Putting a deposit down?

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moodymare1987

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Friend is going looking at a pony next week, if she likes she would like to put a deposit down. Now she wants the pony vetted so am I right in thinking having a deposit down subject to vetting?

She doesnt want to waste time though as other people are interested in the pony aswell and would hate to miss out.
If say the pony fails would she be able to get deposit back?

Many thanks or does anyone have a better way to get round the situation
 
as vicki_krystal says
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Well I said to do that aswell, just wanted to make sure that it was right. I have always done it with mine and never had any problems.

Thank you
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Don't put the deposit down. Just get everything organised. If the owners are genuine they will wait for you. There are so many threads on here of people not getting deposits back.
 
I would always put a deposit down - it in effect secures the horse until he/she is vetted and hopefully passes! Dont put a whopping deposit down though, that would be my advice
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I had the reciept signed to say if he failed it was refundable. I am still waiting for my £200, the amount is not really significant enough to go through the small claims court.

Recently a horse i sold - people left a deposit cheque, it bounced!
 
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I had the reciept signed to say if he failed it was refundable. I am still waiting for my £200, the amount is not really significant enough to go through the small claims court.

Recently a horse i sold - people left a deposit cheque, it bounced!

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firstly, small claims online takes 15 mins..i would do it for £100!!

secondly...i wouldnt except a chq for anything...
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It's not so black and white though. No horse fails a vetting, the vet just checks it over and gives his opinion as to health and soundness and suitability to do the job required. I was selling a horse as a happy hack, I knew he had stiffness in his hind legs after a period of being stood in, and wouldn't cope with alot of jumping. The potential buyers said they only wanted to hack, so that was all good, they got him vetted and at the vetting decided to say they might want to compete him at SJ once they had a bit more confidence. The vet said he would be fine as a hack, the stiffness wouldn't affect him, he had alot of years ahead of him, but wouldn't be up for alot of jumping. They KNEW he wasn't suitable for this. But they decided not to go ahead with the purchase. If they had given me a deposit I would not have refunded it.
 
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