Why are SELLERS such time wasters?

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Why are SELLERS such time wasters?

We are looking for a specific type of horse, and when I say this I mean...

1. Well schooled and can do a very nice prelim/novice test
2. Safe, sensible and confidence giving (although rider is good and experienced)
3. 100% Hack
4. No vices

I make it very clear (very politely) this is what we are looking for and when we get there these horses cant even work in an outline! Or they are spooky, or have a vice that 'isnt really a vice' because the owner isnt bothered by it!!! We've even had 'well it jumps so whats the problem with it not being schooled?' Ermmmm WE DONT WANT A JUMPER???

Im sure buying horses is getting harder! Rant over :)
 
It goes both ways.

Why are buyers such timewasters?

Why come to see a thoroughbred mare, advertised as such, turn up and say "Oh, I don't want a thoroughbred"?

Why come to see a horse, say you really like it and will definitely call, and then never bother letting the seller know?

Or better still, not turn up at all?
 
I agree the one I went to see yesterday the sellers were very nice and to be fair had advertised competent rider. It was fairly young but I was told initially it never EVER had bucked when I questioned them and it seemed a nice horse, very responsive etc I thought it was the one!!. After it threw me off on my 2nd viewing the owner got on and it went buck buckaro with her, and she said it was wound up and fizzier than normal. Usually I would get back on but was glad in my old age that I was not hurt and called it a day.

But why do sellers tell you it "has never done that before" or doenst do XYZ and it actually does. Perhaps they hope it will be good for the viewing and a mug like me will buy. This horse obviously had bucked before many times but why let someone get on. My son got bucked off a pony years ago he was about 9 years old and the owner said"has never done that before......he got back on and it did it again". He is still alive!

I have met some really good sellers who have told me warts and all. But unfortunately just not my type of horse.
 
Personally as a seller I am very honest as I adore the girls I have bred & want them to go to homes that will be an excellent match so they are happy. A dishonest seller is one who just wants to get rid of the horse, either desperate for cash or just to get rid. Dishonest people on both sides are always a problem & can be intensely frustrating.
 
It can be a nightmare for both ways, selling and buying. When i was selling mine before christmas i had heaps of people phone about him and i was very honest and i told them he was such a good boy and i dont think anyone believed me so never got one person viewing him in the flesh, he really is genuinely a fantastic boy for a then 2yr old anyhow i decided to give up selling him and i'm so glad i did.

In a previous pony i had for sale i had not novice ride as strong and very forward going for my sec d nutter i used to have and when people phoned i made it very clear she was this way, had several quite blatant complete novices turn up with ideas way above their station! it was very disheartening and a real waste of time. In general i'v found it easier to buy but this is probably because i will literally get on anything and dont mind trying to work on problems.
 
Went with a friend to see horse advertised as suitable for a novice inexperienced rider that was bombroof !
Owners dad was showing it, she was busy !! Could i get it out the stable ?
it came out like a rocket, ok mabe just nervous, stranger handling it etc.
Q who is riding it to show us ? A. I thought you would, erm no thats youre job to let us see it under saddle.
Next thing its broke off and careering down the yard," oh meant to say it doesnt tye up, itll break off, sorry"
Starting to think this is a piss taker, but I caught horse, tack waiting, daughter is apparantly on her way, would I tack up as dad didnt know how ?
Put reins over head, h/caller round neck to put bride on, up it went like a tower building catching my hip as it went, just managed to catch rope as it came down having loosened it beforehand, it was a freaking handful, and not suitable for anyone unless they were lookong for a project horse as it had issues a plenty, folks like this are out n out liars never mind stretching the truth a bit, but bloody dangerous as well.
We put it back in the stable just as the daughter arrived.
She tried to tack it up in the stable and it went up again, obviously just what you want for the novice handler/ rider NOT !!
 
Why do horses like to make liars of you? An agent once came with a client to see a horse we had ( not advertised but most horses over here have a price and are for sale:D ). The horse was a big quality sport horse 16.3 who was very quiet and straightforward to do anything with and this was what the agents client wanted ( the agent knew the horse from seeing him out and about at competitions). He was tacked up and led out, he put his back up and started to snort as if he'd never seen the yard before, he spooked 3 or 4 times on the way to the arena and at the barrels in the arena. He bucked in canter and on landing after a jump:o. Not surprisingly they didnt buy, he'd never done it before, he never did it again and was sold to a girl just out of ponies and has never put a foot wrong for her:rolleyes:. He obviously wanted to make us out to be idiots!!! :D
 
As someone else has said, I think it goes both ways. I once went to see a pony described as a "stunning 14.2 bay gelding". I got to the yard, no one about, but there he was, looking over his door, a smashing pony. I was really excited. The owner turns up, says, "oh no, it's not that one", goes to a stable round the back, and pulls out something whose nearest relative was probably a camel! Scrubby, ugly and not even 14.2. I can still feel the disappointment.
 
I've been thinking about selling my maxi cob but these stories are putting me off! I haven't sold a horse for about 12yrs....sounds like nothings changed... I remeber selling my 14.2 when I was 13, the people who came to see him first were so delighted because he was everything we said in the ad, they said they had looked at so many 14.2s that did not in any way resemble their adverts.

Edited to say...'When I was 13' is quite a long time ago!!!
 
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