Cheeky/ridiculous posts you see on Facebook.

[toppedoff]

Flipwits who will neither read not take the time to write correctly would annoy me.

Faced with a comment like "Hi postcode pls", I'd hesitate between simply ignoring it or replying "sintad".

Same, Facebook is a wild place

Oh and I also can't be the only one who gets second hand annoyance when someone posts a looking for post, then the seller posts their horse and then 3 people reply to the seller "price and location pls"

 

[Elf On A Shelf]

People don't read adverts.

There's one at the moment along the lines of "Honest advert: bought this mare for our riding school but she isn't suitable because she's green and sharp: sold from the field as a project."
...
and the first comment is "I'm a novice. Would she be suitable for me?

You wouldn't believe the number of people who message us about horses leaving training asking if they are suitable for novices/mother daughter shares etc.

 

[ester]

Don't forget the
"Livery yard vacancy at -Insert postcode" usually at the bottom which is fair enough

Always a comment of "Hi postcode pls"

Often if you look at the edit history you find they didn't actually include the location initially

 

[Goldie's mum]

I love it when a typo is more accurate than what they meant to say.

There are two at the moment.

"Proven broadmare" (and looking at the pictures she certainly is)

"Lively colt, needs biting" (and who hasn't felt like that about a colt occasionally)

 

[ycbm]

Talking of typos. I know she's small but

for sale in Doncaster | Dragon Driving

www.dragondriving.co.uk

 

[Caol Ila]

FB ads for livery yards that don't include location. To me, that is the most important thing. I don't care if you have the best livery yard in the whole world - if it's 100 miles away from me, reading your ad and scrolling through all your lovely pictures is time I could be spending on HHO.

 

[Cowpony]

It's the same with horses for sale. It could be perfect, but if you can't be bothered to tell me where it is I can't be bothered to enquire......

 

[maisie06]

Friend is SELLING super pony club pony, the amount of people who want to loan/share and even swap is getting silly now!

 

[Dontforgetaboutme]

Someone loaning out their horse 5 days a week for £15 a day. Horse appears to be DIY as all stable duties expected. Horse not top flight

 

[Snowfilly]

Someone loaning out their horse 5 days a week for £15 a day. Horse appears to be DIY as all stable duties expected. Horse not top flight

A group 1hr lesson at my nearest school is £40. The good school is £45 and they’ve got a waiting list. So not quite double the price of the local one, you can ride 5 days a week and probably do more interesting stuff than a group flatwork lesson as well. That seems pretty decent to me even if the horse isn’t top flight.

 

[Dontforgetaboutme]

A group 1hr lesson at my nearest school is £40. The good school is £45 and they’ve got a waiting list. So not quite double the price of the local one, you can ride 5 days a week and probably do more interesting stuff than a group flatwork lesson as well. That seems pretty decent to me even if the horse isn’t top a as

£75 a week plus chores just seemed high to me.

 

[Auslander]

Same, Facebook is a wild place

Oh and I also can't be the only one who gets second hand annoyance when someone posts a looking for post, then the seller posts their horse and then 3 people reply to the seller "price and location pls"

People who reply "PM me" to a post advertising something. If you want it, how about you pm me.
I don't understand why people do it, and it gives me the rage!

 

[AmyMay]

£75 a week plus chores just seemed high to me.

But having a horse is not just about riding….

 

[maya2008]

£75 a week plus chores just seemed high to me.

The owner is only getting 1 day a week though. So if you do 6x15 that is £90 per week, £360 a month. There is no way the horse costs less than that to keep, even on DIY. So the £15 a day is just the horse’s costs split evenly between sharer and owner.

 

[conniegirl]

The owner is only getting 1 day a week though. So if you do 6x15 that is £90 per week, £360 a month. There is no way the horse costs less than that to keep, even on DIY. So the £15 a day is just the horse’s costs split evenly between sharer and owner.

Dont know where in the country you are but it is very possible to keep a horse for less than that a month if on DIY.

Mine is on 5 day full livery and costs me £360 a month including feed and a trim.

 

[Abacus]

Dont know where in the country you are but it is very possible to keep a horse for less than that a month if on DIY.

Mine is on 5 day full livery and costs me £360 a month including feed and a trim.

This is astoundingly cheap. DIY livery around here is £160 per month, and hay will cost around £100, add in shoes and feed, and you are easily up to £360 without irregular items.

 

[Pinkvboots]

Dont know where in the country you are but it is very possible to keep a horse for less than that a month if on DIY.

