Would you buy a second hand rug that needs cleaning?

Personally only if the price reflected this. However at boot sales around our area people wouldn't purchase my washed and proofed ones for a fair price (eg Rambo light weight £40) but were happy to pay £20 for nasty smelly ripped rugs in makes such as Saxon etc. Makes no sense to me but hey ho!
 
Yep I've bought second hand rugs a few times now. Would only buy rugs in good condition. Means my pony can still have good quality rugs for half the price that they are new.
 
Pearlsasinger said:
No, I simply would not buy 2nd hand rugs at all, it is very easy to get brand-new good quality rugs at reasonable prices.

Neither would I sell rugs. If I had a rug which I no longer needed and couldn't recycle it for a different horse, I would donate it to one of the charities.
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I think it depends on what rugs you buy. Remember some people only have one horse so selling/moving on is the only option. If the rug is a £200 to £300 rug I will be re selling not giving away! I guess it depends on what you call a quality rug.
 
rug~addict said:
I think it depends on what rugs you buy. Remember some people only have one horse so selling/moving on is the only option. If the rug is a £200 to £300 rug I will be re selling not giving away! I guess it depends on what you call a quality rug.
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Thinking about it most of mine are 2nd hand, weatherbeeta, bucks, Rambo etc. Actually it's rare for me to buy a new one! With 5 I can't rug everyone with Rambo!
 
Highlands said:
Thinking about it most of mine are 2nd hand, weatherbeeta, bucks, Rambo etc. Actually it's rare for me to buy a new one! With 5 I can't rug everyone with Rambo!
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I have nothing wrong with second hand. I buy second hand. And have many rambo that cost me less than £50.

My point was aimed at pearlsasinger who wont buy or sell rugs.
 
I'm another who is happy to buy anything second hand. I tend to wash my own rugs anyway as I'm a bit fussy about keeping the waterproofing on turnout rugs. Don't mind a bit of grubbyness :)
 
I've just bought some secondhand rugs on eBay. My horse tends to end up ruining rugs anyway so I try and look out for eBay bargains (under £20) and wash them myself, that way it isn't the end of the world if it gets ripped.
 
I have sold loads of second hand rugs but always have them professionally washed and reproofed. I can't stand smelly rugs and since I store them at home when not in use I definitely do not want my flat reeking. I would also feel weird about sending something dirty away.

I have also sold a bunch of new rugs but most people are more interested in the second hand ones. I am a terrible spendaholic and bulk buy everything. I had about 200 rugs for 2 horses at one point! I probably have about 150 for 3 now (this includes umpteen fleeces etc) but realistically I have about 20 I should sell as I don't need them and I will be moving to somewhere with less storage so I have to get rid of stuff sadly.

If they are a popular size (6'0" - 6'3" which mine are) they tend to sell pretty easily.
 
For good branded rugs Yes, definitely but for cheap non-branded ones no.

For a good one I'd just deduct what I'd expect to pay to have it cleaned from the price I was prepared to pay based on what I thought it was worth clean - if that was close to what the seller was asking then I'd consider buying.

I don't see washing rugs as a big deal, it's something that happens once or more times a year depending on the type of rug anyway.
 
No.

If someone is serious about selling their rugs, they should at least take the time to get it cleaned beforehand as this is likely to make the rug more attractive to prospective buyers and the seller could possibly get away with charging a bit more for it!
 
Personally I wouldn't buy a second hand rug at all, and especially one that is dirty. I might possibly buy a clean stable rug, but I would never buy a second hand turnout rug. This is because eventually all turnout rugs will lose their waterproof, even when reproofed and I would suspect that many are sold on once they start to leak. May be wrong there but I'm not going to spend my money on one to find out. I never pay full price for a rug. I buy them during the summer when stores are selling off old stock to make way for the new ranges. I have bought top of the range WB rugs for under £50 on several occasions. One year Derby house made an error and offered half price on all their rugs but forgot to remove the two for one offer so I got six rugs at 25% of RRP. So no need to buy second hand.
 
Similarly to Wagtail, I would never buy a second hand rug. Call it wasteful or a prime example of the disposable culture that we live in but if I had to, I'd rather buy cheaper rugs and replace them every season rather than by second hand and have to get them cleaned and potentially re-proofed as that is not always a cheap exercise.

Luckily, pony is a Highland and needs very little in the way of rugs and looks after them so not a problem for me.
 
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