Do I wait??

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I have advertised a saddle for sale (please don't delete me I haven't said what or where!)

I have been in contact with a lady who has asked a lot of questions and said she thinks this may be the saddle for her. She appears to be about to spend up to her budget but hasn't quibbled on price so I guess it is a fairly big decision as if she gets it wrong she has to sell before she can buy ect.

I have been offered £25 less for the saddle locally, it would be collected so no need to lug it to the post office either! I haven't actually met the 1st lady but I really like her, she comes across well. Do I wait and see if she offers as I don't think there can be any more questions, we have answered everything and sent several pics. Would you ring her and ask? She did say she would ring me a day or 2 ago so it seems to be an accepted means of communication to her, only I wanted to spend the money on a new saddle for Ice in a while but I have found what I was looking for already.

Don't want to come across as chasing but also don't want to lose the other potential sale or Ice's new saddle as these don't come up 2nd hand that much. Sounds pathetic but what would you do? I normally sell through my saddler but didn't want to lose that much commission on this one.
 
I would just give her a ring and say someone else wants to purchase the saddle, but out of courtesy you are giving her the chance first because she was the original person to enquire about it. That's the most fair you can be and then you are not pestering her as such but giving her the final opportunity. If she does want the saddle i'm sure she will jump at the chance and if not then you still have the local person. Either way you should get your money through fairly quickly for your new saddle :)
 
If she hasn't contacted you yet, ring her and explain to her the situation. If she still wants the saddle and will commit to buying it that day, then go with her. If she still can't, apologise and say that you need to sell now so you can buy a saddle that fits your horse.
 
I rang her, she was lovely, cheque arrived today and I told local buyer it is sold subject to clearance, I will email her if anything goes wrong.

Pleased I did though as she sounds really nice and it is my 31 y/o saddle, she has a terminal illness and I would like to think of someone else enjoying her things

Thanks
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