Mine is on 5 day full livery and costs me £360 a month including feed and a trim.

Well in Hertfordshire it would be closer to £1,000 a month for full livery, my friend pays more than you a month for her horse to be on working livery at a college up the road from me.

 

[conniegirl]

This is astoundingly cheap. DIY livery around here is £160 per month, and hay will cost around £100, add in shoes and feed, and you are easily up to £360 without irregular items.

Its at one of the most expensive yards in the area. So not cheap for my area.
£320 a month for 5 day full livery.
£30 every 8 to 10 weeks for a trim
£30 for feed every 3 to 4 months. (Chaff and a bag of balancer).

 

[Pinkvboots]

Its at one of the most expensive yards in the area. So not cheap for my area.
£320 a month for 5 day full livery.
£30 every 8 to 10 weeks for a trim
£30 for feed every 3 to 4 months. (Chaff and a bag of balancer).

I need to move

 

[toppedoff]

Its at one of the most expensive yards in the area. So not cheap for my area.
£320 a month for 5 day full livery.
£30 every 8 to 10 weeks for a trim
£30 for feed every 3 to 4 months. (Chaff and a bag of balancer).

No way what like pinkvboots, in Hertfordshire, I envy your prices. I've known a few yards are upping their prices to 200-225 for DIY but that's more near towards royston I'm pretty sure

 

[maya2008]

20 years ago, in Hertfordshire, it cost me £350 a month DIY all-in (farrier, insurance, feed, bedding, wormer, yearly vaccs plus a small budget for replacement tack/feed bowls etc). I was in my first job, budgeting carefully. Horse was a 15hh TB. I cannot believe it’s gone down, given that hay was £3 a bale and straw £1.50 at the time!

 

[conniegirl]

20 years ago, in Hertfordshire, it cost me £350 a month DIY all-in (farrier, insurance, feed, bedding, wormer, yearly vaccs plus a small budget for replacement tack/feed bowls etc). I was in my first job, budgeting carefully. Horse was a 15hh TB. I cannot believe it’s gone down, given that hay was £3 a bale and straw £1.50 at the time!

Im not in Hertfordshire, I’m South Yorkshire. It was even cheaper when I was in East Yorkshire.

 

[Dontforgetaboutme]

Maybe I’m just asking very low contribution. £20 a week for 2 days, horse is on 7 day full livery so no chores. I guess it is just what works for people. My sharer has just given up hence my musings

 

[Peglo]

17HH 8yo Hannovarian X Cleveland Bay Gelding

Based on Isle of Wight

Very sad situation forces sale! Same home since bred currently.

1

Not cheeky or ridiculous but I want to know what on earth is wrong with this horse!!! Pictures are lovely.

ETA someone commented wondering if he was suitable to bring on to event…. At that price I very much doubt it.

EETA the pictures aren’t actually lovely. The horse looks nice but the pictures aren’t

 

[ponynutz]

Maybe I’m just asking very low contribution. £20 a week for 2 days, horse is on 7 day full livery so no chores. I guess it is just what works for people. My sharer has just given up hence my musings

That is very low. I pay £20 a week for 2 days with all jobs on those days and I thought that was cheap! Without jobs even more so.

 

[ponynutz]

17HH 8yo Hannovarian X Cleveland Bay Gelding

Based on Isle of Wight

Very sad situation forces sale! Same home since bred currently.

1

Not cheeky or ridiculous but I want to know what on earth is wrong with this horse!!! Pictures are lovely.

Possibly would rather find right home rather than worry about price? Can't tell without pics tho!

 

[Peglo]

Possibly would rather find right home rather than worry about price? Can't tell without pics tho!

Possibly but seems a fairly sought after type to ‘give away’ and risk being bought by a dealer.

 

[Fieldlife]

Dont know where in the country you are but it is very possible to keep a horse for less than that a month if on DIY.

Mine is on 5 day full livery and costs me £360 a month including feed and a trim.

Wow easily double or treble that for full or part livery in my area.

Do you have good off road hacking, a lit school with good surface, and good well draining all year turn out too for your £360?

 

[Sossigpoker]

7 day /full livery on a yard with good facilities is £700-1200 around here.

 

[Sossigpoker]

"A show organiser won't refund my entry fees when I couldn't attend because my son was ill. This is unfair and the organisers are holding people over a barrell.
Am I unreasonable wanting my entry fee back ?"

Wtaf? Imagine if shows refunded everyone who just decided not to turn up ?
Yes , you are being unreasonable and very entitled!