FairyLights
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Have been looking on eB*y at saddles. I cant believe the prices! Decent leather saddles going for £40 synthetics with no bids. its scary, I am thinking of selling a couple of mine but just want to go away and cry.
Saddle prices
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I'm not selling mine - would rather they sat in an attic than give them away for pennies, it's the principle to me.
spottydottypony
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Its not just saddles! I sold my Equilibrium fly mask today on e bay perfect condition for £1.44!!!!Also a Horseware fly mask, Cottage craft fly mask both excellent condition for 99p!
Things arent selling its a buyers market, i was going to sell my Fylde saddle but i think i will hang onto it.
Things arent selling its a buyers market, i was going to sell my Fylde saddle but i think i will hang onto it.
Holly Hocks
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I sold a fabulous, barely used English leather dressage saddle recently for £200 on ebay. I had only ridden in it about 30/40 times, horse then came out of work with lameness issues, and when came back into work had changed so much, it was never going to fit again. I paid nearly £1000 for it.
Yet I'm currently looking for something to fit my native and can't find anything decent going for less than £400 which might be suitable. She's only 4 years old, so don't want to spend a fortune when she's going to probably outgrow it!
Yet I'm currently looking for something to fit my native and can't find anything decent going for less than £400 which might be suitable. She's only 4 years old, so don't want to spend a fortune when she's going to probably outgrow it!
lachlanandmarcus
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A few hard to find things will sell well, I had to wait several years to find the right size of Ideal Highland and Cob saddle second hand and had to pay £340 for it but it was worth it as it was like new. These and native pony etc saddles are still hard to find even for decent money.
A lot of saddles are a bit too narrow for the good doer coblet types that most people are tending to go for nowadays as riders get heavier, all those narrower than MW ones won't find many buyers.
But agree with you that a lot of things are at rock bottom.
For youngster I would go for an adjustable synthetic as they are easier to resell and less expensive to buy until the horse is near full grown.
A lot of saddles are a bit too narrow for the good doer coblet types that most people are tending to go for nowadays as riders get heavier, all those narrower than MW ones won't find many buyers.
But agree with you that a lot of things are at rock bottom.
For youngster I would go for an adjustable synthetic as they are easier to resell and less expensive to buy until the horse is near full grown.
FairyLights
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mine are synthetic thorowgood wide and xxwide. thought I'd get about £100+ but at about £30-£40 each I wont be selling. I might keep to see what trade in will be against a leather saddle at a saddlers [if I can find one thats suitable] or I will give away to charity.
the market is in a really sad state.
the market is in a really sad state.
sodapop
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I have one of Heather Moffetts new flex EE saddles that is as new condition as only used a few times but no one wants to pay the very fair price I am asking for it. I find it amazing that the only other option for them at the moment is to buy a new one at full price but still no one wants to pay for mine. I too would rather keep it in a box than feel like I have been ripped off.
shmoo
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A lot of it may be down to time of the month.
People have more spare cash when they get paid. If you try and sell with the ending date aimed around 30th - 2nd you will probably get a higher price. Also the longer the listing the more you usually get as well. 10 days covering 2 weekends if poss works well. Keep an eye yourself. Have a look at prices today (mid-month) to prices in 2 weeks time.
Might help
People have more spare cash when they get paid. If you try and sell with the ending date aimed around 30th - 2nd you will probably get a higher price. Also the longer the listing the more you usually get as well. 10 days covering 2 weekends if poss works well. Keep an eye yourself. Have a look at prices today (mid-month) to prices in 2 weeks time. Might help
Love
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I have a saddle that I will admit is quite old (palaton make which I believe doesn't even exist anymore?) but in perfectly good working order and can't even get £50 for it!
Theocat
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I've just started advertising one today - I don't have room to store it, and my horse doesn't get on with it, so short of buying a new horse it's never going to have a job to do, but I'm not prepared to let it go for sweetie money - as someone said above, it's the principle.
It's the same with everything, though - people would rather buy new, and you can get new (rubbish) saddles for such low prices it makes decent makes look very expensive second hand.
I think the big problem is that you can never be sure a saddle will fit unless you buy it from the person fitting it, so buyers always feel they're taking a risk - a second hand decent make might well be worth £500 to them IF it fits their horse, but if it doesn't then they're stuck with it. Saddle fitters sell second hand saddles for three or four times what the exact same saddle would fetch on ebay / facebook. I don't begrudge them that at all, but it's infuriating that a second hand saddle bought from a fitter loses 75% of its value overnight, if you want to try and sell it on yourself!
It's the same with everything, though - people would rather buy new, and you can get new (rubbish) saddles for such low prices it makes decent makes look very expensive second hand.
I think the big problem is that you can never be sure a saddle will fit unless you buy it from the person fitting it, so buyers always feel they're taking a risk - a second hand decent make might well be worth £500 to them IF it fits their horse, but if it doesn't then they're stuck with it. Saddle fitters sell second hand saddles for three or four times what the exact same saddle would fetch on ebay / facebook. I don't begrudge them that at all, but it's infuriating that a second hand saddle bought from a fitter loses 75% of its value overnight, if you want to try and sell it on yourself!
shmoo
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Maybe we ought to get our heads together and all put our second hand saddles in a van based mid country. It gets driven around and you pay fuel to get it to you. You then choose a saddle from the vast array on board - at your own risk / saddle fitting experience - at the price on the ticket. You'd soon know if it was overpriced, it wouldn't sell.
All we need is: A van, a driver, and an actual plan... oh and saddles, lots of them...
I totally agree with OP though. I want a new (I mean second hand) saddle for my little TB who recently developed a sore back after a disaster loan
. I will pay a fair price, but need it to fit. For this reason alone I'm unwilling to buy off e-bay. I saw a gorgeous fairly new stubben go yesterday for less than £200. I was so tempted I almost bought it anyway as it is a make I'd always aspired to growing up, but I've no proof that it would fit...
In the old days our local saddler used to do the whole van thing, with new and used on board. His prices were good and if you went for the second hand option he'd do the adjustments there and then on site. The site of his shop is now part of a cinema complex...
Tempted to go on a saddle fitting course and get my van going...Vroom.
All we need is: A van, a driver, and an actual plan... oh and saddles, lots of them...
I totally agree with OP though. I want a new (I mean second hand) saddle for my little TB who recently developed a sore back after a disaster loan
. I will pay a fair price, but need it to fit. For this reason alone I'm unwilling to buy off e-bay. I saw a gorgeous fairly new stubben go yesterday for less than £200. I was so tempted I almost bought it anyway as it is a make I'd always aspired to growing up, but I've no proof that it would fit...In the old days our local saddler used to do the whole van thing, with new and used on board. His prices were good and if you went for the second hand option he'd do the adjustments there and then on site. The site of his shop is now part of a cinema complex...
Tempted to go on a saddle fitting course and get my van going...Vroom.