Horse Rearing and Dealer - Update

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Thought you might like to know how I got on. Wrote letter stating facts to dealer who then got colleague to call me to say that yes there was a horse arriving from Ireland in the week that might be OK as a replacement for the one that reared up with me but it would cost quite a lot more. We were in a really difficult position as I felt that there should be a direct swap but at the end of the day our choice was to go to court with all the attendant hassle and stress and unknown expense that would cause and meanwhile still have useless beast in field or cut our losses and run if this pony was suitable. To cut long story short it was fine and my daughter is very happy on it and has hunted it with success. A lesson to everyone to get things in writing (although I am not sure it would actually have made any difference with this man), ask all the questions you can possibly think of and more and do as much homework as possible on the dealer. I have since heard endless horror stories about various dealers and still can't believe that I (and the very experienced person I took with me) were so taken in. Sadly do not believe good of ANYONE trying to sell you a horse. And thank you everyone for your help when I was in middle of saga.
 
Ah! Well done. I've been away and was thinking about you. Glad its sorted and you have got a nice new neddy that your daughter is happy on. We all make mistakes, and with horses they tend to be expensive ones! Alls well in the end, though.
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Oh, am glad things worked out for you in the end and that you are happy with your new horse.

Please, don't tarnish everyone selling a horse with the same brush. I bought Archie from a lady who was honest from outset. He has proved to be the most wonderful horse and I am indebted to her for selling him to me. Lots and lots of dealers are honest and it is unfortunate that the bad apples in the barrel so to speak makes everyone so wary.
 
what i would like to ask is i c lots of dealers advertising that they have a 28 day replacement contract if the horse is not suitable, and i often read about cases like yours when you end up getting cornered into buying the more expensive replacement, but can dealers get away with just saying too bad buy another or else? Isn't there some kind of Caveat Seller Beware that they are oblidged to refund the horse within 28 days if the horse proves unsuitable?didnt watch dog run something about some rogue horse trader. If I remember they said the best thing to do to contact Trading standards rather than start spending money in solicitors fees and court costs but does the dealers 28 contract overule the consumers statutory rights?
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You can of course contact Trading Standards (and I think I still will as it makes me cross to think that this guy is going to go on and do the same to someone else) but in my case I really really didn't want to be left with a horse that I considered dangerous but in which I had invested a lot of money. In theory of course these people are meant to obliged to refund money but the reality is somewhat different.
Archiesmummy - I know there are some good dealers out there - I bought my horse of a lifetime from one but she didn't have anything available when I called her about this one - it's such a shame that there isn't a register of reputable dealers which might go someway to sorting out the dud ones. Or perhaps there is one I don't know about??
 
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