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Browsing the adverts at the moment :)

I can understand if selling a top eventer /showjumper / HOYS qualified etc poa, but for a 4 year old native?

He is not cheap so don't contact me unless you have a large budget

(I will say he looks really nice in the advert and will probably make a good eventer - but a rough price idea is always good :) )
 
I never used to understand this until a friend of mine worked in sj on yards which bought and sold, hardly anything that went through those yards had a price attached. It seems to be normal practice where the horses are very well bred. That said, where the horse had no discernible breeding or competition records, I'm surprised to see those listed as POA.
 
I just phone them. I know my budget and what I'm prepared to pay so if what they're selling might be what I want I phone and find out the price. If the price is much higher than you might guess from the spec of horse it seems to be from the advert then I figure its their own fault if they get bombarded with enquiries from people who don't know they can't afford it.
 
I always thought the same until considering selling one of my horses this year-not because he was expensive but because he would have been a tricky sell and therefore cheap for his breeding. I wanted to cut out all those wannabees or those looking to try and make a quick buck out of him. As it was I was able to avoid putting him on the open market.dont much care who's piss it boils frankly, beautiful turn of phrase that it is.
 
I just assume it means that they will put their price up to your budget because it's not worth that much but they may as well get as much out of it as possible.
 
EKW said:
I just assume it means that they will put their price up to your budget because it's not worth that much but they may as well get as much out of it as possible.
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It can also work the other way around, I have only used POA a few times but it has enabled me to screen the callers a bit, I have never asked what the budget is but if when I state the price it is out of budget I may ask a few more questions about the home offered and if they sound suitable and there is not a vast gap I may allow them to view if there has not been too much interest.

One pony we sold we were adding to his cv all the time and the price could have gone up dramatically if we had got him out to a few BE which was the plan if he didn't sell quickly, it is far easier to drop the price on an ad than to raise it, as it was there was plenty of interest but the most suitable home and best rider had a lower budget than the the first few people to come who I would not have sold to at the asking price, he went on the market with POA, asking price was £8k, sold for £6k to a home that was perfect and kept him for life, they may not have phoned if the price had been on the ad as it was actually £3k over their ideal budget.
 
POA is better than POI - which many of the Irish ads have - I mean who in their right minds is going to travel miles and waste hours of their time to see a horse which may well be out of their price range?
 
I have always thought it must mean the price is high, so would skip by these ads, however when a friend was looking for a pony, she phoned up about one that had poa on the advert. The person selling wanted £200 but didn't want to put that on the advert as he didn't want lots of people after her just because she was cheap, he wanted to make sure she had a lovely home.
 
Rowreach said:
POA is better than POI - which many of the Irish ads have - I mean who in their right minds is going to travel miles and waste hours of their time to see a horse which may well be out of their price range?
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I always assume that the POI sellers mean "Price On Enquiry", but that they can't spell "Enquiry" properly, so I just ring and ask them the price.
 
I must admit I used it recently for a child's pony that I would much rather have loaned out than sold but I wanted to sound out potential homes first
 
dominobrown said:
If you have to ask the price you can't afford it...
(Haha, apparently that's what a luxury car manufactures motto is.)
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Yep, that's my understanding - even if it's not the case it is generally the attitude of the seller. I know that there are genuine reasons for using POA, but unless they are obviously a producer actively producing the horse at the time then I wouldn't call
 
KittenInTheTree said:
I always assume that the POI sellers mean "Price On Enquiry", but that they can't spell "Enquiry" properly, so I just ring and ask them the price.
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Well given the level of spelling, particularly on Donedeal, you might be right, but it's meant to be "inspection". I would always ring and ask as well, and if they don't want to say then I don't want to view :)
 
dominobrown said:
If you have to ask the price you can't afford it...
(Haha, apparently that's what a luxury car manufactures motto is.)
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I have told this tale before on here... ex-boss had the Champion HOYS heavyweight hunter many years ago and a lady approached to ask the price 'on behalf of a friend' He replied 'Madam, you could never afford this horse' (meaning that he wouldn't part with him for any amount of cash) To his utter horror he then watched the lady walk away and climb into the Royal box where she obviously reported the conversation to her friend... HRH!! He was mortified.
 
Ladyinred said:
I have told this tale before on here... ex-boss had the Champion HOYS heavyweight hunter many years ago and a lady approached to ask the price 'on behalf of a friend' He replied 'Madam, you could never afford this horse' (meaning that he wouldn't part with him for any amount of cash) To his utter horror he then watched the lady walk away and climb into the Royal box where she obviously reported the conversation to her friend... HRH!! He was mortified.
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Brilliant :D!!

And being a bit thick, can folk confirm that POI is 'price on inspection'? So would it be better to fetch up to view such a horse in one's poshest vehicle (so as to look solvent and therefore possibly able to fund purchase of said horse) or in one's tatty runaround (so as to look keen but impecunious and open to bargaining)?
 
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