when a seller states 'offers' rather than a price

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Why would someone put a horse up for sale and state 'Offers' rather than a price?

Probably a dumb question really and I think is probably because they don't know how much someone would be willing to pay.

I've seen one advertised and it is only suitable for light work and hacking at the moment until it's feet are sorted out.

Not sure how much I am allowed to post of the advert without getting in trouble.

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Hard to judge without a photo as would like to see just how uneven his feet are.
Depending on how long it would take to correct his feet I would prob pay £1700-2000.
 
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Am I going mad or is this horse called jay and then ben in the same ad???

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I suppose the old addage of 'if it sound too good to be true'................

I think on the name change basis alone - look elsewhere.
 
Offers would really put me off completely, I wouldn't want to watse time seeing/viewing a horse only for the owners to want a stupid price for example.
 
I wouldn't go see a horse that said offers because people have such vastly different notions of what a reasonable price for a horse is!
 
I wouldn't go and see that particular horse on the basis of the ad alone, it sounds like a dealer pretending to be a private seller. If you are going to sell something as "lovely looking, stunning markings", put a flaming picture in your advert !
 
I would phone up, ask the usual questions and then say "You say offers in your ad, so i dont waste either of our time seeing a horse out of my budget, do you have a figure in mind?"
When i was looking for a project that was how i found out an interesting sounding ID x 12year old who had been driven but not done much else was up for £8000 !!!! That was 2 years ago and i have recently seen him readvertised as a 12 year old for £5000
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With that particular advert, I would guess that the seller is not greatly interested in the amount of money she gets for the horse; sounds like she is looking for just below market value providing you can assure a sound future to the horse.

I would go and look at it; could easily be a cheapy who just needs further teaching and a good farrier to bring it right. Of course it could be a scam and the horse needs shooting!
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I would take "offers" as meaning below market price and POA as being a horse I can't afford as they want too much money for it.

Its worth a phone call to suss out which one it is and whether they are dealers trying to shift a dodgy horse on!
 
Surely it means what it says. With the problems with the horses' feet then it would be difficult to put a price on him so hence I would imagine the "offers" He would be worth what somebody is prepared to pay for him with the problems
 
Why are they selling it? They can't have had it that long if the previous owner caused foot problems that are still affecting him? Lots of nice things said about him but nothing based on anything other than hacking etc so goodness only knows what he'd be like when asked to do more...a bit of an unknown entity me thinks..
 
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