H&H on Facebook - status updates re horses for sale on their website...

[little_flea]

I am a "fan" of H&H on Facebook, and frequently whoever is in charge of their Facebook page, makes status updates "highlighting" horses for sale on the H&H website, often including a comment on the price (for example "wow, you need deep pockets for this one" and "looks to be sensibly priced" etc). These posts mean that anyone who is a fan of H&H on Facebook, can also comment on them - hence a bunch of random people offering their opinions on the horse/its price etc. Sometimes there are just nice comments, at other times there will be people slating the sellers for the high price, that they don't like the look of the horse etc.

Does H&H contact the sellers to get permission to post these adverts?

I have to say that if I had paid good money to advertise my horse with H&H, I would NOT want it to appear on one of these links for everyone to comment. Not all publicity is good publicity, and this allows for all sorts of uncontrolled slander (all it takes is a "fan" spotting a horse for sale that belongs to a person they don't like, and we'd be off...) as everyone can comment - all under the name of H&H...

Thoughts?

 

[michelleice]

Agree i have seen the posts on the dressage horse as well i think its not right for them to comment about deep pockets as im my opinion that puts people off buying

 

[Astra]

I'm also a H&H fan on facebook and I don't see a problem with it myself. It means the advert gets seen by a wider group of people making it more likely for the person advertising to find a buyer. Putting any horse for sale on the internet opens it up for people to comment on it on forums and the like, so what's the difference? H&H may even charge extra to put a horse on facebook...

Re the deep pockets comment - the horse in question is being advertised for £45k! Saying you will need deep pockets doesn't suggest the horse is overprced to me, just that it isn't cheap! Might just be me though.

 

[Abbeygale]

TBH that is the first one I have seen with a comment like that - they are usually good encouraging comments.

Although the price is a bit of a shocker, and you would need deep pockets to buy that horse!

Personally, if I had an advert in and they highlighted it on FB, I would be quite pleased, as it is just extra advertising at no extra cost to you.