Re Sellers, in this case me

[snurse]

I'm about to advertise a couple of youngsters for sale, and I was going to try to be as honest as possible. I think they are both going to make lovely all rounders, but I hope potential buyers agree!! I don't want to waste anyone's time, theirs or mine.

 

[Jemayni]

I've just sold my horse & was as honest as I could be; if you love your horses I think you should be honest when selling them, there is no point in selling them dishonestly as they may just get passed around. Plus any decent buyer will know that all horses have their problems

 

[kerilli]

totally agree. i am as honest as possible too, and sold my last two horses to the first people i agreed to let see them. they are still happy with them. it's in the horse's best interests to tell the truth... horses do anyway, so they'll make a liar out of people every time!
hope you get nice buyers, daisymay.

 

[amandathepanda]

Even when you are completely honest, horse are unpredictable & can make you look stupid. We've all been there - the 100% safe jumper that puts a stop in with the buyers on board, the pony that never ever bucks suddenly broncs across the arena. What annoys me is when you sell a horse, tell the new owners sensible things like the horse needs a medium wide saddle, they disregard that advise (buy horse a medium saddle) and wonder why things go wrong! I had a fantastic mare bounce back last year - she started bucking, not jumping, and became generally rude everytime she saw tack.... Could it be her too narrow saddle was pinching her? Since she has been home in her old saddle, strangely enough I haven't had a minutes trouble. When I rode her after I sold her in my saddle she was good as gold. Put the owners saddle on & she started get fidgety - Now I wonder what that was then... hmmmmmmmmmmm!

 

[Toby_Zaphod]

Be honest in description & answering any questions, that way if the person buys then they will have the horse they want. There will be less likelihood that they will come back with a problem. Your horse will also go to the right home. If you have wrongly described then aggravation will come your way & the buyers will become resentful of the horse. Always be as honest as you can....if you don't know an answer...tell them....don't make things up. I've always been like this & I've never had any buyer come back with a problem.

 

[dozzie]

My old pony was always "unofficially" for sale but I never sold her as i was too honest!!!!!!

On several occasions judges asked if she was for sale and people came to look. One person came with instructor and i told them everything! The instructor turned to me and said" Do you actually WANT to sell this pony?"

Well, tbh I said I didnt care if i did or didnt but I didnt want her passed on if she wasnt right. The instructor thought she was great but she was a tad hairy at the time (3 inches of winter coat) so people didnt buy her! They were extremely miffed at PC camp the following summer (she loved camp and outperformed the biggies)and said that if they'd seen her in her summer coat (she was a stunner in the summer) they would have bought her!

Their loss!!! I never sold her and she died last summer aged 25 having been with us since she was 3 months old!!!

I'd never make a dealer!!! So I would be honest but perhaps not as honest as I was!!!!