"No hoof tappers or timewasters" - what does this mean, exactly?

[Donkey66]

I have some sympathy with the "no timewaster" set.
I advertised a two year old filly, lady phoned, asked questions, answered some, arranged a time to view, said she'd call when she left home. I washed the horse and groomed it (mostly white all over) and rearranged my Sunday to suit her timing. She didn't show up! i called the number she gave and her Mum answered and said she had gone to her friend's.
Daydreaming I suppose.

 

[MiJodsR2BlinkinTite]

You wouldn't get me looking at your horses, I don't do "green" "quirky" or "bucky", far too old and confidence much too fragile. There's been lots of threads on here trying to define what a "novice" is, to me it's someone that wants something straightforward, that has a good temperament and is fairly established.

Mmmm, I'd beg to suggest that to want this sort of horse isn't necessarily confined to being "novice" TBH, coz hey, some of us oldies have been there, sat on it, fallen off it, hurt our bleddi selves, and frankly can't be arsed anymore to ride rude, bolshy, green horses or anything with issues. It just doesn't come up pleasant anymore and some horses frankly just become a chore to ride, like one I tried out today, left the yard sort-of-ish, but couldn't wait to get back to it, and neither could I - so decision made easy! After all, one is supposed to enjoy one's recreation, yes?

For most of us over say 30, the nasty little word called "responsibility" has entered our vocabulary, like, when you're responsible for someone else either kids or old people, you can't just sling your leg across something and hoon around the countryside and hope you'll come back in one piece.

 

[LadySam]

...are they being dim or covering up issues in the hope that people will come along anyway...

I'm sure there are those who try to cover things up, but I am also sure that a great many people are simply dim. It drives me nuts when I look at a video and the horse is a tiny dot in the distance, or there's a solid 6 minutes of nothing but trotting. There's one ad I just looked at here on the HHO classifieds - 7 photos but only 1 that shows you anything worthwhile about the horse.

It's like, "I've got this on my phone, it will do" instead of stopping for a minute to think "If I were looking to buy, would this photo/video make me interested?" An ad is a marketing document. If you want to share lovely happy snaps, start a personal album on Facebook. (Or start a thread here!)

 

[oldie48]

Someone said that anyone wanting to view a horse for a second time was likely to be considered "novicey" I'm not a novice but the sort of horse I'm looking for doesn't come cheap, so to buy on one viewing without taking the best advice I can, would seem rather foolish to me.Actually Mr B came by work of mouth, didn't break the bank and I tried him three times in total, the second time with a trainer. He was being sold through a dealer as he'd been out of work for the winter (no fault of his own) and didn't look his best. The dealer was happy for me to go as much as I wanted and do whatever I wanted with him as he hadn't been advertised. I made sure I'd bought him before that happened. He's a gem but he's not a novice ride as he's sensitive, forward thinking and fairly sharp but absolutely safe!

Mmmm, I'd beg to suggest that to want this sort of horse isn't necessarily confined to being "novice" TBH, coz hey, some of us oldies have been there, sat on it, fallen off it, hurt our bleddi selves, and frankly can't be arsed anymore to ride rude, bolshy, green horses or anything with issues. It just doesn't come up pleasant anymore and some horses frankly just become a chore to ride, like one I tried out today, left the yard sort-of-ish, but couldn't wait to get back to it, and neither could I - so decision made easy! After all, one is supposed to enjoy one's recreation, yes?

For most of us over say 30, the nasty little word called "responsibility" has entered our vocabulary, like, when you're responsible for someone else either kids or old people, you can't just sling your leg across something and hoon around the countryside and hope you'll come back in one piece.