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TIMEWASTERS!

Horse has been up for sale for a month and have got as far as calls with people arranging to come and see him and then cancelling.

On friday night I get a call from a lady locally who asks all about him and his competition record, says he sounds ideal and could she see him Monday morning. OH re-arranges some teaching and we agree a time of 11am.

So yesterday I got him all ready as I am at work today, cleaned tack, white boots, white numnah, polished and trimmed him to within an inch of his life. Rugged him up with a hood so he was clean and his mane was laying flat.

Left OH with strict instructions this morining to remember his papers and original vetting certificate, as well as his recent dressage tests from two BD outings.

10.30am this morning she rings to say she has got another horse and won't be coming.

Now I undestand that people do find another horse, particularly if they are looking over the weekend but at least let me know at the time! Not half an hour before she is due to arrive.


I texted her Saturday with the postcode of the yard for her Sat Nav and said any problems please let me know over the weekend, so I wouldn't waste my time getting everything ready if she didn't show.

Sorry rant over but I am totally fed up! When we have been looking, I always ring to confirm before I leave and if I get stuck in traffic send them a text just to let them know we are running late.
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It's just bad manners pure and simple and no excuses. Drives me mad too! She obviously wasn't the right person for him tho and then next one is going to be much better!
 
i know exactly how yuou feel i would never dream of doing that.

when i was selling about a month ago i had a lady ring at 10.30 at night-which i wasnt v happy about but she said she was desperate to come and see her..she rang back 10 mins later when she had a think and looked at some photos and said she would definatly be comng
so we arranged it for a few days time, which meant me having to cancel my lesson, and book out a local arena...all of which she was told and i specifically said if you are not coming please let me know.

thursday came and she was supposed to text me when she left..it was going to take her hours to get here and as the time got closer i hgeard nothing.
so i rang about 4 times then no answer....got a text to my landline saying she wasnt coming-about an hour before she was supposed to come.
 
Having been through an incredibly lengthy process when buying Ellie, it is perfectly possible that the lady may have found something else saturday/sunday or even monday morning itself! I know if I had had another horse booked in after I'd seen Ellie, I would have been dead against wasting anyone else's time in still going to see another horse! Of course, if she was just a timewaster - and there are many out there!
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- then she is blatantly out of order. But surely you prefer her not having turned up at all, than coming and riding your horse for an hour only to tell you she bought one yesterday and isnt actually interested!!! At least she rang you and didnt just not turn up.
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I totally agree it is just bad manners and it is not necessary.

The first person who rang about him saw a video and arranged to come down by train, she asked me if I could collect her from the station which I agreed to do. she then texted me two days before and said she was sorry but she had found a horse locally and she hoped he found a nice home. Which I really appreciated and sent her a nice text saying no problem, thank you and good luck.
 
I doubt she found a horse this morning, but even if she found another horse over the weekend it is not a problem but I specifically asked her to let me know over the weekend if she found anything else.

She had already wasted our time, admittedly slightly less than if she had come for a free ride but very annoying none the less!
 
Just the height of bad manners really , especially half an hour before she was due to come out .

I suppose it works both ways with buyers and sellers , I went once to look at a horse , prior to that I rang this women about the horse and organised to come down was an hr and a half drive away, Rang that night to make sure everything was still ok to come down, yes everything was fine, Got up that morning and before I left I rang again yip still all ok, then rang again when we where 10 mins away , only this time not to get an answer .... as I had to ring 10 mins before to get the correct directions as stated in our conversations on the phone . Rang again still no answer .... waited on a layby to see if she would ring back , nope ..... So decided to go and ask at a couple of houses to see if they knew where this lady lived (had her name). Finally about 40 mins later We got a call from the womens mother saying that she had to go into work 30 mins ago , 30 mins ago , I said we had been trying to ring and we got no answer , Womens mother said , My daughter had been waiting on you and you never turned up !! I said ...." she was meant to answer her phone to give me directions when we reached the town " Really wasnt that hard to understand and everything was made crystal clear.

Anyways never did see the horse , went on to see another which wasnt suitable .... but the fact I went the whole way down and for her to turn around and say that I didnt ring , ( rang at least 15 times and im not joking ) She was to let me know where to go when I reached the town .

Hate time wasters whether they be buyers or sellers .
 
What a waste of your time I would have been fuming!

We knew it was going to be tight trying to sell a horse in the run-up to Christmas but we haven't even had anyone to look at him!
 
I did feel a bit bad the other weekend. I had 2 lined up to try. Unfortunatley fell off the first one and badly broke my leg! Thought they must think I was a right timewaster because it does sound like a bit of a 'convenient' excuse!! Luckily I knew the 2nd lot, but I would have been worried about calling the next lot if I didnt as by the time my husband could ring them, we were already 1 hour after the time we were supposed to see them, due to taking nearly an hour to scrape me off the floor!
 
I don't understand why people just can't be honest. If something happens, minds changed, etc. why not ring at once and say?
 
The only thing I'd say is the person may well have seen another horse on monday morning, if I'm going to see horses I tend to see a few at once sort of thing, but still annoying!
 
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