Would you view a horse even tho....

Depends on how much the horse is advertised for, Lol! If it is advertised for £500, then no
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Yep. You never know till you try. You also don't know how desperate they are to get rid of it and how many other people are interested. They have a saying here in Holland which translates as "what you have at the moment is a no" so where is the harm in trying.
 
I'm going to agree with Tia in that it depends what the horse is on the market for but it wouldn't put me off in principle.

If the horse is that close to your budget can you afford to pay for extras like vetting, new saddle, transport etc that might be needed?
 
Yes, but you could just ring them before you go and say look...I've only got xxx amount can I still come and look, so your not wasting yours or their time.

Also, if home is more important than price, they may be prepaird to knock that off if they like you, or you may be able to come to some agreement....you don't know unless you ask.

Plus they may not even sell the horse in the next month...so they might reduce it anyway and then ring you back and say you can have it for xxx amount.
 
We did the above once--Spoke to the advertiser and we were totally honest about how much we had to pay for the horse. We were lucky--they said come and try him and see how you get on. If you like him we can talk about the price.They accepted our offer.
He was a super horse and we had so much fun with him.
 
We knocked over £600 off one we purchased and they wanted over £3000 for him. We offered less though following vets report and certain findings so it's worth trying. It is relative though - if they want £1000 then you're unlikely to be able to knock half it off but if say £5000 then I don't think knocking £500 off is unreasonable at all.

Quite often you can gage by the asking price what the vendor actually wants for it though ie if they have it as £4250 then the likelihood is they probably want £4000, that is how I've always seen it anyhow.
 
i think if you ring and explain then it is fine- but unless the ad states 'ono' i wouldn't expect them to drop the price.
you may also find if you don't explain beforehand that they might be a bit pee'd off with the wasted time.

i was sellng a 2yro once for £3750 and i didn't put 'ono' on the advert. one woman who came to see her was very put out when i flatly refused to haggle as she had assumed the filly was open to offer!!! big assumption to make, even in today's climate.
 
Surely anything is open to offer? I have never paid asking price for a horse.

If I want to sell a horse for £5,000 then I put £5,500 in the ad. I would be shocked if someone offered asking price!
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I've never paid the asking price when buying, and equally I expect a purchaser to haggle. Some people don't feel happy doing so though - that's their perogative. Would you go to a garage to buy a car and pay the price on the windscreen?
 
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