Thinking of buying a 6 month colt - not sure how much. Sorry.

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Hi. I realise there are hundreds of these posts and i've done a search but can't find anything to match my query.

I've seen a young coloured colt which i quite like. He's completely un-handled, not yet halter broken, has not had his feet trimmed but he is passported and wormed.

There seems to be loads on the market just now going for about £400 but he's £800. Although he's likely to grow a bit bigger than the others I've seen (he'll make 14.2 where the others have been 13.2 - 14hh) I don't want to waste the owners time by offering an offensively low amount.

I'd have miles to travel to see / get him and there is the cost of gelding him - none of which is the owners problem / concern - but just means I can't offer the full price. Also I wouldn't say he was twice as nice as the others.

So. My question is. Is it okay to offer say, £450 - £500 or should i just leave this one and keep looking for another.

I know there is no harm in making the offer but I don't want to waste anybody's time and i haven't the experience of buying / selling to know what is regarded as standard practice? Is the owners figure what she will genuinely be expecting to get or are horses / ponies advertised with a view for going a bit / lot cheaper?

should have said - he's a cob
 
I would ring and say you've seen the ad, you like him but your budget is £450.00/£500.00 and you didn't want to waste your and their time by going to see him if an offer in this region was not going to be acceptable.
 
I think you should call up and speak to the owner about realistic offers they will accept, that way it saves wasting your time and theirs if you go all the way to see the horse. If you are honest with them you might be suprised by their response. Good luck!
 
Thanks for your replies. Wow Cilsanestud thats super cheap. I'm definitely not that lucky for the owner to go for that
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I've emailed them to see if they would come up with a price and if not I'll start at £400 and take it from there.

I understand owners must be a bit gutted not to get what they are probably worth - but times are tough these days for sure. I'm not sure if the fact I'm offering a home for life will be any consolation but who knows.
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Thanks for your replies. Wow Cilsanestud thats super cheap. I'm definitely not that lucky for the owner to go for that
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I've emailed them to see if they would come up with a price and if not I'll start at £400 and take it from there.

I understand owners must be a bit gutted not to get what they are probably worth - but times are tough these days for sure. I'm not sure if the fact I'm offering a home for life will be any consolation but who knows.
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next time you talk.. highlight the fact that he's completely unhandled, a colt, you will need to pay for him to be gelded and spend time and effort handling the thing. and if he was in a auction or sale he deffinately wouldnt make more than 300. atleast if he allows you to pay 400 demand no less than 10/20 pound luck and money off for coming to get him
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gotta play hard see haha good luck!
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Thanks for the advice
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I must admit I'm a bit lame about stuff like this but I'll give it a go and see how we get on. My friend totally agrees with you and has just texted to say her farrier (who buys / sells coloureds) was saying the market is super slow and youngsters just aren't holding their value.

I'm just wishing I had a bigger field
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Thanks again - much appreciated
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Can I just say if someone starts to offer me half the price I have advertised a pony at before thay have even come to see it I don't even both to continue the conversation.
 
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Can I just say if someone starts to offer me half the price I have advertised a pony at before thay have even come to see it I don't even both to continue the conversation.

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ye but come on... 800 for a unhandled colt! they need to wake up and smell the coffee tbh with u!!
 
I am talking generally here, not specifically - so please don't take offence, I personally, think that the cost (to a buyer) of gelding a horse is irrelevant to the price. If you don't want the expense of castration then you stop reading the ad at the word 'colt'. I don't charge (or accept) less for a weanling colt than I do a filly.
 
Thanks. In my defense I did say that in the opening post that I realised gelding and the cost of travel was not the currently owners problem.

I do sympathize that people just aren't getting the true value these days - but similarly i guess, just as gelding isn't there's then the flat market isn't really my problem either. I genuinely don't want to waste their time which is why I've asked them to give me a price and if I can afford it I can afford it and if not then I'll move on.

However I've found with other things (not buying horses) when trying to be fair and not be a time waster that I've said just give me a price, its been too high and its been the SELLER who has come back to me with a lower price. I can't help but feel they are wasting MY time - if they were prepared to accept less than they should just say that.
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I've opened the door by asking for a price and if its too high I probably just leave it and move on to some of the many many other cheaper options
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Thanks for replying - all views welcome
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ps no offense taken at all
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I have to say I agree. I've been really surprised how cheap youngsters are just now. My mates farrier could list four of five he knows of which are going for between £300 - £400 and all to make abou 14hh.

And in fact if you look at some of the sites there are a lot of coloured warmblood's due to make 16hh + for sale around £1k mark - which is only £200 or so off the price of this wee one.

But i also understand that to the owner they may be worth a set figure and they won't accept anything less - that is totally their right
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Hi, I bought an unhandled skewbald colt in November for £500 including delivery, I did a bit of research after I'd got him and found that he'd been advertised for sale in the summer for £850. I was happy with £500, I do think that so long as the purchaser is happy with the price, then there isn't a too high or too low!

Mine came from Cornwall - OM me if yours is too!
 
i bought a very well handled filly weanling in Oct who had been out & placed at the Great Yorks show & a couple of other shows. Shes a very well bred Welsh cob cross to make 16hh+ for only £800 (previously advertised for £1200).
This seller is being a bit excessive, the market is slow, but on the other hand if they have their own land & its costing next to nothing to keep this foal they may not be in a rush to sell.
Good luck!
 
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