Selling advice needed!!!

Goldenstar said:
You believed it because it made it easy for you it’s what you wanted to believe .
There where huge red flags .
You failed your pony .
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Sorry but in my opinion this is really unfair. The seller was doing her best in a very difficult position. None of us are perfect, and sometimes things do not work out the way we envisage. She could just as easily have seen a different child ride the pony, everything look great, and then it go to pieces when they took it home.
 
ycbm said:
How bloody judgemental.

GS you own land and multiple properties, employ grooms and pro riders and are having your perfect retirement home built. That is really easy for you to write. I think you should maybe hold off making comments like that to a self employed hairdresser who has lost 50% of their income in the last 18 months and is now in debt.

Would you like to have a go at me instead? I have sold five horses in my lifetime to people I've never met. So go on, shoot me!
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Thank you x
 
Melody Grey said:
@Htxx2 i think you’ll be just fine- it sounds like a mis-match of horse and rider on the pro’s part that they’ll no doubt improve over time. I wouldn’t beat yourself up over not seeing the child ride, lots of children’s ponies change hands this way. A pro, whose opinion you clearly respected at the time was telling you that it was a good match, I can see why you never questioned it. Hindsight is a wonderful thing, but you can only work forward from here.

FWIW, I’m a self employed musician who lost 50% income (at least) over lockdown with no government support. It could easily have been me having to sell a horse in a rush. You did the best you could with the options available, don’t beat yourself up.
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Thank you….it was tough wasn’t it, the no work no help scenario ?‍♀️
 
I don’t think it’s that unusual for ponies to be sold without the intended child rider trying them. And even if they do, it can all easily go wrong in a new home (if they’re not a schoolmaster) due to lack of good management.
 
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