Nailed, The Farrier....Where art thou??

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Fairynuff

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get a load of this shoit
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Worth replying to? Nah, where theres no hope-theres no hope
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. Feel sorry for her neds though
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http://www.newrider.com/forum/showthread.php?t=200367
I promise, Im not a gossip!
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What a load of bilge being spouted on NR.
My farrier is brilliant and he's a helluva lot cheaper than my hairdresser!
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What a prat!
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The thing is, people always forget that, out of the money their farrier charges, he/she doesn't only have to buy the shoes and nails, but also
-replace other equipment like rasps and knives etc regularly
-pay his apprentice (if he's got one)
-pay tax and National insurance
-buy, insure, tax, service, MOT and fuel his van
-pay public liability insurance (I think?), in case he gets sued
-pay accident/loss of earnings insurance, in case someone's ill mannered brat of a horse injures him and he can't work
-pay his rent or mortgage
-pay his utility bills
-buy food
-in the case of fitting glue-ons, he also has to buy the expensive adhesive and special tools to fit them

I'm sure I've forgotten some things, but when you think about all that, paying 70 quid for a set of shoes doesn't seem all that much to me
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More like a lot of hard work, for a distinctly average living
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And no, I'm not a farrier or a farrier's girlfriend, I just took my time to really think about where the money I give my farrier goes, and I'm very happy to pay what he charges for his time and expertise.
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Ok, so she bought some 'specialist' shoes in the States that were too small for her horse and crippled him, horse was under Vet's care at the time... and it's her farrier's fault? What about her OWN responsibility and that of vet?
That said, perhaps farrier shouldn't have put the things on if they were too small, but we only have her word for the fact that she's a complete *rse who didn't bother to measure/draw round her horse's feet...
My head hurts from reading such stupidity.
 
This is why I cannot abide New Rider forum. I swear they have far more than the 'normal' share of deluded lunatics on there. I would be banned within minutes as i could not hold my tongue!
 
Can I go slap that person? Please? Please please?

Thing is, NR is full of teenagers who don't know any better, and they are being led and fed by others of the same mind set. Some things I read on there are totally mind boggling
 
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Out of the money we charge comes... tools, shoes, nails, gas, diesel, vehicle costs, tyres, insurance for vehicle, public liabilty, accident insurance, accountants fees, tax, NI, physio, cell phone, bank charges, specialist tools/shoes, further training and education, pension, stationary, registration fees... i could go on and this is before our own living expenses of course.

*bigger sigh*
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machine made shoes are cheap to buy. but nails are expensive then ou have to fit or try to fit cruddy shoes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! as an ex farriers oh the trimming fittinf the burning on nailing clenching up. if if was so f....................... easy we would all do our own!! all my shoes are hand made and yes they do fit, and no we have none with bad feet or problems (holding on to wood) and yes i pay £70 per set and more with stud holes or road pins but hey at the end of th day you get what you pay for????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? and have never had to have an x ray etc re feeet problems. well we dont have feet problems cos we got a spot on farrier.........................................................................
 
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