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| cinch - 2013-12-29 10:52 AM
Again, he is NOT a high priced horse and I do not sell horses and will not make a profit. I think it's crazy for me to be expected to spend more money than I'm asking for the horse to haul him all over the place.
I have a arena away from home to show him in but why should I go to the trouble for someone that just wants to let their kid ride a horse?
I did let the kid, each time, do all the brushing and saddling. He was out in his paddock when they came. I did go out with them to halter him because I wasn't sure he would come right up to a stranger.
If they want to pay more than the purchase price they can either have a vet come here or for the gas money I'd take him to a vet reasonable distance away.
So far about all I haven't done is haul him to the person that wanted me to bring him out of state for them to try him.
I have contacted 2 different brokers. Seems neither have a market for a solid kids horse. I won't leave him just any where.
Reasonable expectations are un-reasonable in the horse business.
If you just have a horse to sell, good kid horse or not, the 'right' buyer will need to come along. Trouble is, is it worth your time/effort, for that buyer to show up and make the sale.
In my area, good kid horse that is a brl horse, is worth alot and as such are hard to find. 'Good kid horses' are given away to get off feed bills or out of the pasture where they are trying to commit suicide. | |
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Location: ND | cinch - 2013-12-29 10:52 AM Again, he is NOT a high priced horse and I do not sell horses and will not make a profit. I think it's crazy for me to be expected to spend more money than I'm asking for the horse to haul him all over the place.
I have a arena away from home to show him in but why should I go to the trouble for someone that just wants to let their kid ride a horse? And we did go to the arena. And we'll go back if they ever show up after making several appointments to come back.
I did let the kid, each time, do all the brushing and saddling. He was out in his paddock when they came. I did go out with them to halter him because I wasn't sure he would come right up to a stranger.
If they want to pay more than the purchase price they can either have a vet come here or for the gas money I'd take him to a vet reasonable distance away.
So far about all I haven't done is haul him to the person that wanted me to bring him out of state for them to try him.
I have contacted 2 different brokers. Seems neither have a market for a solid kids horse. I won't leave him just any where.
you do realize that you are not expected to do anything....... | |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | Maybe you have him priced to low and all the cheapo's are coming out, price him higher and maybe you can weed out the ones that dont know much and maybe the right buying will come along, just my thoughts.  | |
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Location: left field | Three 4 Luck - 2013-12-29 4:52 PM awest - 2013-12-28 3:29 PM If I'm going to bother someone enough to go try their horse, I'm taking a trailer and buying the horse ONLY as long as the horse is what they said it is. I'm not going to waste my time and someone elses if I'm not seriously going to write a check that day and take the horse home. If I'm just sort of interested, I'll tell them so and if it works out for me to meet them somewhere and not inconvenience them. I think its rude to ask someone to try their horse, use their time and money and then pass on the horse if it did everything they advertised. Once I had someone ask me to haul a horse to an arena 2 hours away, she showed up with no trailer, rode my horse, he worked great, her husband rode him, they both loved him and then she offered me half my asking price. I was mad, loaded up my horse, paid the rental on the arena and left. Now that's a rude buyer. What about someone who flies in to look at your horse? Kinda hard to load one on an airplane. 
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Location: Northeast Nebraska | GoGaited - 2013-12-28 6:59 PM
I don't even have a trailer. Never have. And I did have the horse delivered out of state. For a fee of course.
Which part did you dislike? The fact I've never had a trailer? I've never much liked that either, but you live the life you have. | |
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Location: North Dakota | I had a mare at $1200, all the wack jobs started calling. I priced her at $3200 and she sold for a little under that to a good buyer! Advertise and state that you will not haul, trade, etc...this helps weed them out also! | |
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Location: Qld Australia | I am hearing you OP. We breed and sell a lot of horses and I tell you, if a well bred horse is priced cheap, you get every weirdo under the sun ringing.
I just sold a 3yo mare that has only had four rides, she is super quiet. Well handled, been to shows, ground broke to death etc, etc, etc. Really huge mare and great looking. I priced her low as we are in a drought and have almost no feed left. I have broodmares and foal plus yearlings that I will have to start fully hand feeding soon. Also, I REALLY, REALLY, REALLY did not want to sell her.
Anyway - I had THREE women arrange times to pick her up. Not look at but actually buy over the phone and bring the cash the next day. All three stood me up. The third one made a song and dance about how shocking the others were and how she will be there at this time etc etc and she never showed up either. My husband said I was stupid to allow myself to be scammed the third time but I just couldn't play hardball. ost people sound genuine over the phone.
I also had a guy ringing saying he didn't want to waste me time but all he did was ring and state the same reasons over and over about why he COULDN'T buy her. He asked me to hold her for one day for him to work things out. I did this. (Yes, I know, he was number 4, I suck. lol) Anyway, he rang and said he wasn't interested so I called the next person who had contacted as soon as I got off the phone. The original guy rang back 10 mins later and got huffy that the next person on the list was coming to get her. SIGH.
