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Tifferss

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OK So I've found a lovely LOVELY mare I like and she is perfect for me. She has fab bloodlines (on her fathers side) and is being trained lovely by her current owners.... she is only 3 and is up for 2500 ONO. Now i have just sold my cob for 2300 and will need 100 for a new saddle for the mare.

Am i being rude offereing 2200?? she IS worth £2500 but my budget is what it is, and they have put ONO.
 
Thats not rude at all.

Me personally I'd offer then 2k, you can always increase your offer if they say no, and its not a stupidly low insulting offer. The market is poor, its a buyers market and buyers quite rightly try to get the best deal they can.
Chances are they will say no and meet you somewhere in between.
They wouldn't have put ono if they weren't open to negotiation.
 
Thanks all. A couple of people mentioned offering 2k but I just think shes worth alot more. I'm a softy really aren't i?
 
I agree with Missyme10 - offer 2K and then if necessary go up a bit and meet them in between.

Oh yes, and Old Bat is right what he/she says about the saddle!
 
When I bought my husband's horse he was up for £3500, and I said that that was the very top end of my budget, and had to include tack and rugs. I said that the horse would have the most wonderful home, and could she go down any - the vendor came back with £3100, which we paid. Always worth a try..
 
when I've done this with anything, cars, saddles, bridles, horses, I've said along lines of '

I don't want to come across as wasting your time. I wanted to come and see the horse/car/saddle and hoped I could afford it/her/him if it wasn't quite as good as advertised because things rarely are. I do really like it/her/him. I think it/she/he is worth near what your asking but my budget is £xx, would you consider taking that for it/her/him?

Only failed once. Bought 2 of my horses like this (at WAY lower than asking, because I was skint and fell in love with horse outside my budget, not because I was mean or tight!!!!) and my old car at 3/4 asking price and a few saddles. People generally appreciate the honesty and are more likely to part with something they value/love if they like you. By not knocking thier beloved pony you are a nice person they like, you will probably get the horse for less like this than if you try to pick conformational faults etc.

Plus agree with the others, I would never expect to get what I asked for a horse. (Also saddle likely to cost more than your budget). Good luck.
 
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Definately agree with the honesty thing. I bought a horse for £1800 that was advertised at £2500 because my budget got cut just before I went to view him (massive car bill argh!) told them and they dropped it.

When I sold the same horse on I was offered £1500 (asking £2500) by a teenager who was a complete novice and had tried some horrible things almost in tears coz she loved my baby, I said I couldn't go that low and she rang back an hour later and upped to £1800, I threw in all tack, rugs, grooming kit left over feed and everything because I couldn't be bothered to sell it separately and she was so lovely (or I was so naive).

:D
 
Im sorry but if i had my horse up for £2500 i would not accept £2000, ONO means or NEAR offer, £500 out isnt that near, i would say lowest would be £2200.
Good luck and i hope everything goes well (:
 
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Its not rude you can only ask, just make sure you have enough experience to bring on a 3 year old, I've seen it time and time again where people have bought youngsters who don't have the experience, not saying you haven't I don't know you, just something to think about, personally I wouldn't entertain it, I couldn't stand the hassle, depends on the horse as well I suppose.
 
I think if someone's advertised a horse at £2500 they are looing to get at least £2000 and taht is what I'd offer with the possibility of going up to £2250 at a push. I believe that people always put £250-£500 more on an asking price than they want. If they actually wanted £2500 I would expect them to have the horse advertised at £2800-£3000 to be honest. Plus, it is only a 3 yo so hasn't done anything so they cannot expect an awful lot in the current market.

I once went to view a horse that was advertised at £4000. I was rather naughty (this was many moons ago before the internet!) and went to see it as I was intrigued see as it sounded fab but had been advertised in the paper for weeks and it wasn't far away. I went to see it and try it and he was actually pretty nice but we did not have £4000. I think we actually went to see him twice asm although we weren't really officially looking I was sort of in the market for a new pony.

Anyway, I called them and said although ncie we couldn't really afford to pay the £4000 they were asking for him (there were other issues as well - one being he always seemed to have some small injury so made me think eh was rather accident prone - and he was quite a powerful, forward going chap).

Anyway, about a week later they rang us and asked us what our budget was (i think it was about £2K) and they said we could have him for that! Sadly we still declined - did make me wonder why they were suddenly so keen to get rid though! Lol
 
I would offer £2000. They can always say no and you can always go up, its to be expected when you are selling anythign not just horses.

They may need to sell, financially or other reasons and it may well be easier to drop the price a bit than wait for another buyer who will offer more.
 
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