Horse Prices and Haggling

Didn't haggle for my current horse but she was at least £1500 cheaper than she should have been anyway! Didn't want to miss out so said I'd have here there and then as long as she passed her vetting! £1650 for a 10 year old 15.3hh been there done that bsja jumping mare who passed her vetting with flying colours isn't bad right?! 5 years down the line and I'm more in love with her than ever lol! Not bucked, kicked, bitten, reared or bolted once!

Now that I'm older and hopefully wiser I think in future i will try to haggle!
 
Thanks all for your responses.

I may be going to see horse at the weekend. It's over my budget, but not by a huge amount. Obviously I don't want to offend the seller, so it's great to get an idea of what everyone did.

Many thanks.
 
Best of luck at the weekend. I almost didn't enquire about Bel cause her price was higher than I'd planned, even though it said ONO. Now I have my dream horse.
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As someone on here pointed out to me, if you make an offer that's lower than they want, they're hardly going to take away your car keys are they!
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As someone on here pointed out to me, if you make an offer that's lower than they want, they're hardly going to take away your car keys are they

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How true!!!
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Thanks Puppy.
 
I got 50% off Frankie! She knew me and knew I would give him a good home. We left the offer with her and said she could take it or leave it and a couple of days later I had the phone call
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I'm usually a haggler but paid the asking price for Ty - did get his tack cheaper though.

My stupid girly side took over and I just wanted to get him out of that place - he was worked for 6 hours a day on weekends and looked like a 20 year old.

Didn't know he was blind in one eye though or I think I'd have walked away. Funny how fate works out! x
 
If you think the asking price is around the correct amount for the animal then start at 20% lower than the asking price - the seller will generally expect to accept 10% lower than the asking price therefore you just have to meet up somewhere in the middle. Good luck.
 
I decide what i am willing to pay and then make an offer!!! If I think the horse is fab I will offer the asking price. If not then I will offer what I am willing to pay with a bit of leeway if I really like the horse! But no real haggling!!! Cant be bothered!!
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With the chestnut I made an offer and we met half way which is what I was willing to pay!
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With the Sec B in sig I said thats what I will pay ( I had her on loan). The seller wanted much more so I said come and get her!!!! I think I went up £50 to get her foaling cert so I could register her!!
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I bought a youngster a few years ago and offered full asking price straight away.
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And I have walked away from a few if my offer is not accepted.
 
When I sold my coloured mare They didnt try to haggle me so got full asking price for her Which I was glad about they were lovely people just the right home.
And as for ben well he is worth at least 2k more than I paid for him, I would easily get what I paid for him plus 2 k on top. I got a bargain and as his type are few and far between and go for stupid money and I wont be letting him go.
 
Originally asking £1650, then upped to £1850
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got her for £1450. Honestly not much haggling as I just said what I could afford and JM7 went back to the owner and told her to sell her to me!
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I only ever haggle IF they sound like they're open to offers. I expect to pay the price asked though. I HATE it when people try to haggle me down on price when Ive never said "ono" in my advert. If there's no "or near offer" then I dont expect haggling!
 
I hate it when people try to haggle

I advertise and what i think is a fair price
and would never drop price - i think its a personal insult especially when people offer a couple of grand under asking price or pick holes in the horse then offer.
Dont they reliase that you are aware of certain floors and have priced according and obviously not that bad if the buyer still wants the horse !!

my big bug bear is when people try and knock the price even before they have seen the horse, I wont even show then then.
Cos from past experience normally timewasters.
 
Well, in my particular case the person has indicated that he is open to offers. So am going to be taking him up on that if I like the horse.

It would seem that a good starting point is 20% less and work your way up. However, if the horse is everything I think it may be then I will happily pay full price subject to vetting.

Thanks all - very helpful.
 
Bought a horse recently, tried for £500 off and ended up with £250 off. I would have paid asking price though.

Sold one recently and they asked for the tack to be included which we were happy with as it was easier to sell it with him than sell it separately. We were prepared to drop by £500 but they didn't question the price
 
Forgot to say we also included delivery in the price but the family were perfect for him and also we wanted to be nosey about where he was going even though they said we could go and see him whenever we liked without warning them first.
 
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