Cheeky/ridiculous posts you see on Facebook.

Lately I have seen so many ripped and faded saddle cloths for sale.
Photos show any one or more of the following: fraying fabric, rips, binding coming away, holes on the underside.
And often with more hair than Chewbacca........

Prices usually start around £8 ish (have seen similar listings on fleabay too).
 
I'm getting quite pissed off with the "Beware dodgey dealer" type posts.

Normally the buyer has bought unseen, untried and unvettedd and is suprised when the horse that turns up is taller/shorter/more forwards/a stroppy mule/thinner/fatter then they thought or has sarcoids/old injuries.

People seriously need to start taking some personal responsibility! Perhaps engaging brain before parting with money would be a good start.
 
Last edited:
Indeed, and even without the pre stuff! A situation I know of - great PC pony, gone to nationals, sold as such. Brought back under sale of goods 8 months after sale as it was a rearer, nightmare, couldn't be competed, totally mis sold threatening all sorts. Honest pre owner bought it back (at great personal stress), pony gone and been placed at nationals again...never been a jot of trouble. Sometimes people can't admit that maybe it is just them.
 
FfionWinnie said:
I saw that and wondered :D

I also saw mountain horse boots for sale for 35. Some small damage. Pic of damage had a finger poking through the heel and the crease at the front was also cracked right through. 35 quid!! It was the bin they needed!
Click to expand...

I can understand a bit of wear but hole in the heel and cracked front? Seriously! What use would anyone have for those, other than maybe to make a funky outdoor plant pot (which is what happened to my retired joules wellies!)

ps so glad I read through quickly before posting. Auto correct changed wellies to something a bit ruder!
 
conniegirl said:
I'm getting quite pissed off with the "Beware dodgey dealer" type posts.

Normally the buyer has bought unseen, untried and unvettedd and is suprised when the horse that turns up is taller/shorter/more forwards/a stroppy mule/thinner/fatter then they thought or has sarcoids/old injuries.

People seriously need to start taking some personal responsibility! Perhaps engaging brain before parting with money would be a good start.
Click to expand...

YES I know!!! I get so annoyed at the same! There is a dodgy dealer page on Facebook and so many times I have had to sit on my hands to not comment about the fact that they bought unseen/untried/unvetted etc
 
[deleted user] said:
YES I know!!! I get so annoyed at the same! There is a dodgy dealer page on Facebook and so many times I have had to sit on my hands to not comment about the fact that they bought unseen/untried/unvetted etc
Click to expand...

I'm probably on the same page but I'm not capable of sitting on my hands and have had a telling off for it.
 
On preloved someone is asking for a home for her mare for the winter as it has to be turned away due to ligament damage. If it comes sound at end winter, they would be taking it back. Bit cheeky really.
 
FfionWinnie said:
People who advertise dirty minging rugs with a few small rips for almost new price. WHO BUYS THESE. :D
Click to expand...

I had the opposite of this. Sold a brand new rug to a girl, it was already 50% off because I needed to get rid quickly as was moving abroad. She sent me a sob story message that she couldn't afford it as was a single mother and her horse would be cold blah blah blah. So I knocked another £10 off. I saw the rug about a month later advertised by her for considerably more than I sold it. Sigh, whos the mug here?
 
Ceifer said:
I had the opposite of this. Sold a brand new rug to a girl, it was already 50% off because I needed to get rid quickly as was moving abroad. She sent me a sob story message that she couldn't afford it as was a single mother and her horse would be cold blah blah blah. So I knocked another £10 off. I saw the rug about a month later advertised by her for considerably more than I sold it. Sigh, whos the mug here?
Click to expand...

OMG Same thing with me currently trying to sell some rugs, difference is I won't back down on price, if you can't afford the equipment then maybe you shouldn't have a horse! Same when people clip their horses for the first time and then wonder about rugs for them.
 
*Sahara said:
OMG Same thing with me currently trying to sell some rugs, difference is I won't back down on price, if you can't afford the equipment then maybe you shouldn't have a horse! Same when people clip their horses for the first time and then wonder about rugs for them.
Click to expand...
I was selling a saddle cloth and had one woman offer me a third of what it was up for which was only £9 in the first place! I gave up on selling it in the end and decided to keep it. Too much hassle.
 
