Buying a horse via auction

Many guises including Leviathon and HG something or other.

Wow! So they have a long standing history as a poster who claims a lot of experience, and then they pop up promoting Ricky Sawyer?! I can understand a novicey person being blinded by the pretty plaited ponies but unless your a bloody idiot you can spot lame horses in his videos. Even if for some weird reason you hadnt, you would still have known his name as a scumbag dealer just from posts on this forum alone! And supported by another long standing and "respected" poster! I absolutely despair :(
 
Wow! So they have a long standing history as a poster who claims a lot of experience, and then they pop up promoting Ricky Sawyer?! I can understand a novicey person being blinded by the pretty plaited ponies but unless your a bloody idiot you can spot lame horses in his videos. Even if for some weird reason you hadnt, you would still have known his name as a scumbag dealer just from posts on this forum alone! And supported by another long standing and "respected" poster! I absolutely despair :(

Well you only have to read the reversing a trailer thread complete with vid to know what you're dealing with here :D
 
Well the seller has now changed his stance and said that he would be able to accept a offer near the original asking price. I mentioned that I would potentially be in a position to put a deposit down subject to 5 stage vetting with blood samples and he being found fit for purpose which the seller seemed happy with. I am trying to be extra cautious though so if I get the faintest whiff that it's not a genuine sale then I'll leave it.
I will also check the passport issue date and get back to you all his evening.
Thanks for you help guys!

I think you've had more than a whiff already!
 
It was a memory of Tic Tocs video that stopped us buying a lovely horse earlier this year. Sellers didn't give their names and as the horse wasn't for me I hadn't googled the number before I left. Arrived 15mins early to see the horse being brought in, but they disappeared out of sight and wouldn't come to let us in through the gate for another 15 mins, even though they had definitely seen us arrive. They know their names are dirt as they didn't introduce themselves even when we all did. When they pulled the horse out of the stable it was dull eyed with no expression (even though all horses in stables had ears pricked). Every time anyone touched it it flinched away. It got smacked kicked and bullied out for a hack despite only being a baby, we had to tell them to stop. When their dogs started fighting the man went nuts at them and kicked one of them clean across the yard. The whole experience was disgusting and heartbreaking, I wish we had never gone as I felt so sorry for the animals. I googled the number when I got home after I'd finally heard themselves call each other Kate and Paul. That was enough to make us not give them any of our money. It's a shame as it seems like she's a capable rider and has nice horses but there is a horrible undertone of violent bullying.
 
Wow! So they have a long standing history as a poster who claims a lot of experience, and then they pop up promoting Ricky Sawyer?! I can understand a novicey person being blinded by the pretty plaited ponies but unless your a bloody idiot you can spot lame horses in his videos. Even if for some weird reason you hadnt, you would still have known his name as a scumbag dealer just from posts on this forum alone! And supported by another long standing and "respected" poster! I absolutely despair :(

Is that me you're referring to? And even if not

I DID NOT KNOW THE NAMES OF THOSE PEOPLE OR KNOW THE FACEBOOK SITE OR KNOW WHO TYSSANDI WAS

I hope that's clear :) ?

Not everyone's world revolves around remembering the names of dodgy dealers or the many, many, animal abusers who are posted about on this site.

If people wanted to out the poster then they should have done so, not made criticisms that were unreasonable if they were just any old poster, and then snipe at me for pointing out their criticism was unfair!
 
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Congratulations R Marshmallow. One of the more successful 'let's start a fight' troll threads than we've had of late :D
 
Is that me you're referring to? And even if not

I DID NOT KNOW THE NAMES OF THOSE PEOPLE OR KNOW THE FACEBOOK SITE OR KNOW WHO TYSSANDI WAS

I hope that's clear :) ?

Not everyone's world revolves around remembering the names of dodgy dealers or the many, many, animal abusers who are posted about on this site.

If people wanted to out the poster then they should have done so, not made criticisms that were unreasonable if they were just any old poster, and then snipe at me for pointing out their criticism was unfair!

Yes its you I am referring to.

I'm not sure theres any need to be shouting. It comes across as hostile and rude.

