fine_and_dandy
Well-Known Member
I've been advertising Wonka for sale for just over the past month and hadn't heard a dicky bird. My YO has also passed details round via word of mouth and someone saw him and fell in love. Their children rode him and absolutely loved him - they looked like they were having so much fun together! They wanted to loan for two months before buying, which I couldn't agree to - from what was said after I think they really needed to loan a pony of Wonka's type and not buy. Had it been able to go ahead, they would have been perfect.
Someone else then came along who was interested and claimed upon seeing him that, "on his looks alone you could get £1,500." Now I know what I am asking for him and in this current climate, it is not that amount. She then professed to being interested in buying him and asked what I wanted, so I said what I was looking to achieve, although a home is more important than achieving a set price.
She then saw him being ridden. I had explained beforehand, as had a good friend who told her a little about Wonka and his quirks that he hadn't done a lot for his age, was still green in some respects, he is a forward going pony and did need further schooling which I was struggling to do.
I know I always play Wonka down and perhaps make him sound slightly more green than he is for fear that people have different interpretations of what being "green" is but actually, he is a bloody fun little pony and when the two girls tried him, they had a whale of a time and I was chuffed to see him looking after them. After I knew she had seen him being ridden, I thought I may hear from her (she is at my yard). I sent her a text the day after so I wasn't badgering her and again heard nothing.
It has later transpired that she is willing to speak to all and sundry about her views on my pony but not me. She said he was greener that she expected - what she expected I don't knwo as she had been told fully - and that she was thinking of offering me £250.
My YO then told her to think better because she knows what he is worth, even if I am asking below that, and that it is way above that sum, which would be an insult to offer me.
Is it too much to ask that there is decent communication between a potential buyer and a seller, and that they are not trying to take the p*ss?? (That applies to the second "buyer"). I am so annoyed.
Am i really asking too much when I want a decent knowledgable home for Wonka who can look after him and help him get through his quirks, and have fun with him?
I don't know about tea and cookies if you got this far, more like Vodka and Malibu!!
Someone else then came along who was interested and claimed upon seeing him that, "on his looks alone you could get £1,500." Now I know what I am asking for him and in this current climate, it is not that amount. She then professed to being interested in buying him and asked what I wanted, so I said what I was looking to achieve, although a home is more important than achieving a set price.
She then saw him being ridden. I had explained beforehand, as had a good friend who told her a little about Wonka and his quirks that he hadn't done a lot for his age, was still green in some respects, he is a forward going pony and did need further schooling which I was struggling to do.
I know I always play Wonka down and perhaps make him sound slightly more green than he is for fear that people have different interpretations of what being "green" is but actually, he is a bloody fun little pony and when the two girls tried him, they had a whale of a time and I was chuffed to see him looking after them. After I knew she had seen him being ridden, I thought I may hear from her (she is at my yard). I sent her a text the day after so I wasn't badgering her and again heard nothing.
It has later transpired that she is willing to speak to all and sundry about her views on my pony but not me. She said he was greener that she expected - what she expected I don't knwo as she had been told fully - and that she was thinking of offering me £250.
My YO then told her to think better because she knows what he is worth, even if I am asking below that, and that it is way above that sum, which would be an insult to offer me.
Is it too much to ask that there is decent communication between a potential buyer and a seller, and that they are not trying to take the p*ss?? (That applies to the second "buyer"). I am so annoyed.
Am i really asking too much when I want a decent knowledgable home for Wonka who can look after him and help him get through his quirks, and have fun with him?
I don't know about tea and cookies if you got this far, more like Vodka and Malibu!!
