Replies to ad for pony - reasonable requests?

[mystiandsunny]

Not advertising at all, won't tell you anything about pony!

So - is it reasonable (when you're only asking a grand for the equine in question) to not want to come and view unless you can jump it in a school (hired at seller's cost). I was happy to hire on second viewing if the child in question liked the pony on the flat and was likely to be able to ride it well over fences.

- is it usual to expect tack and rugs with a pony at that price, esp when similar ponies are much more?

- is it reasonable to want to 'see how high it can jump' when it's only a baby (4) and the ad pic shows it jumping 3ft3 which is plenty big enough for a pony of that age? I got the impression they wanted to just keep putting the fence up until she refused?

Have had some lovely people enquire too, but some of the above made my eyebrows take residence in my hair!

 

[ldlp111]

I wouldn't be happy for them to jump it til it stopped at that age pony should stay well within it's limit.

As for the tack It depends on the tack I suppose and how much it's worth.

Not sure about first one tbh

 

[3DE]

First hire should be buy the vendor but any further should be at the expense of the buyer IMO.

The jumping thing strikes me as odd - why would you want to overface a youngster. Like you say 3ft3 is plenty for a 4 year old. If they want 'proof' could you loose jump the horse?

 

[PennyJ]

No, I don't think they're reasonable. The only possible one that might be is the hiring of a school one, but if you have somewhere fairly suitable to show the pony then that doesn't apply. Thinking about it, our "star" pony, when we went to try him there wasn't a school available, we all went walking off round the bridleway and on the beach to put him through his paces... We were able to see "enough" and he hasn't let us down 4 years on...

 

[HollyB66]

So long as the requests are politely made and your response accepted, then I would say they are 'reasonable'. If they don't ask the questions they won't know the answer.

Our horse was advertised at £1200, and this did include tack, rugs and a couple of buckets We did want to see her jump as we assumed that my daughter would eventually want to progress to jumping. We were content with a cross pole

I think you are being very fair to say you will hire a school for a 2nd viewing, unless they are coming a long way, in which case they could pay for the hire and if they buy you will knock it off the price of the pony.

I don't think it is reasonable to 'see how high it can jump'.

 

[marinitagsd]

Yes, seller to pay for first hire but after that, the potential purchaser should pay. If prospective buyer knew anything about jumping ponies, they would have an eye and be able to tell that the pony could jump higher without pushing it to that extent!!
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[poorchickens]

Hmm, I would expect to be able to jump it on the first trial, probably not at my expense. But as already said, I'd pay for further trial facilities!

I saw loads of horses before buying one. Some had tack included, some didn't. When I bought Rabbit, her owner said I could buy the tack for £500 so I decided to buy my own. Stand your ground on that one.

Seeing how high it can jump just isn't on IMO.

 

[Trinity Fox]

To be honst unless i was buying a really expensive horse i would not expect you to hire a schoool as long as you provided me somewhere to ride, and even then only if i decided i was really interested and was satisfied with everything else.

The last horse i sold was very well schooled but everyone was happy to school him in the field i think if a pony is well behaved and will school in an open field then a sensible buyer would be happy with this.

If you start hiring a schoool for every viewer and dont sell quickly it will take up massive amounts of your time and will become very expensive.

 

[Louby]

If the pony was being advertised as a jumping pony then I would expect some sort of facilities to try it jumping but as for having to see how high it can jump then thats out of order. I think some people just try it on re tack, seeing how much they can get out of you. They seem to be expecting a lot for a pony for sale for £1000.