dear god - some people

[Vicki_Krystal]

I have, for sale a 17.2hh showjumper / all rounder.

I placed an advert on a free website.

I had a person email me, asking all the right questions etc.
They ask for a photo of the horse as i hadnt put any on the ad.


I sent them it.

Today i got an email saying, that he is far too big for them and not suitable.
I asked if they meant build wise as i find him ok to ride and im a midget.
They then say no, he is just too tall....


The advert reads '17.2hh showjumper for sale'...

hmm

 

[Capriole]

I do think a lot of people 'guesstimate' their horses' heights, and when they see an ACTUAL (eg) 17.2 horse they can be surprised how big that actually is!

 

[sb123]

Its makes you wonder how some people manage to get through life! We had a mare for loan a while ago, we were very honest in ad as she's very sensitive, mareish etcetc and yet we got a people up who were fairly novicey. So stopped trying to loan her out as wasn't fair. One of the girls on our yard is 5ft 3in and has a 17.2hh, we measured him and is closer to 18.2hh!!

 

[glamourpuss]

In defence of them I went to see 2 horses described as 16.1.
1 was 15.2 and the other was 15.3
Quite often people just 'guess' their horses height so TBH when it comes to the height I do tend to take what is on the ad with a hefty pinch of salt
At least they realised at this stage & it didn't get to the time & effort of a viewing

 

[teddyt]

At least they didnt come and view him, ride him for 2 hours then say he was too big!