Taking a trailer to view a horse.......would it put you off the buyer?

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If a prospective buyer turned up on your yard to view a horse with a trailer/lorry would it put you off them?

I often turn up with a trailer when I go to view a horse, I may go 3 or 4 hours away and don't want to a return trip just to get transport. I do tell them I am bringing a trailer and explain why, just as a courtesy.
It doesn't bother me if someone does it to me, as long as they have cash as well. If a horse is for sale it is for sale, it doesn't matter to me when it goes.
 
I would do the same if I was going a fair way and didnt need it vetting..... but I have read on here a few times that it puts the buyers back up as they think the buyer is rushing it!!

I probably would be a bit upset if I was the loving owner of the horse, as it would be so sudden, but if wanting to get rid then I would be delighted!!
 
i dunno, would seem a bit sudden! unless they had come from a LONG way away, i'd be a bit put off. but then we're soppy owners, we don't sell a lot and like to have a look at their yard and generally sell local
 
It would put me off a little to be honest, but it just depends on circumstances. If I was selling a naughty horse, then I would be waving it off down the drive!! Generally though, I would need to be absolutely certain that the horse was going to the best possible home. One viewing wouldnt convince me of that. Also when some people turn up with transport and cash to do the deal, it can sometimes mean that you are in for a cheeky offer on the price!
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Ten years ago I went to see a horse 4 hours' drive away and took my trailer, because I 'had a feeling' about the horse. The sellers couldn't see me till late afternoon so I'd booked into a local hotel and arranged to leave the trailer there so I could turn up at the yard without it - it did seem a bit cheeky to arrive with the trailer.

As it happened, the horse had lost a front shoe so I couldn't ride it; I really liked the look of it nevertheless, offered to leave a deposit, take it on trial (I confessed about the trailer!), have it shod ... they hesitated for all of two hours and then came to see me at the hotel to agree the plan. I drove away the next morning with the horse and still have him.

If I hadn't gone with the trailer, I think I might have been put off by the thought that I'd gone all that way, couldn't try the horse and would have to do another 8 hour round trip if I was serious about him.
 
Someone turned up to see my lovely skewbald cob with a horsebox. They took one look at him, said `yep we'll have him`, hand it over the money, and he was gone.
I was in awful shock for days afterwards, I think I only half wanted to sell him on a whim.
He was priced high for those days £1500 and the ladies who viewed him wanted him as a safe hunter in Buckinghamshire.
I bet he had a lovely life.
Just make sure you really want to sell in case it happens to you.
I was only a kid of 14 at the time.
 
it wouldnt bother me TBH..

And i'd take mine if i was buying..saves time, diesel and money.
 
I had someone last year come to view a filly I had for sale and she asked prior to coming if it was ok to bring the trailer and could she take her then and there if she liked her.

I agreed and she did indeed buy her but looking back with hindsight I sold her too cheap as she sold her on within a month for double the money.... nothing you can do about it thats people for you...

BTW I am in contact with her new owner and she is settled in a fabulous home so it was all ok in the end...
 
I took my trailer to see my new boy that i've just bought, only really to see whether he loaded in a trailer, not to whisk him away, but luckily i only had about 35 mins to drive. Thankfully, he walked straight on!!

But staying that i did ask the seller if i could!
 
im going to have a look at a lovely pony next week, a few hr drive away. It is a short loan to buy, I have also had a ,long chat about said pony, seen lots of piccies etc, so I did ask whether she would mind me taking the trailer when I go to look as im 99% certain i will take him (love at first sight ;-) ) I did offer that we go look and come back but agreed that if she could vet the home then it would be fine.
 
I agree with B and J. At least you would know they were serious buyers. If the horse is up for sale it's up for sale. If you don't like the look of the buyers you can always say no (or think up an excuse!) Selling a horse is always a risk in that you don't know what's going to happen to them. Even the loveliest people who have promised 'homes for life' have changes of circumstances which may force them to sell them on.
 
I have done it twice. Both times I had a really long chat with the seller about what I was looking for, what their horse had done, the home I could offer, etc. and asked if it would be OK to turn up with the trailer. The first time it was a total disaster as the seller was a dealer and had lied through their teeth, the second time the pony was exactly as descibed so we paid and took him.
 
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