Dispute with buyer

[cptrayes]

GS he says another vet wont be able to see it. He'll tell her the same. It will be a complete waste of her money, surely?

 

[AmyMay]

GS he says another vet wont be able to see it. He'll tell her the same. It will be a complete waste of her money, surely?

The answer in this situation is to simply get your own equine vet to inspect the horse. I agree totally with cptrayes.

Not, though that it's particularly relevant.

 

[WelshD]

..... if you get a copy of the vets cert from the vetting saying he was not suitable for purpose you will have no choice but to return the deposit , if you don't you have no reason to return it.
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This. absolutely.

IF the payment was made as a deposit it could be as cut and dried as this.

(I have a feeling its more complicated though)

 

[dogatemysalad]

This story has more holes than a Swiss Cheese.

 

[Patterdale]

*reads whole thread, then backs out slowly*

 

[DJ]

This story has more holes than a Swiss Cheese.

This ^^^ with bells on !!!

 

[Goldenstar]

GS he says another vet wont be able to see it. He'll tell her the same. It will be a complete waste of her money, surely?

I would not think it a waste of money .
If it where me I would be on the phone stroking his ego ( this would depend on him not knowing me ) and have him out to give me the benefit of his huge experiance , in the meantime I would be finding out which proff at which vet uni was the expert in this country in this area and I would investigating this vet and finding out who he was to make this sweeping claim ( that only he is good enough to diagnose wobblers ).
I would drop at the end of the wobblers consultation that I was thinking of referring the horse to proff X and watch his reaction carefully .
Could be he's an arrogant ***** could be something more dishonest is going on I would be trying to find out .
It would be worth the cost to me to meet this vet who had written off my horse face to face , I would be in full dappy mode ( assuming we had not met ) and give him no idea what I was up to.
I would not consider that a waste of money.

 

[cptrayes]

GS, I feel I have better ways to spend my time and my money


I agree with the people who think this thread is beginning to whiff of Emmental too

 

[Goldenstar]

It is a very very strange story.

 

[Tiddlypom]

There do seem to have been some strange convoluted threads started by new posters lately.

 

[AnyChance]

From what I can make of the thread The buyer paid a deposit for the horse and took it on trial had it vetted then it sounds like the vet has given his/her opinion that the horse shows SIGNS of wobblers on the day. That is his professional opinion that the buyer has paid for. This would mean the horse in the vets opinion would be unsuitable for any riding and therefore would not have passed the vetting. You could ask for a copy of this vetting.
You need a second opinion from a vet who is familiar with testing for wobblers syndrome and do full initial neurological tests. I have found out that not not all vets are experts in this area.... just like Drs are not specialists in all areas of medicine.
If the buyer paid a deposit for a riding horse she could perhaps argue that she was sold a horse unfit for that purpose whether the seller knew this or not.

Tips for the future it seems selling/buying a horse on partial payments is too high risk and best avoided and always get the horse vetted before hand for peace of mind on both sides.

 

[Hoofing-it]

How bizarre! I can understand the horse being returned with a diagnosis of Wobblers, but can't understand why they are not pursuing their deposit- as other posters have already commented, if this was found to be the truth, the buyer has been sold a horse unfit for purpose.

I hope that your horse is found to be perfectly healthy and that the purchaser is forgoing the deposit on account perhaps of their embarrassment in trying to pull a fast one on you/ being over horsed?

Good luck in seeking a resolution

 

[smellsofhorse]

Is there any update?

 

[MagicMelon]

Collect your horse and tack, return deposit and never let the horse out of your yard/ sight without vetting and payment in full.

This. And since she's so nasty as to walk him that distance and dump him, I wouldn't believe anything she has said until now. I'd contact her vet and speak to him directly and see exactly what he said / whats happened.