keeperscottage
Well-Known Member
Please bear with me.....in March, M, who is a friend of a good friend of mine, Ann, bought a horse from the Cambridge sales, outside the sales ring. The vendor was a dealer from the Hemel Hempstead area and offered to exchange the horse if it wasn't what she wanted. It wasn't. Several horses later (each one being more expensive than the last) M decided she wanted to break free from the dealer's "grip" and so purchsed an unsuitable horse, Benji, (he was too small for her) who was for sale for £3,500, with the intention of selling him and starting from scratch.
Good friend Ann contacted me asking is I knew anyone who wanted to buy Benji; I mentioned it to my neighbour, Sue, who wanted to sell her pony and buy a horse she could just plod around on. Benji fitted the bill and I offered to lend her £1,500 to "bridge" her whilst she sold her pony.
M told us that she had not received Benji's passport but the dealer would send it to her. She was going on holiday and would sort it out on her return. However, on her return, M's husband suffered a slight stroke and so we decided not to bother her about the passport.
Neighbour Sue loved Benji but was unable to sell her existing pony so eventually told me that I would have to take Benji and sell him in order to settle her debt. I duly took Benji, turned him out in my field and hoped that neigbour Sue would eventually sell her pony and keep Benji.
Weeks passed, summer came to a close, and neighbour Sue sent exisitng pony for reschooling, soon singing its praises and making it obvious that she would keep pony and not Benji. I therefore decided it was time to advertise Benji (who had now lost muscle and was starting to drop off as the grass in his field diminished, despite me stuffing him with shortfeed) and thought I'd better chase M re: passport.......she told me dealer had sent it months ago, but she had never received it.
I rang dealer (who she warned me was slippery) starting my conversation along the lines of "You sold a 15.3hh chestnut gelding late June/early July..."..."Bad line, can I call you on the landline?"....waited....no return call....called him back a few minutes later....his phone switched off.
Contacted BHS next day who told me to contact Trading Standards. Told them the story. They said M should write to dealer Recorded Delivery stating he was in breach of contract not supplying postport. M did so but dealer has not responded. Today Trading Standards contacted me; yes, dealer has committed criminal offence but more interested about M who has committed the offences of selling Benji to neighbour Sue without passport and transporting him to Sue, again without passport.
Sue and her miserable git of a partner seem to think that by giving me Benji, they have nothing else to do with the matter! I am now left with a horse I can't sell because he doesn't have a passport, I've had to pay £60 to be shod, have to feed at least once daily with conditioning mix, rug, and now, the latest, I am having to pay someone to ride him! All I want is my money back! I am the totally innocent party in this but I am the one paying out for all the bills, - everyone else seems to have washed their hands of him!
How would you feel if you were in my position????
Good friend Ann contacted me asking is I knew anyone who wanted to buy Benji; I mentioned it to my neighbour, Sue, who wanted to sell her pony and buy a horse she could just plod around on. Benji fitted the bill and I offered to lend her £1,500 to "bridge" her whilst she sold her pony.
M told us that she had not received Benji's passport but the dealer would send it to her. She was going on holiday and would sort it out on her return. However, on her return, M's husband suffered a slight stroke and so we decided not to bother her about the passport.
Neighbour Sue loved Benji but was unable to sell her existing pony so eventually told me that I would have to take Benji and sell him in order to settle her debt. I duly took Benji, turned him out in my field and hoped that neigbour Sue would eventually sell her pony and keep Benji.
Weeks passed, summer came to a close, and neighbour Sue sent exisitng pony for reschooling, soon singing its praises and making it obvious that she would keep pony and not Benji. I therefore decided it was time to advertise Benji (who had now lost muscle and was starting to drop off as the grass in his field diminished, despite me stuffing him with shortfeed) and thought I'd better chase M re: passport.......she told me dealer had sent it months ago, but she had never received it.
I rang dealer (who she warned me was slippery) starting my conversation along the lines of "You sold a 15.3hh chestnut gelding late June/early July..."..."Bad line, can I call you on the landline?"....waited....no return call....called him back a few minutes later....his phone switched off.
Contacted BHS next day who told me to contact Trading Standards. Told them the story. They said M should write to dealer Recorded Delivery stating he was in breach of contract not supplying postport. M did so but dealer has not responded. Today Trading Standards contacted me; yes, dealer has committed criminal offence but more interested about M who has committed the offences of selling Benji to neighbour Sue without passport and transporting him to Sue, again without passport.
Sue and her miserable git of a partner seem to think that by giving me Benji, they have nothing else to do with the matter! I am now left with a horse I can't sell because he doesn't have a passport, I've had to pay £60 to be shod, have to feed at least once daily with conditioning mix, rug, and now, the latest, I am having to pay someone to ride him! All I want is my money back! I am the totally innocent party in this but I am the one paying out for all the bills, - everyone else seems to have washed their hands of him!
How would you feel if you were in my position????
