Why so cheap..?

There are a lot of horses for sale at the moment and if they are moving abroad, might prefer a quick sale to avoid the complications of not selling before they move.
 
A bit cheap, but could be genuine if the owner really needs to move abroad quickly and they want to find their horse a good home...certainly worth a call because if it is genuine someone will snap him up!
 
Agree with BooBoos
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Haven't you called yet?
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I had to sell a horse a lot cheaper than I would have liked, and he was worth, because I was relocating and couldn't afford to take him with me and I didn't want to have to negotiate a sale from 3000 miles away. Sometimes there is a perfectly genuine reason, what's the cost of a phone call and even a tank of gas? You could be losing out on a great horse.

Phoned yet?
 
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http://www.horseandhound.co.uk/marketpla...5000_210514.htm

WOW!

Everything i could possibly want, but... why so cheap??
I would have thought a horse like this would have cost alot more, or am i wrong?!

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The advert is nearly a month old
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Is this horse still for sale
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If so he may not be what people are looking for or the credit crunch is biting even harder?
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I don't think he sounds ridiculously cheap considering that it tells you so little about him - doesn't say anything about temperament or what he is like to box/shoe/clip/handle etc.. 'super little horse' doesn't necessarily cover all these things! He may be jumping NC but he may not have done much else - find out more.
 

Agree with Booboos and also with Lulup. Personally I don't like adverts that tell you nothing at all about the horse's temperament, and the phrase "needs to be loved" could cover a multitude of vices.
 
I found anything that had been for sale longer than 2 weeks was not what it said so I would be more wary about how long he has been for sale rather than the amount
 
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I found anything that had been for sale longer than 2 weeks was not what it said so I would be more wary about how long he has been for sale rather than the amount

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Not necessarily true! I had so many nervous numpties phone up about the one and only pony I've ever had to sell. All of them were totally wrong for him and all were very politely given short shrift and tactfully told he would not be right for them. He was put up for sale in late August, the right person phoned up about him 2 days before Christmas. The only one out of about 30 phone calls who I was prepared to let come and ride him based on what I could find out from a telephone conversation. I am pleased to say he has now been in that home for almost 2 years, so I think I got it right.

What I am trying to say is there is nothing to lose by phoning up. When I was selling the welfare of the pony was paramount, he HAD to go to the RIGHT SORT of home, otherwise he would have ended up being passed from pillar to post and being absolutely ruined in the process. He was a very special boy, but not the easiest of ponies. He'd lost a lot of confidence with my daughter (the 2 of them didn't get on, which I was forced to agree with after we'd had him over a year). If I could have, I would have kept him for myself...

Actually that advert could describe the one I sold. He needed to be loved and cherished to get the best out of him. Otherwise he'd throw his toys out of his pram and it was usually not pretty. All you had to do to stop that happening was to tell him he was being a good boy when you could feel him getting confused underneath you before he kicked off...
 
Penny I know what you mean and I did say 'I found' not it is always so......

The fact they dropped the price so fast and by so much could back up the fact they need to sell really fast. Phone call would not hurt
 
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