As for the no trailer part. I agree with most everyone else. That means nothing and I find it quite rude and completely silly that some people on here take this as a sign of tyre kickers. In the probably hundreds of horses we have bred and sold, I honestly cannot remember a buyer bringing a trailer the first time they looked at the horse unless they had arranged the purchase and paid prior.
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Location: Kansas | I'm dealing with a lot of junk from potential buyers, actually no none of them are serious inquiries.
I'm selling a broodmare, I have her priced at a VERY reasonable price for how she is bred. Like under $1,000 to move her because I need the cash. So far I've had 5 extremely low offers, including a $200 offer, and a $400 offer. I've had people asking me to trade for weanlings (which I wouldn't mind if I wasn't going through as much hay/grain as I am), and people wanting to make her a barrel horse (she has a scar on her hind right leg, which I explained to them I doubt she is performance sound so I will not sell her to someone who will try to make a barrel horse out of her).
not trying to sound snippy, but I think at this point I'm just going to end up keeping her and breeding her in 2014 just to end dealing with people. I hate selling horses. | |
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Location: sunny california | hoofs_in_motion - 2013-12-30 5:54 AM I'm dealing with a lot of junk from potential buyers, actually no none of them are serious inquiries.
I'm selling a broodmare, I have her priced at a VERY reasonable price for how she is bred. Like under $1,000 to move her because I need the cash. So far I've had 5 extremely low offers, including a $200 offer, and a $400 offer. I've had people asking me to trade for weanlings (which I wouldn't mind if I wasn't going through as much hay/grain as I am), and people wanting to make her a barrel horse (she has a scar on her hind right leg, which I explained to them I doubt she is performance sound so I will not sell her to someone who will try to make a barrel horse out of her).
not trying to sound snippy, but I think at this point I'm just going to end up keeping her and breeding her in 2014 just to end dealing with people. I hate selling horses.
I had the same problem a few years ago. I tried to lease out a couple of very nice mares for breeding and even offered to pay for their hay since I have to feed them now anyway. I don't have pasture, so I don't want to breed them. I just wanted them to have a happier life but I can't pay the $300 per month retirement prices here in california!
Anyway I had people trying to get me to price them. some wanted to see if they could get them on the pattern. I am not interested in selling them. I had decided if I got them in the right hands after I was cedrtain they just wanted to breed them i would have given them away. but nope everyone wanted me to price them
And yes this is the real deal. I traded a STREAK OF FLING mare for a colt that I gave way just to get her with a breeder and not see her jammed on the barrels to turn a buck | |
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Location: Texas | I typically do what I can to accommodate buyers to make a sale. If I get a bad vibe or if I think the horse and rider aren't going to fit, then I will say it up front and move on.
Showing horses to potential buyers is just part of it. you are going to see all kinds when you do it. I'm just grateful if I actually get people to COME OUT and see the horse. usually it's a random text or email and then nothing.
Whether we bring a trailer or not depends on a few things… the last few times we have looked at finished horses, we didn't bring the trailer, just because even if we did buy on the spot it would take some time to schedule a vet check and the horse would still be in their care. For prospects or broodmares that we aren't riding beforehand we just bring the trailer and take them home that day. | |
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Location: LaCygne, KS | Three 4 Luck - 2013-12-28 6:52 PM awest - 2013-12-28 3:29 PM If I'm going to bother someone enough to go try their horse, I'm taking a trailer and buying the horse ONLY as long as the horse is what they said it is. I'm not going to waste my time and someone elses if I'm not seriously going to write a check that day and take the horse home. If I'm just sort of interested, I'll tell them so and if it works out for me to meet them somewhere and not inconvenience them. I think its rude to ask someone to try their horse, use their time and money and then pass on the horse if it did everything they advertised. Once I had someone ask me to haul a horse to an arena 2 hours away, she showed up with no trailer, rode my horse, he worked great, her husband rode him, they both loved him and then she offered me half my asking price. I was mad, loaded up my horse, paid the rental on the arena and left. Now that's a rude buyer. What about someone who flies in to look at your horse? Kinda hard to load one on an airplane.
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Location: 100 miles from Nowhere, AR | Prehistoric - 2013-12-30 9:30 AM Three 4 Luck - 2013-12-28 6:52 PM awest - 2013-12-28 3:29 PM If I'm going to bother someone enough to go try their horse, I'm taking a trailer and buying the horse ONLY as long as the horse is what they said it is. I'm not going to waste my time and someone elses if I'm not seriously going to write a check that day and take the horse home. If I'm just sort of interested, I'll tell them so and if it works out for me to meet them somewhere and not inconvenience them. I think its rude to ask someone to try their horse, use their time and money and then pass on the horse if it did everything they advertised. Once I had someone ask me to haul a horse to an arena 2 hours away, she showed up with no trailer, rode my horse, he worked great, her husband rode him, they both loved him and then she offered me half my asking price. I was mad, loaded up my horse, paid the rental on the arena and left. Now that's a rude buyer. What about someone who flies in to look at your horse? Kinda hard to load one on an airplane.
Haha. I'd have to borrow your carharts and a crane to lift me onto the horse. Good seasoning for the colts tho! | |
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