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maletto

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I posted the other day but didn't get any replies, so here goes again....

I bought a saddle off ebay last week but it arrived and I'm not happy with the condition. It was listed as very good condition but in my opinion it's not.

Please can you all tell me what you think a saddle in very good condition would be like? would there be marks all over it or just where the leathers lie? would there be scuffs to the pommell and cantle? would there be any fading to the colour? would it be suitable for competition use or just for daily riding?

Please help as I'm trying to return the thing to the seller and she's not budging. I pride myself in my integrity on ebay but really feel like i've been stitched up here.
 
If you are not happy go through the dispute route.

Where there pictures of the saddle on the listing?

I would expect a saddle described as in good condition to only have a few marks, mostly saddle and girth strap area. maybe a few scuffs but thats about it.
Any marks should have been describe in the listing.


have you got pictures of the saddle or a link to the listing?
 
Very good to me would be lightly and very carefully used. So signs of use I might expect would be marks from the stirrup leathers (these appear really quickly ime!) and signs of use on the girth straps. That would be pretty much it tbh! So signs of use, not misuse really. Any scuffing, scratches etc I wouldn't consider 'very good'. With fading I might expect it if I am buying an older saddle, but if it is just a few years old (for example) then I wouldn't expect it to be faded.
I have two saddles I need to sell and between them they have a couple of little scuffs and one has slight fading - in all honesty I couldn't describe either as good condition let alone very good!
 
I have successfully sold a saddle on Ebay, and advertised it in very good condition. It was 3 years old, and had the normal signs of wear where the leathers go and on the girth straps. It also had some fading across the pommel and cantle, but no scuffs and certainly no tears.

Incidentally, I also sold some leather tendon boots (worth £150 new) as in good used condition, with some scratches and scuffs. The buyer paid £50 for them, then started a complaint against me because they showed signs of wear when she got them. Luckily, Ebay were on my side and agreed that the photos I had provided showed clearly that they did have evidence of wear, and therefore it was the buyer's choice to go ahead and bid.

Dont know if that helps at all....sorry to hear you're having problems! :(
 
Thanks for the replies guys. It wasn't even that much money, but for a saddle that isn't suitable for what I want (competition) then it is. Glosgirl, I think you and I are on the same wavelength - that's what I was expecting

I've already opened a dispute for this but she is not budging.

There were photos on the listing but, IMO, they are misleading as they show the saddle to be nice and shiny and in very good condition, which I don't think it was. The only marks she mentioned were the usuals of girth area and stirrup leather area. I would have expected those, even on an "excellent condition" listing.

Can PM the listing details if anyone's interested but the trouble is, the photos don't look anything like the saddle when it arrived. What a nightmare - that's £200 I could have put towards a new saddle. Lesson learned!
 
Does the saddle fit your horse? If it's a good fit, then 200 pounds is a reasonable price for a leather saddle second hand. If you treat it with leather conditioner it should come up nice and shiny.

If the saddle fits the horse you can use it anywhere you like!
 
It doesn't fit my horse either, which is odd because it's the same size in the same brand and model (just the event version, rather than my existing VSD version) as my other saddle

If it did fit, I would have just chalked its condition up to experience but I think there's something dodgy going on with the flocking too. It's rock hard.
 
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