I hate selling stuff due to the ridiculous questions and the unreasonable expectations of some people. EG a turnout rug in great, hardly used condition as it was quickly outgrown by a youngster. I have hosed and sponged it down but it isn't *perfectly* clean, so they want it professionally washed, but still only want to pay £20 including postage. Grrrrrr!
 
cobsarefab said:
I was selling a saddle cloth and had one woman offer me a third of what it was up for which was only £9 in the first place! I gave up on selling it in the end and decided to keep it. Too much hassle.
Click to expand...

Ditto! Was selling one of the cheap LIDL summer sheets, never used, still in the bag with the price on it. I wanted a fiver. Had someone message first asking if I would post (yes, at cost), then saying they could only afford £2 including postage! They were told that if they cannot afford £5 for a rug then they cannot afford a horse...
 
More unridden horses for loan

Also quirky/green/unrideable horses for loan or share...it irks me greatly when these are children's ponies...So yeah like another persons child should risk themselves to school your pony to make your child safe ...AND be paid a small amount...How about you pay proper money for a small adult to school the pony!!!!
 
Ah...I have to say many years ago as a young child when I would fantasise about having a horse, I put adverts like this in Horse and Pony magazine. (in this days you had to write your advert in on a postcard!) I remember vividly asking about jodhpurs and offering £1.00 (this was in about 1980 - even then, I knew I was pushing my luck) and having a postcard back saying "If you send me the £1.00, I will send you the jodhpurs) Postal order bought and sent and jodhpurs received - enormous old-style tweed ones with huge flaps!! I was 11 or 12 years old at the time, so I tend to imagine a lot of these style ads are from similar. I had a headcollar and lead rope years before I ever had a pony. :)
 
Last edited:
Faracat said:
I hate selling stuff due to the ridiculous questions and the unreasonable expectations of some people. EG a turnout rug in great, hardly used condition as it was quickly outgrown by a youngster. I have hosed and sponged it down but it isn't *perfectly* clean, so they want it professionally washed, but still only want to pay £20 including postage. Grrrrrr!
Click to expand...

Same with me, youngster has out grown quicker than I thought and have put the rugs up for sale. Some are expensive brands too, have been washed and reproofed, but no, some people want them for £0 Like a bucas turnout I have, almost new, been washed and reproofed, bought for £48 I only want £15 as it's no good to me, apparently I'm asking the earth!
 
cobsarefab said:
I was selling a saddle cloth and had one woman offer me a third of what it was up for which was only £9 in the first place! I gave up on selling it in the end and decided to keep it. Too much hassle.
Click to expand...

To be honest I keep everything as just too much hassle to sell, I still have my first ponies tack and rugs and the only thing I have got rid of is a synthetic saddle that I hated so part exed it for my cob's saddle. My OH is fed up of all the saddles, bridles, rugs, bits, bansages and other horsey essentials being stored in our house.
 
Crugeran Celt said:
To be honest I keep everything as just too much hassle to sell, I still have my first ponies tack and rugs and the only thing I have got rid of is a synthetic saddle that I hated so part exed it for my cob's saddle. My OH is fed up of all the saddles, bridles, rugs, bits, bansages and other horsey essentials being stored in our house.
Click to expand...

My friend and I just had a big clear-out of our tack room and gave it all to a localish horsey charity - if they cant use it themselves they sell it to raise funds. Their local re-homing rep collected it from us. It was so easy and I'd much rather they have money they desperately need than have the hassle of selling it and maybe making £100.
 
I've been trying to sell some outgrown rugs recently too, all clean and in good condition, I was only asking max £10, the cheapest being £5 and several priced inbetween. I had a pair of young girls texting me at 3am, asking what £10 would buy them (prices are on the ad and even in the pictures!), would it fit their cob (how the heck should I know!), how their granddad says they should only have to pay half price as they're only young (wtf) and just on and on and on.

I just blocked their number in the end. I reckon there never even was a 'cob' to start with!
 
I do better selling stuff on ebay. Even with the ebay fees, and the paypal fees.

