rcm_73
Well-Known Member
Cut a long story short, someone recently came to view a pony I had put up for sale, travelled a fair way and spent approx 3 hours at my place viewing him in which time they got to see him being ridden on the flat and over a jump, then rode him themselves on the flat and over a jump and were then escorted out on a short hack. They saw him being caught, groomed and tacked up, they untacked him themselves and put his rug back on. Seemed in a bit of a rush to buy something, I even said you can come back try him again if you want as can hire a menage at the weekend but it was no no we want him, he seems like just what we've been looking for to do games and mini novice type jumping. So price haggled, imo they got a good price (1200) for a pony that has done all PC incl camp with tack, rugs AND delivered over 100 miles away. Pony was sold as a 13.2 10 y.o. as he was passported as a 10 y.o. and sold to us as a 13.2 and buyer was specifically told he didn't have a LHC and was also offered to have him vetted which she declined.
Anyway few days after I dropped him off I start getting messages via Facebook (didnt even pick up the phone to speak to me) saying she has had her vet out and the pony is 20 yrs old and 14hh. So apparently got bloods done and the next week the same vet aged him as 15 off his bloods, asked her to send me the reports as his passport was signed off by a vet (he is 10 not 15 or 20) but she said there was 'no point' in sending me the report unless I was giving her money back first. Next thing she says is that she is more bothered that her vet said he is 14hh not 13.2, obviously without a LHC the height is only ever an estimate but in my mind the pony is never 14h having a cob with a LHC of 14.1 that towers above him! Anyway apparently I am liable for false advertising and would be interested to hear any similar stories as there are loads of horses and ponies out there on websites without LHC's, so if I am liable does this mean we have to specifically state the height is a guesstimate on every single advert??!!
Anyway few days after I dropped him off I start getting messages via Facebook (didnt even pick up the phone to speak to me) saying she has had her vet out and the pony is 20 yrs old and 14hh. So apparently got bloods done and the next week the same vet aged him as 15 off his bloods, asked her to send me the reports as his passport was signed off by a vet (he is 10 not 15 or 20) but she said there was 'no point' in sending me the report unless I was giving her money back first. Next thing she says is that she is more bothered that her vet said he is 14hh not 13.2, obviously without a LHC the height is only ever an estimate but in my mind the pony is never 14h having a cob with a LHC of 14.1 that towers above him! Anyway apparently I am liable for false advertising and would be interested to hear any similar stories as there are loads of horses and ponies out there on websites without LHC's, so if I am liable does this mean we have to specifically state the height is a guesstimate on every single advert??!!