TIMEWASTERS are absolutely driving me CRACKERS!!!

If the new owner is still keen to have him I think you would be best to borrow or hire a box and get him to them after a loading practice session. Presumably if he is going as a happy hacker then he wont be doing too many journeys once in his new home and they have time to work on it there
 
I WANTED to be there but had important meetings today that I couldnt get out of. Lady wanted him today, I said 5pm after work and that was when it was arranged for but she said she didnt want him travelling back at night and unloading him in the dark etc. Trial people said they'd be there (who are very experienced and probably more help than me anyway) so yes, I said okay then. I said any problems give me a ring, which they DID, WHEN transport man was grumbling and giving up. If I'd have been rung at the start then ther e might have been something I could have done.

I cannot worry about all that now, bottom line is I need this horse to load, I haven't had any trouble with him before, the most he's taken is 10 mins and the sight of a lunge line coming out normally sends him shooting up the ramp but not today and I dont think ever again after his last experience.
 
Well, you're £200 out of pocket - and need to arrange a day when you can be there (as would have been sensible from the outset) to get the horse safely loaded and on it's way.

Let's hope he's still sold.
 
Well- went and loaded him this morning. Funnily enough it took me 10 mins :rolleyes:

He is, as I type on his way to his new home.

He is such a gorgeous horse and I will miss him terribly but I am really looking forward to concentrating on my new one now as the past week with all this crap going on, he really has been put on the back burner bless him.
 
amymay said:
Really? You sell a horse, you know it to be a tricky loader, so you don't attend when it's going - either to say goodbye or/and to ensure it loads properly??

Surely it's just common sense?
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That's as may be but the OP has a right old time of it recently and doesn't need sharp tongued comments from someone who doesn't even know the horse. Hindsight is a wonderful thing isn't it? Plenty of people don't stay with their horse when they are put down. Personally I think you see it through to the end but I'm not going to start taking pot-shots at them if they can't do it.
 
amymay said:
Long and short of it is you should have been there.

What a mess.
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I agree I never ever let strangers try to load a horse I had sold that I knew was not 100% .
In fact I just can't imagine not being there when a horse left.
If I was the buyer I would be seriously peed off let's hope they don't walk away.
Whoops just saw your last post , phew job done now you can relax.
 
Perfect_Pirouette said:
Well- went and loaded him this morning. Funnily enough it took me 10 mins :rolleyes:

He is, as I type on his way to his new home.

He is such a gorgeous horse and I will miss him terribly but I am really looking forward to concentrating on my new one now as the past week with all this crap going on, he really has been put on the back burner bless him.
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It was the horse in question that I felt sorry for, probably didn't know whether he was coming or going! But glad it's all been sorted and he's found a nice new home.
 
9tails said:
Stop the messages, update your advert with "Please call for more information". If you get an email/text asking if he's still for sale, respond with "Yes, please call this number" and then delete any more emails/texts from that person. Do NOT get into email/text exchanges, genuine buyers will be on the phone wanting to see him.

Ignore the crazy lady now, she will eventually go away.
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^^ This ^^

Put as much info in the advert as possible and then have people call you. Time wasters wont phone and if they do then you can probably suss it out on the phone. I find people message when they arent really interested. To send an initial message is one thing but to keep going back and forth is silly.
 
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