Totally been had, trying to sell my horse!

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I won't go into too many details but basically, I had a horse for sale as it was a nappy p.i.g and we didn't get on but I have been diddled out of having any money for it
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Purchaser, I think, has tried to fob me off with a duff vet report.
Has anyone else suffered similar fate?
 
Sorry, was trying not to be too vague! I was selling the horse, it was on a 3 month trial, generous I know but I wanted it gone. Had been paid a small deposit for it and the rest to follow once it had been vetted. It failed vetting, surprise surprise. The problem is, I didn't want said horse back and the purchaser agreed to that and to move it on if they decided not to buy, however, said horse is meant to be lame and the vet thinks it has kissing spine, for which it was sent for xray's and found to be clear.
The bit that is probably confusing people is you are probably asking why I can't have it back, answer is, I have nowhere to put it and was selling it for financial reasons
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In the end, I got so fed up, I told purchaser to keep it for the stupid amount of deposit I got.
Purchaser knew I couldn't do much about it, therefore I was held by the short and curlies
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Surely this person was not allowed to remove the horse before paying you the money for it?

Or are you saying the persuaded you that you should give it to them for free because of a bad vetting report. If that's the case you must have been there for the vetting - so what did the vet say????
 
I agreed the horse could go on trial for the 3 months, don't laugh but purchaser wanted it for a year!
I wasn't present at the vetting, sadly. It's all very very complicated and I probably gave in far too easy.
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I don't think you have been diddled - but they certainly saw you coming!

It is done now and the horse is gone, hope it has gone to a nice home

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Absolutely agree.
 
I would have thought that a potential purchaser would have had the horse vetted BEFORE taking it, even on trial? Was this vetting done during the trial?
I think you'll have to put this one down to experience now you've said they can keep the horse. Desperation clouds your judgement, too. Try to move on and not think too much more about it - you'll drive yourself nuts!
 
Do you think the vet is wrong then? Or that they somehow got a dodgy vet report and the horse doesnt really have kissing spine? Surely if it was really nappy this would explain it's behaviour?
 
It seems that as you wanted the horse to go asap perhaps best to draw a line under this and cut your losses.
 
When the horse left me, it had not once been lame, sad or sorry for itself. It just wouldn't leave the yard! Never bucked or reared and believe me, if it had kissing spine, there is no way it could have jumped the field gate from a standstill!!

I don't think I did myself any favours by putting this post on
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There is so much more to it but it would take forever to explain it all properly.

I hope noone else goes through what I had to to sell a horse.

Anyway, by the bye, thanks for comments. I lost out, now i'm paying for it, literally!
 
Then why did you not challenge them about it at the time?
Sorry, but dont think its good form to have agreed to give them the horse and then be saying on a public forum that you've been had. Im a bit confused as to whether you want advice or if you just want to let off steam..
 
if you think youve been conned, contact the vet and query the report, if there is no report the vet was never called out and they made it up to get an almost free horse, contact a lawyer re fraud
 
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if you think youve been conned, contact the vet and query the report, if there is no report the vet was never called out and they made it up to get an almost free horse, contact a lawyer re fraud

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I agree.
 
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said horse is meant to be lame and the vet thinks it has kissing spine, for which it was sent for xray's and found to be clear

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If a horse has kissing spine it will show up on xray.
It sounds as if you've maybe acted a bit hastily, it would have been worth looking into this "vets report" and really as you had the horse on loan vtb, you needed to be prepared for the eventuality of it coming back. But now you've given her the horse I'm not sure what come back you have. You could ring the BHS legal advice line if you are a member.
 
Again hard to prove, as the horse may now be sound - or never unsound in the first place? Personally I would've been over to their yard like a shot if they thought the horse was injured.

I'd try to look at things this way rather than chew over it for months:

You couldn't have the horse back for financial reasons
If it was injured no one else would want it in a damaged state
So, the best thing all round is that the 'buyers' keep it and then you're not out of pocket even further.
 
You dafty head !!! Its you own fault !! You should have been present at the vetting ? My vets wont do a vetting unless the owner is present. which I think is is the best way - also - have you spoken to vet> surely they ring you - the owner brfore hand?
 
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My vets wont do a vetting unless the owner is present. which I think is is the best way - also - have you spoken to vet> surely they ring you - the owner brfore hand?

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I was present when we sold my old pony and it was vetted BUT the vet is there at the request of the purchaser and they report back to that purchaser not feed back to the owner that is selling...
 
I've got the report, or at least a letter which is 2 pages long! The trouble is, my vet never once had to look at him, he just gave him his flu jabs! So it's no use asking him if he agrees with the report, I could ask him if it look's like a proper report at all I suppose.
 
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