Saddle advice please!!!

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I've very recently purchased two new saddles for my 5yo, WB, gelding. One of which is a new Kieffer Norbert Koof AT jump saddle in black. It's beautiful, fits him perfectly, and is really good for my position. However, I have purchased it from a local saddler who mainly deals in second hand tack and it has therefore been transported around to several other yards for fittings and is slightly scuffed/marked at the front of the knee rolls and on the cantle. The saddle was priced at £1000 which I personally feel is ALOT of money and wasn't planning on spending anywhere near that amount but I fell in love with it! I am now though slightly worried that I have overpaid for a new saddle which is slightly damaged. I may be being completely paranoid as I am fully aware that saddles only remain in factory condition for a limited time period but...have I overpaid?
 
Thanks for the reply :) I think you're right. And infact, I rang the saddlery today to mention the scuffs and see if they had another in stock. They didn't have another, but have agreed to knock £100 off. So now it is only costing me £900, which i think is a fair price :)
 
That was fair of the tackshop and although the saddle is a bit pricey it wont be in the long run if it fits like a glove, if you bought a £200 saddle chances are it wouldn't be very good quality and therefore may not fit very well and cause back problems resulting in a corse of treatments that sometimes need to be kept up for life!
So I personally think you did well :-)
 
You're right...and I have been informed that the tree in this particular saddle is one which can be heated and altered a great deal. My saddler reckoned that it will potentially last him a life time which obviously means that I will not be loosing money when having to trade in old saddles to purchase new ones.
 
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