Wat do you thinkof this (sharers)

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Moved yards a few months agoand on the whole its been a positive move. Small yard.All adults and YO/Instructor has given me some rea l help with schooling/instruction.All of which I have paid a good price for.Anyway decided that a sharer for weekends would be a good ideaas I rarely ride at weekends and felt cob needed a bit more work.YO said a cousin of hers would be interested and at first all went well. I asked for £10 for a weekend all jobs done.J (sharer) only comes on a Sunday after all. A couple of times she didn't come for family/health reasons and asked me did I want money if she didn't come.I said no. Well I have a feeling that she is coming but not paying.No money for about 4 weeks but one of the family nearly let something slip this morning.I am a good client who pays well and promptly and am letting a working pupil have a lesson on cob from YO.Curiously its not the money I mind about. Its being made to feel as though they are taking me for a ride.
 
Easy solution,
Tell her you have changed your mind and would like the money on a weekly basis irrespective of whether she rides or not.
She will either agree and you have your money or she won't and you can terminate agreement and find someone else.
 
I make my sharer pay a month in advance, she pays 12 pounds a day and rides him twice a week, so she pays 96 pounds on the first of the month and then should she do a last minute cancel he is covered, but if she tells me she is away with at least 5 days notice (right now she is skiing) we will just rearrange her days. When I'm on holiday she gets to do him as often as she likes for free and I often chuck in a few freebie days. This arrangement seems to be working well for both of us!
 
Not particularly Amymay and I may not even have thought of it EXCEPT that a few weeks ago no money ,then double money next weekend and an apology which I accepted at face value but YO had told me in the week she had been down. YO sister let something slip today and then regretted it. I didn't respond. Don't know how I am going to handle it, we will wait and see.Its not actually the money its the deciet I mind about.
 
Does she normally ride at a certain time on a Sunday? If so, I would be tempted to just turn up on a Sunday and see what you find!

Other than that, I would ask for payment in advance, as someone else has suggested above.
 
I agree with Charlie, if you take your tack home then you can almost guarantee your horse isn't ridden. If you don't want to do that you will have to start looking for obvious saddle/tack marks.
 
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I agree - absolutely.

Why not give them a buzz and see what, if anything, has been going on. It might be very innocent, with no deceipt intended.
 
I shall wait ans see (just in case I am wrong) and actually I hope I am. Might jst pas a comment along the lines of Is J alright as I see she hasn't been down for a few weeksSe what response I get. The only reason I charged was because, in my experience, people don't value what they don't pay for.
 
I would ask if she still wanted to share.

If she says yes then explain that "for legal reasons" you would like to get a share agreement written and get everything set in stone like days and payment etc. You can then put down that the cost is x for x days and this is paid regardless. ie if she is sick or on holiday she still pays
 
How about putting a nice clean numnah on before you go home on the saturdayMaybe a white one Ha ha, then you dont have to worry about getting the tack to her if she wants to ride on the sunday or the grief of taking it home.
Ive had so many issues with sharers... i think she should pay even if she doesnt ride... the horse still needs feeding afterall. My two cost me 400 pound a month, and im sure yours cost enough... even if you dont ride!
But then ... i have never asked for any money and have had so many commitment problems. Maybe she cant afford the money as she has spent it down the pub the night before (???) so doesnt come up to ride on the sunday... money in advance would be good as suggested about to overcome this if that is the reason.
On a rant about sharers... they (maybe not all but ALL the ones i have had up) dont seem to value the importance of horsecare at all. I had a sharer who came up to ride, i said that i think she is lame so best give it a miss, and her reply was.. well ive travelled over now so i may as well take her for a spin. A SPIN? what the f***. She isnt a motorbike. Another one only came up to ride.. no grooming, poo picking, mucking out... ohh the problems!
 
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