Would you be wary of those who buy without a viewing?

I wouldn’t sell anything unseen. Have just sold a rather lovely 4yo to people who wanted to buy her unseen. They were travelling half way down the country and she was for sale for a decent amount of money but still no way. It did not put them off however and they came down with a box, tried her, liked her and took her there and then. Given the price yours is up for I would definitely insist they view. If they can’t be bothered to come and view the horse there not the right people for it in my opinion.
 
lilly1 said:
I wouldn’t sell anything unseen. Have just sold a rather lovely 4yo to people who wanted to buy her unseen. They were travelling half way down the country and she was for sale for a decent amount of money but still no way. It did not put them off however and they came down with a box, tried her, liked her and took her there and then. Given the price yours is up for I would definitely insist they view. If they can’t be bothered to come and view the horse there not the right people for it in my opinion.
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this was my opinion- he's so cheap i need to know a bit more about them before I sell, otherwise I will spend months/years worrying about him.
 
starbar said:
More than likely dealers. Looking to make a quick buck as he is priced very low. Nice cobs are about the only thing holding a half decent price at the moment :rolleyes:
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I have a nice (light/med) coloured cob for sale at the moment with no interest at all. :(
 
I had a little mare that I had bred two foals from and didn't want to breed any more myself. I had a buyer who wanted her for a riding horse (mare was 5) but had to wait until her second foal was weaned, anyway the long and the short of it was that a deposit was paid and the foal was weaned and the person changed the goalposts and wanted her backed at my expense before vetting. As six months had lapsed since a deposit was paid I thought enough was enough, I didn't want to pay to get her backed and didn't want to do it myself offered to refund the deposit and advertised her in H&H as a broodmare. A buyer rang me said she wanted her, couldn't come to see her, could I take her to her that weekend (obviously I said no), she arranged transfer of funds and then sent a horse transporter to pick her up three days later. Woman had a website and also gave me names of people we both knew so I felt happy enough though surprised that she didn't want a vetting or to see her. Anyway it was all a success - mare came into season straight away was covered by the woman's stallion and is happily getting fatter with her herd, which runs with the stallion. What a lovely home. Actually I met her for the first time this weekend, and she is happy as larry with her purchase. And she lets me have regular updates by text, and there are pictures of the mare on her website. And I have an invite to visit them whenever I want.
I actually bought my stallion without seeing him in the flesh 6 years ago - he was in France and his pics were on the internet with his dam. It cost too much to go see him via Eurostar (about £600 return at the time, per person). I had a French vetting done (for what it was worth - it said very little), paid for him in Euros and got a transporter to collect him and the rest is history. For once in my life I was lucky and have a lovely little horse, has helped produce 8 super babies, one of them winning championships already, won Championships himself, is great to ride, has picked up the AI business happily and is my pride and joy.
So there are genuine people around.
 
I think you've advertised him too low. If he's sound and a nice pony, that's way too low! It's a non risk buy for someone who wants to make an easy profit I think. When I say it's non risk (I really don't want to scare you, but there was a thread on here last week about what meat money is) if they dont make a big profit selling him on as a ridden pony, as a last resort they wont lose much sending him to a sale.

I'm sure there are plenty of genuine people who'd want him at that prioce too, even if they are wanting to bring him on to sell, but if he was mine I'd want to know all about them, and what sort of people they are, and what sort of home they'd offer.
 
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I was shocked by how nice he is in the ad. I'm sure that you could make double that and still sell him quickly. Perhaps people are offering to buy without trying because they know that the first to get there will buy at that price - you could easily sell him for that again if he was awful...?
 
lilly1 said:
If they can’t be bothered to come and view the horse there not the right people for it in my opinion.
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A little judgemental perhaps, but to each his own:)
Good job you don't live where I do then, halfway across the country is measured in a thousand miles or so!;)
 
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