Vetting before buying!

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I have somebody that wants to buy my mare, but she wants me to transport her to them which is about 6 hours away then when she gets there to have her vetted & if she passes that then she said she'll have her but if she fails she dont want her. so then i would have to bring her all the way back. having her vetted isn't a problem but dont see why she cant be vetted where she is now. Obviously would use a different vet to my usual vet. Dont want to have to travel the mare the journey twice wouldn't be fair on her. Do you usually have the horse your looking to buy at its present yard or future yard. She seems to be offended that i said no to doing this am I doing the wrong thing?
 
there is no way that I would travel a horse for a vetting. if they want her vetted it would have to be at the horses yard - then if they want her post-vetting they transport her to their yard.
there are lots of vets about - I don't think it matters if its not 'theirs' as long as its not 'yours'.
 
Thats stupid, if she wants the horse enough then it can be vetted at you place and then be paid for and then be transported. Id probably be put off by this sort of thing.
 
She wanted her on 2 week trail first but when i said no she tried to knock me down £1500. Not quite sure what she's playing at. Think she wants summat for nothing!
 
what total cheek!!! she is trying it on - I bet she thinks that once she has horse and its vetted you might take a low offer just to get rid ..... Dont even sell this horse to her - she has no respect for you so what s she going to be like as an owner ? Tell her to F off and whatever she says - dont sell her it!! If she could come 6 hours to see your mare in the first place she can do it a few more times to come and fetch it!!
 
She thinks that she a mare the same sort of stamp as a mine for half the price from holland & that im a cheeky B**** for not coming down in price or letting her have 2 week trial
 
when she rode her anyway she was scared of her & wouldnt ride her back to the yard. Iasked her if she wanted to feed & she didnt, & she didnt want to groom her or turn her out if it was me trying out a horse id wnt to do everything to see what the horse was like
 
hmmm. run a mile! Can I ask, is this the Fresian or am I imagining things? Could be that she's one of these just looking for something that looks pretty...then she'll get it home, find they're not suited and poor horsey will be sold on.
 
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when she rode her anyway she was scared of her & wouldnt ride her back to the yard. Iasked her if she wanted to feed & she didnt, & she didnt want to groom her or turn her out if it was me trying out a horse id wnt to do everything to see what the horse was like

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Why would you sell your horse to this person????

As Samp says - walk away.,,
 
Her & her sister were going to share her, her sister rode her nicely. But she was mainly for going to be ridden by the other. Is was mainly a confidence problem she had with her coz she rode her fine. The mare didnt misbehave once. The woman was planning on having lessons so with a few of them her confidence would be better she even admitted that herself.
 
Yes if I was you, just keep your horse advertised, until the right person comes along, I would never take my horse to the possible buyer so that they could have it vetted there end, it should be done where the horse is at present, you never know what is in some peoples minds sometimes so you have to be very careful, plus it is not alway best to have a horse vetted after a long journey, Tell her to stop wasting your time.

Good Luck

Tilly16
 
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She thinks that she a mare the same sort of stamp as a mine for half the price from holland & that im a cheeky B**** for not coming down in price or letting her have 2 week trial

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It's your horse, so you set the price. That price may be higher or lower than the market value (as may the other horse), but as the seller it's your perogative what price to accept and who to sell the horse to, even if that means the horse takes longer to sell or doesn't sell at all.

The furthest I'd take a horse is to somewhere suitable for the vetting (if we didn't have the correct facilities for example).
 
Dont sell to this person, she sounds like a right muppet!


your mare sounds gorgeous, I love Friesians, why are you selling her, didnt you only recently get her?
 
She's a typical horsey messer ... tell her the horse is sold and have nothing more to do with her or you'll never get rid of her. Dealt with fraggles like this many a time !!!
 
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