????
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Sorry, I'm confused now. :confused:

I thought the whole point was that you didn't want to have to wait another week? have I got the wrong end of the stick?

I thought the buyer was keen, had paid a deposit, and the only issue was you not wanting to pay more livery while you wait for a vetting? :confused:
 
No that is not it.

We made an agreement that she could have the horse but she had to get vetting done this week as i had lots of other calls / interest, so i have booked other people to come at the weekend and left this week free for her to get vetting done.

She says the only vet she can find is £100 dearer than all the other vets, so now wants to do it next week instead.

I am not happy because i will have to put off all other people and have to pay another weeks full livery.

The point is , we made an agreement for her to get it done this week, and now she wont because its too expensive. Well, that isnt my fault is it ? If she wants the horse then stick to the agreement, why leave a deposit and then not stick to the agreement made ??????.
 
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brownie57 said:
The thing is, she has found a vet who will happily come and do the vetting this week, but she says they are too expensive.

But its ok for me to pay an extra weeks full livery when i have already taken £2500 off the asking price ??????????
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Well if you're really desperate to get rid of him/her then you could always offer the £100, might be a bit cheaper than paying the livery.

I agree with the others though that it's not her fault you've dropped the price and she is doing what she can. I think I would feel a bit suspicious if I was told to use one vet over another.

I doubt you'll get anyone else to buy sooner but if you don't want to sell to her you'll have to return the deposit.

I don't think it really sounds like she's messing you around tbh. Maybe it's a bit of an inconvenience that it's taking a while but at least you're not getting your horse ready to be viewed with people not turning up and time wasting etc etc.
 
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Wow, just wow! I am utterly confused now. First you say you reduced the price as you wanted to sell asap and now you're saying you're not in a rush to sell. So why is there an issue with the vetting taking place next week?

If I were you I'd hold out for this lady as there's no guarantee that the other interested parties will want to buy your horse, will want to pay for the more expensive vet or will be able to get a vetting done before next week now.
 
I actually feel sorry for the poor buyer! Hope she runs a mile tbh!

You constantly contradict yourself, 'I don't want the horse gone ASAP'.. Next breath 'she agreed to take the horse in a week I want the horse gone in a week'.. Aye?!?! What's the big rush..

If you back out its very unlikely if you back out someone will come look at this horse and take it by next week so you'll have to pay the livery anyway :rolleyes:

You need to grow up OP things won't go your way all the time and I wouldn't be paying for an expensive vetting either especially if there's no guarantee of a pass!
 
When I bought sasha, paid deposit at viewing, arranged vet for 3 days later, then we had all that snow, yard was unaccesable to us and vet, all iced up, no place to do vetting, plus I couldn't have got my lorry off my yard anyway to collect her, but the seller did not complain, and when vetting did go ahead it was still 5 more days after till my lorry was free of snow!!!
Buyer is entitled to have vet of her choice, ok she was trying to get it done in your timescale, but it did not go to plan, what if you back out , refund deposit, and then your other prospective viewers disappear!!! You are back where you started. Have a little patience, offer half the 100 to get it done sooner, that would not be as much as full livery for another week would it? Things have not gone to plan as per sec!!! But that's life honey.
 
no it isnt achinghips

i dont think anyone is really reading what i am trying to say

it doesnt matter anymore, please forget about it and go and pick on someone else

oh and the buyer can have any vet she wants, i have no problem with that, i just wanted it done this week, thats all.
 
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