why don't people read adverts properly?

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I've got a 16.1 MW mare for sale.

If you were 5'2 with short legs, would you decide to come and see her? then complain that she was too big?

She is advertised as "safe, sane and sensible" - would you then come and see her and complain that she was "too safe, sane and sensible"?? ie boring....... what did they expect?!

Aaargh!! why don't people read what adverts actually say, rather than what they want to them to say??
 
Thats funny because I tried two 16.1 horses when I was looking one was a weed no substance at all and more like 15.2 and the one I fell for was 16.3 and seemed huge after the weed and now is as he is knocking on 17hh easily.
 
Hmm. Not sure its that simple. When I was looking for a horse. I advertised for a MW (Not Cobby), forward going, but not spooky horse, good in traffic, box, shoe etc and was contacted by a lady who said the horse was an ID/TBx and ticked all my boxes. I asked lots of questions on the phone and decided it was worth a look. When I arrived she brought out a very fine thoroughbreddy looking horse who was indeed a ID/TBx but in no way was MW. It probably ticked all the other boxes, but I didn't want a "breakable" LW horse, so I had a wasted journey.
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My best one was to sell a dressage horse as for sale because "he will not jump". I got through a week of exchanging emails and photos before the prospective buyer asked if I thought he would do BSJA Discovery classes.

Though that was second only to the local trainer who wouldn't let her client get on him, on the grounds that they wanted a horse to do prelim on this year and he wasn't ready. He has just done his first test with his new owner and scored 69% first time out.
 
I guess things can be subjective - one person's forward going may not be another's and all of that... but that aside, people don't read ads.

When I put my horse up for loan I put in the ad that he was a fun horse, not for someone wanting a serious competition pony, as he couldn't/wouldn't jump more than 2ft9. I had so many phone calls from people telling me their child (pony was a 14.2hh) the next Pippa Funnell so needed a point and go pony to take them over 3ft6 courses... I had also said pony needed a confident older teenager or small adult...these children were all 12!
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I'm having the opposite issue - I have an ad for a MW horse that says no TB's and I keep getting sent TB's! I think people need to start reading things properly these days
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I know what you mean. I have advertised my 13.2hh pony as a competition pony, fun, but not a first pony, and everyone who rang up was looking for a first pony for their children
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have to agree with you, our kids had a kick kick 1st pony, which we put on the ad-the 1st family didn't like it ...because you had to kick it on !!! ha ha ... but heres the other side of the coin ....we bought one, we did read the ad :- 5y.o dutch warmblood..... turned out to be 8y.o from estonia!!! Hmmm that nice dealing yard it came from..... bet that had never happened before! ha ha!!
 
i feel the pain, we have been looking. went miles to see 2 in 2 different places on weds, first one advertised as safe sane and sensible at 16.3 4yo, get there to be told shes actually only 3 and only been backed 11weeks...the other meant to be a 16h 4yo mw type. Get there to find a horse no bigger than 15h and no where near mw, im ony 5'7 and i swamped it. It really not funny when you've driven all the way round the m25 to go and see these things. on the up side, we have found the perfect horse now, 20mins down the road!!
 
I also put "middleweight" and "up to weight" and "would carry a man" ....... and got the comment "I didn't think she'd be chunky" !!!!

what did they expect her to be??
 
oh dear- i feel for you all. The lady I bought my new nag off had mad things like...... would he be suitable for my 9yo daughter & i havnt ridden for 20 yrs would he be suitable?? She was v pleased to here me a 'normal' horsey person on th ephone and she was so lovely and said that she would love me to have him and how nicely i rode him- which made me feel happy and she cried when he left. I still txt her and keep in touch too. By the way he is a 5yo mw/hw 16.2 shire x

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I had a 3yo advertised as 'in light hacking/lungeing work, sensible and quiet to ride but very green'.
People raing me up and said can we come and see him NOW, I said no problem but I haven't ridden him for a week (reiterated on the phone how green he was).
Hopped on trotted and cantered round an open field, horses in neighbouring fields going beserk - never battered an eyelid.
What did they ring up and say.....
'He's a bit green'.
 
That must be sooo frustrating we have been to see 3 horses and we commented that for the first time ever all 3 have been exactly as described and therefore as expected which has been a refreshing change and probably a sign of the market I think.

I think it might be a nice advertising ploy for you, I would ring about a horse that said 'horse IS as described'.

Good luck with the sale!

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