I didnt out anyone. You however were very quick to demand links to the horse in the OP and make veiled comments about trolls.

You were also very quick to support a poster promoting a dodgy dealer. If you have no knowledge of them, then perhaps you should educate yourself if you want to comment on posts about them :)
 
Yes I do. Same posting style even down to plagiarising to appear knowledgable.

Definitely the same poster.
Goodness.

I had noticed that HG-12 hadn't been on for a bit, but assumed that she had thrown her toys out of the pram for the final time and stomped off to the 'other forum' that had much nicer folk on it than us lot on here :D.
 
You reckon that TYSSANDI and HG-12/Levathian are the same poster?

Wow, my sleuthing skills have let me down this time. I hadn't connected the two at all.

I never know until someone points it out. I always just assume that everyone tells the truth and then get an unpleasant surprise when it turns out people arent who they claim to be :lol:
 
personally I don't have an issue with it as long as people don't pretend to be new... it seems like a lot of unnecessary hassle to set up new IDs etc but tbh it's usually easy to spot an existing user who has returned ;)
 
Yes its you I am referring to.

I'm not sure theres any need to be shouting. It comes across as hostile and rude.

I didnt out anyone. You however were very quick to demand links to the horse in the OP and make veiled comments about trolls.

You were also very quick to support a poster promoting a dodgy dealer. If you have no knowledge of them, then perhaps you should educate yourself if you want to comment on posts about them :)


I DID NOT KNOW THE POSTER WAS SUPPORTING A DODGY DEALER AND THERE WAS NO WAY OF KNOWING THAT THEY WERE CONNECTED WITH THE SITE

sorry to shout and all that, but it seems you didn't hear me the first time :D
 
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I DID NOT KNOW THE POSTER WAS SUPPORTING A DODGY DEALER AND THERE WAS NO WAY OF KNOWING THAT THEY WERE CONNECTED WITH THE SITE

sorry to shout and all that, but it seems you didn't hear me the first time :D

I think you misunderstood didnt hear you, for didnt agree with you.

I'm pretty sure that repeatedly shouting at someone who doesn't agree with you is an effective way to cause a fight and an incredibly poor way to get information across.

As I've said previously, I cant be bothered with your own particular brand of nonsense and I'm just not going to engage with you any further.
 
Am I the only person totally confused by all this?

Marshmallow was a troll who started a thread about buying a horse from a facebook auction in the hope of getting an argument going.

A previous poster with one of several new identities recommended rmarshmallow look at a site that they are personally connected with. Only some people on the forum knew of the connection. Instead of telling the forum about the connection, or simply saying the site was very dodgy, the poster was criticised for pointing out the site.

Two people pointed out this criticism was unfair and that they did not know themselves that the site was dodgy.

FrankieCob won't accept at anyone on the forum could not know the site was dodgy, and insists that any poster should check out a seller before pointing to any horse for sale.

Mixed in was a discussion about a horse called Tic Toc, owned by Popsdosh, which was sold to the dodgy dealers and then bought back after being badly treated.

Rmarshmallow is thrilled to have achieved his/her aim in setting up the thread, albeit not quite as they expected.

It's been quite a lot of fun!

Clear as mud :D ??
 
I'm not sure there is a connection between Tyssandi and Ricky?

And unconvinced that the OP is a troll either myself.

For what its worth I dont think OP was a troll either the questions seemed genuine and logical. I think everybody else has gone overboard since Ricky was mentioned and not by the OP. I thought the Troll argument was aimed at Tyssandi?HG-12? or whoever they are now.
However I guess OP may be slow coming back after stirring up the playground antics
 
So OP may or may not be a troll, Tyssandi is a troll but may or may not be connected to Ricky who isn't (or is?) connected to Kate & Paul who treated Popsdosh's horse Tic Toc badly? Meanwhile OP is no longer buying the horse this thread was initially about. Am I up to speed?

*still a bit confuddled*
 
I know TYSSANFI and know she isn't connected to the dodgy dealer. Not sure what has happened to this thread but do despair that it is now considered OK to buy a horse from an unregulated Facebook auction.
 
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