Buyer not collecting horse?!

[Amymay]

Is close contacts even still a thing? I've had covid before and two vaccinations, I've more chance of catching the flu from her lol. Plus we will be outside in a yard, I'm not worried.

Good luck tomorrow. Please give her a bill of sale, and make sure you have her full details.

 

[ycbm]

Had a call today from the 'owner' - she was dreadfully apologetic and says she was really not herself for a week being ill with covid. She says she will collect him tomorrow morning! So, all of that drama over nothing, sorry guys!! Thanks for the help though

I won't hold my breath, but I will have my fingers crossed!
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[Lois Lame]

I love these mysterious threads, though it's very hard on the OPs. Good luck for tomorrow morning.

 

[Winters100]

Had a call today from the 'owner' - she was dreadfully apologetic and says she was really not herself for a week being ill with covid. She says she will collect him tomorrow morning! So, all of that drama over nothing, sorry guys!! Thanks for the help though

How very strange that the friend who sent a text saying that the buyer could just not cope with speaking to you did not pass on this information. If I was in this situation I would be asking my friend 'please tell the seller that I have covid and ask if they can kindly keep the horse for a couple or weeks' not 'please tell the seller that I cannot cope with speaking to them'. Sorry to say it makes me wonder if she is being truthful. If you had received a message that the buyer was suffering from covid, very unwell but not in hospital, then I am quite sure that you would have been happy to agree to keep the horse for her for a couple of weeks.

Good luck for tomorrow and let us know how you get on.

 

[AandK]

How very strange. Not sure I’d want to sell a horse to someone like that…

 

[PictusSweetDreams]

How very strange. Not sure I’d want to see a horse to someone like that…

i was just thinking the same.

has she collected yet OP?

 

[Apercrumbie]

It does seem strange, but I wonder if perhaps her friend didn't manage the situation well enough and that has caused greater confusion. I can say that when I had covid, I was not well enough to even text someone who wasn't immediate family, so I can see why there was a period of radio silence followed by someone else trying to sort out a situation that they don't fully understand. Provided the horse is collected today, I'd give her the benefit of the doubt. Fingers crossed for you OP!

 

[SatansLittleHelper]

Hope everything has gone OK today..???

 

[Amymay]

I think we’re all on tenderhooks 🤔

 

[ycbm]

I think we’re all on tenderhooks 🤔

Not me! Mine are tenterhooks 🙃🤣

Got no nails left though.
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[PeterNatt]

I find it very strange that the seller did not obtain all the contact details for the purchaser ether before or at the point of agreeing the sale.

 

[Equi]

Not me! Mine are tenterhooks 🙃🤣

Got no nails left though.
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Mind blown. I was today years old when I learned….

 

[ester]

I find it very strange that the seller did not obtain all the contact details for the purchaser ether before or at the point of agreeing the sale.

why?

 

[splashgirl45]

fingers crossed horse gets collected ok

 

[Spotherisk]

Ooh, any news OP?

 

[ycbm]

I find it very strange that the seller did not obtain all the contact details for the purchaser ether before or at the point of agreeing the sale.

I don't. I've rarely had the full details of the buyer of a horse until the day they picked it up to take it home.
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[Snail]

And waiting....

 

[PaulineW]

I find it very strange that the seller did not obtain all the contact details for the purchaser ether before or at the point of agreeing the sale.

I find it stranger that the buyer paid in full and didn’t leave her contact details.

 

[Gloi]

Hi, my first time on writing - been a secret stalker.! But slightly concerned that if she has had covid less than 10 days ago she is still potentially infectious! Be careful.

Yes, she should still be self isolating, like I am ☹️

 

[Pearlsasinger]

Mind blown. I was today years old when I learned….

I live not far from wall that still has the tenterhooks that used to be used by the people who lived in the area and wove woollen cloth nearby. They were a community resource.

 

[Amymay]

I live not far from wall that still has the tenterhooks that used to be used by the people who lived in the area and wove woollen cloth nearby. They were a community resource.

Every day is a learning day. I thought it was tenderhooks 🤣🤣

 

[pixie]

I'm invested in this one now

 

[Nicnac]

Has OP been taken along with the horse? Curiouser and curiouser!

 

[PictusSweetDreams]

How strange. I’m so invested in this post, makes me wonder if it was even real now 🙄

 

[Chuffy99]

Have we all fallen for a troll, did wonder about halfway through?

 

[Lois Lame]

I am sure the OP is genuine.

 

[jay2bee]

Sorry to keep you all waiting.

Couple of things first… no I’m not a troll, this is a relatively new username because I lost the password to my old one which was JDChaser.

Secondly, what other contact details would I have got? I sell a few horses a year, ex-racers I take on through my job as a racing head lass. Usually I get a phone call, they see the horse, they buy it or don’t. I don’t get their address or whatever because why would I need to?! Why is that weird. I’ve bought horses before from people who only had my first name and not even a phone number.

Thirdly… She didn’t turn up! Texted half an hour after she was meant to be there to say she still wasn’t well enough. I’ve replied to say unfortunately I can’t wait anymore, send me your bank details so I can refund you. No reply. I’ll call the bank tomorrow and ask them to refund it, I’m assuming they can.

 

[jay2bee]

Fourthly, if anyone wants a lovely natured 16.2hh 6 year old gelding ex NH horse then hit me up. Although I’ll be demanding your address, your parents address, your maiden name, your date of birth…

 

[Spotherisk]

Blimey, what a weird thing to happen! I hope you can get the refund sorted easily, and the horse sold well.

 

[kc921]

Must admit, if I sold my horse and someone messed me about like this I wouldn't be selling to them at all.
Huge red flags and I wouldn't want them near him!
She's messed you about so much, well done to you for keeping your cool, hope you are able to refund the money tomorrow and sell the horse to a lovely owner!