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Right, I have emailed the person and said I have taken advice from someone in the know, that he cannot go anywhere unless full payment is received and he most definitely can only vetted from home. I have said once he leaves the yard I cannot take responsibility for any subsequent vetting..

She has now said I have cost her £350.00 for the booked vetting and transport.

I have said I shall give her a full refund once I have spoken to the vet myself to try to get a refund.

I explained my heart ruled my head initially but cannot ignore the majority. What do you think.
 
I think you should probably post this inside your original thread so that interested parties will all respond in one place. :)

Just making the story a little more complete.

Hope it works out
 
My vet sends me a bill after any appointment, if you are a new client they don't know they ask for payment on the day.... Has she really paid her vet in advance? In which case ask yourself why the vet wanted payment in advance could it be because she is a bad debtor? In which case I'd stay clear of her!
If she has booked and paid deposit for transport I'm sure the transport company would at least consider perhaps keeping her deposit until such time as she finds another horse to buy, as she will most likely need that transporting wont she? At the end if the day you've made the right decision, it is unfortunate if she has ended up out of pocket, but she shouldn't be horse shopping without the funds, so needs to learn a lesson from this.
 
From my bitter experience I would say no.

I agreed to an installment basis and my boy came back as they couldn't afford to pay for him.

I also add he was in bad condition and looked kind of dead in the eyes :(
 
Think you've done the rght thing although if they were genuine buyers I can see why they'd be disappointed but they should also be understanding. I sold a horse last year to a 'well respected' friend of a friend. They wanted to get a 5 stage vetting done on journey home at their vets and wanted more money off asking price towards vetting (this was in sales contract). Turns out they never got the 5 stage vetting not sure if the horse even visited the vets. Think they just wanted more ££ off asking price. They did keep the horse but I wasn't happy that I'd been mislead. Moral of the story is to trust noone!!
 
I have never had to pay a vet in advance for a vetting, and equally I imagine a transporter would only ask for payment once the job is done.....

I think the buyer is dissapointed, but tbh I think they had a cheek to expect you to pass the horse over without full payment. I would never sell a horse without having the money in my hand, not even to somone I knew.

I would ask them for full payment or refund the deposit and learn from the experience!
 
Not read the other thread but why on earth should you pay for the vetting if he had had it and failed they would have had to pay and their vet can always come to you they do travel the country for that purpose if it is just distance that is the problem I wouldnt pay anything back at all unless I had withdrawn from an agreement in which case I would only return the deposit
 
I can't believe she has pd her vetting & transport in advance so really don't think you shld pay her anything except deposit. Like you I like to see the best in people but think she's taking the biscuit & you've done totally the right thing in bringing a halt to proceedings!
 
Stick to your guns SB.

Tell her she's using the wrong vets. The two practices around here that I use will both stop a vetting at any point that the horse is a definite fail, and only charge for the amount of work that has been done to that point. Pay for one that has not even been done? Spin on it.
 
Absolutely cptrayes..also if I've had a slight concern about something with a horse have asked vet to look at that bit first to eliminate need for full vetting if dodgy & all my vets have been happy with that too.
 
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