I take clear photos, list all details, and flaws, and set a fixed price, and cost postage, and allow collection, and then keep relisting until it sells. Slower, but far less hassle than facebook selling. I've also found my hermes will post most things cheaply and tracked.
 
wingedhorse said:
. I've also found my hermes will post most things cheaply and tracked.
Click to expand...

Yes and then they break down the back gate of the buyers house and leave the parcel leaning up against the back door in the pouring rain with the now broken gates swinging in the wind.
Thank god I have good neighbours who spotted the back gates swinging when they took thier dog out a few hours later, he knew I was away for the weekend so went to check, sportted the parcel and took it to keep it safe at his and then did his best to temporarily fix my gate.
When I recieved that text from him I was horrified! not conducive to a relaxed weekend away. I now will not use anyone who sends by Hermes
 
conniegirl said:
Yes and then they break down the back gate of the buyers house and leave the parcel leaning up against the back door in the pouring rain with the now broken gates swinging in the wind.
Thank god I have good neighbours who spotted the back gates swinging when they took thier dog out a few hours later, he knew I was away for the weekend so went to check, sportted the parcel and took it to keep it safe at his and then did his best to temporarily fix my gate.
When I recieved that text from him I was horrified! not conducive to a relaxed weekend away. I now will not use anyone who sends by Hermes
Click to expand...

I've sent over 100 parcels via my hermes, and received a smaller number and had no issues. You also cannot tell from an ebay listing which dispatch method they will use unless you ask.
 
wingedhorse said:
I do better selling stuff on ebay. Even with the ebay fees, and the paypal fees.

I take clear photos, list all details, and flaws, and set a fixed price, and cost postage, and allow collection, and then keep relisting until it sells. Slower, but far less hassle than facebook selling. I've also found my hermes will post most things cheaply and tracked.
Click to expand...

Hate ebay, I' currently selling on preloved, even when I list everything and more about the items that anyone could want (all with clear pictures) you still get "those" people. Like one I had that recently responded to my rugs for sale, all rugs have descriptions and images. Person just messages me and asks "what have you got for sale hun" ..... maybe the rugs in the ad!
 
Have been offered a horse to share via FB that nobody rides as he rears, with the idea I'd be the crash test dummy, and the owner said "don't worry, we wouldn't expect you to pay until he is rideable and then we can discuss contribution"! After the free schooling of course :D

Have also answered an ad for a horse to share, two days a week, for £750 to £800 a month! Super looking horse and yard but competing elementary with reasonable scores, not likely to go higher any more and no longer jumps so not an out of this world opportunity!

I think contributions are appropriate but for that (if I could afford) I could have my own on full/part livery round here
 
Buck-a-roo said:
Have also answered an ad for a horse to share, two days a week, for £750 to £800 a month! Super looking horse and yard but competing elementary with reasonable scores, not likely to go higher any more and no longer jumps so not an out of this world opportunity!

I think contributions are appropriate but for that (if I could afford) I could have my own on full/part livery round here
Click to expand...

Blimey, that would pay for my TWO entirely for two months!
 
I saw a really sad "advice" post last night: "My 32 year old horse has foundered on both front feet... she developed diarrhoea and stopped eating... her throat swelled up to the point she had trouble breathing... she is loosing (sic.) a lot of weight... and is at the vets office. How can I increase her appetite?"
I am furious that a vet would still continue to treat a horse with so many complications at such an age. Surely the ONLY kind thing to do at this stage is PTS without further trauma to a poor old girl.
 
Slightly different, but I'm sure many have experienced the show ponies who have done HOYS several times, bought for £££££ and then go bragging about winning unaff Intro and Prelim. Boils my blood.
 
Well I'm slowly losing the will to live, I've advertised my 3.5t box, its for sale for under a grand so you'd like to think that people would know what they are getting however despite a really detailed, honest and frank advert I have been absolutely inundated by ridiculous questions from people expecting the moon on a stick - its under a thousand pounds for goodness sake so no I'm afraid I cannot guarantee that its rust free, cannot demonstrate that it has a working cooker/sky dish and cannot promise that it will wake you up gently in the morning and hand you a cup of tea!
 
Last edited:
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top