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Now, I do kind of understand the thinking behind this but it still makes me cross.

Friend is horse hunting. Has arranged a viewing a 5pm. Now, this horse isn't just around the corner and will mean an approximate 200 mile round journey to see it.

Seller has just contacted her to say she now has someone else coming to view the horse at 4.30pm :mad:

Now to me that just isn't on. Yes, let others come see the horse but not half hour before another viewing. Friend has told seller she will still be coming but has been told that it might be sold and driving out the gate and it's first come first served etc.

Yes, we both understand she needs to sell horse and all that but bearing in mind we are not just around the corner from this horse we will potentially be enroute and possibly have a wasted journey if the people she is letting come view half hour before our arranged time.

By all means let others come see horse but not so close to another viewing and give others benefit of the doubt they will be there when they say they will and offer first refusal?
 
I wouldn't bother to go and see a horse under these circumstances, as a viewing should take more than half an hour. Also a horse that has just been ridden will be quieter. I would also wonder whether the seller is trying to put your friend under pressure to come to a snap decision. Sounds very off to me, first come first served is all very well, but your friend obviously booked the viewing in advance, so the polite thing to do would have been to wait until after she had seen it, as long as she hasn't rearranged several times obviously!
 
I agree but in your friends situation I would not risk that journey in those circumstances. The Seller really should have told the other interested part that someone else was viewing at 5pm and they could come after!
( and viewings only half hour apart?? 1st client would still be viewing horse surely?)
 
I encountered all sorts when horse shopping. TBH, I think if the seller is highly motivated then to some degree all bets are off. We tried an ex-racer, owned by quite a novice-y lady. I quite liked him and asked seller if I could arrange for my trainer to try him . . . she agreed in principle and we agreed a date/time. In the meantime, she had another viewing - young lad who wanted something to event and who immediately said he would have horse vetted . . . seller said she would prefer us to have the horse but wouldn't let my trainer go and try him b/c she didn't want the horse injured before the vetting. I saw her point, but did feel a little messed about.

At the end of the day, sellers can do pretty much whatever they like . . . although I wouldn't have thought arranging viewings half an hour apart was terribly sensible.

It would be a polite "thanks, but no thanks" from me I'm afraid.

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zaminda said:
I wouldn't bother to go and see a horse under these circumstances, as a viewing should take more than half an hour. Also a horse that has just been ridden will be quieter. I would also wonder whether the seller is trying to put your friend under pressure to come to a snap decision. Sounds very off to me, first come first served is all very well, but your friend obviously booked the viewing in advance, so the polite thing to do would have been to wait until after she had seen it, as long as she hasn't rearranged several times obviously!
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Ditto.

Not worth risky the fuel money, IMO.
 
At least they've phoned and told you now instead of waiting until you arrived to tell you they sold it half an hour ago! ;)

I'd tell them you won't bother coming then but if the horse sounds really what you're looking for, if the advert's still up next week rearrange the viewing and you might get it cheaper. :D
 
Glad it's not just us that thinks this was off. She hadn't messed seller about and this was the original agreed viewing time / date (only agreed yesterday evening too). Other potential buyer has contacted her this morning early and obviously been told another person coming at 5 so they have said will come first :mad:

Friend has told seller (polietly) to shove it and just not cricket.

Horse blooming lush looking too :(
 
If you and your friend like the look of it so much, I would wait see if the horse sells or not and if it doesnt arrange to go view as soon as you can after you have found out.

Its completely off what she has done but at the end of the day you arent wanting to be best chums with this lady and if the horse is worth it perhaps it is best just to bide your time.
 
I'm not one for "holding" a horse until the first person to ring up has been (have encountered that when buying a couple of times though!) as you often get messed about by buyers, so its a case of first come first served for me.

That said, I would never book people in so close together, and if you had only arranged to come yesterday then she should have held off the second people for a few hours at least.

In the cases of the sellers who wouldn't let me see their horses until the first people to ring had seen them, both of the first people to ring let the seller down, and I ended up buying the horse, so it didn't do them any good.

I understand that you try and be polite and honest with everyone,and I do, but to me, I'm there to sell the horse not accommodate the buyers...
 
I had this happen to me. Booked an appointment to see a horse, but when I got there, someone else was already viewing and actually riding it! Having driven almost 50 miles to see it, I waited around. I soon realised that the place was a dealers yard (horse was advertised as private seller). Horse wasn't suitable - and thank goodness as since found out an awful lot about the seller who has a long history of dishonesty and dealings with trading standards.....
I'm not suggesting the situation is the same for your friend, but you never know, she may have had a lucky escape.
 
Why on earth would the seller of the horse being posted about think that her horse would sell immediately from a mere half an hour viewing????? Sounds like they're not very experienced!
 
Maybe they were worried that someone who lives so far away wouldn't turn up?

Not saying you would but when i sold my horse last year i had 2 people make an appointment to come and have a look and they didn't turn up!!

However i also had one buyer have a go at me when i called them to say the horse was sold. He said that they would have come sooner if they thought he was going to sell so quick???!!!

It's a bit off from the seller in this case though and if it had been me i would have asked these second viewers to come after you e.g 6/6.30 as you were the first to make an appointment.
 
Would definitely not go and also it could be a ploy that they have exercised it etc prior to your viewing so you will not get a true picture of it. It could be tired and I would rather see it fresh!

So just cut your losses and say NO THANKS not interested waste of my time etc etc. On principle I would not waste fuel.
 
indie999 said:
Would definitely not go and also it could be a ploy that they have exercised it etc prior to your viewing so you will not get a true picture of it. It could be tired and I would rather see it fresh!

So just cut your losses and say NO THANKS not interested waste of my time etc etc. On principle I would not waste fuel.
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I nearly did this when the seller of my horse was messing about a bit, but I would have lost out on the most wonderful horse I have ever owned.. Seven years down the line I thank god I hung in there and bought her!
 
When I went to see my little TB mare, I booked the viewing for a sunday @ 11am I was told that the owner was out competing on Saturday and this would be a better time, when we got there one of the first things she told me was that a 14 year old girl had tried her yesterday but was not a good enough rider so even though parents had put in an offer she refused them, I would have been very miffed to get a phonecall saying she had been sold, as when I phoned up she said I was the first to call, I did buy the mare she is fab!
 
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