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Red Bull Agressive
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Location: North Dakota | I may have buy a new custom saddle that I know my horse will outgrow in 6months to a year. So it has to be something easy to resell. I'm trying to get an idea on what "look" appeals to most people buying used saddles. It'll be a Martin, so it has that going for it but there are always a lot for sale, I want it to be something that appeals visually to most people. If you coul just answer what options you would like if you were shopping for a saddle, that would be fabulous.
Leather Color:
natural, medium oil, dark oil, other
Seat material and color:
Suede, croc, stingray, elephant, ostrich, smooth leather, other (please also mention what color you prefer)
Tooling:
Floral tool, stamping, or all roughout
Extra options:
dots, stirrup preference, crystal conchos, strings, etc.
Many thanks!!!
Edited by cavyrunsbarrels 2015-07-19 4:22 PM
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 Not Afraid to Work
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| If I were to buy a saddle that I may need to resell, I would probably go pretty neutral. Medium oil, suede seat, I like smooth fenders with roughout jockeys personally. | |
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 Money Eating Baggage Owner
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Location: Phoenix | I don't think Martin could make an ugly saddle if they tried and if it's the size that people are looking for, they will buy it. I like partial tool, medium, dots are nice, suede seat is fine with me. | |
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The Advice Guru
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| The painted background or painted flowers I personally don't find appealing after the saddle is used, to me it looks like the saddle has aged beyond its years.
I also don't like the full roughout at I find it also looks well worn as the roughout goes smooth fast.
For resale I would stay fairly neutral, as all the additions cost money, I believe a croc seat is 480, don't get me wrong I love my croc seats especially as it is real not fake (fake is slippery, real is not IMO)
I do think the chocolate saddles look sharp after it has been used, they seem to get darker (this may be a fad going out of style not sure)
I would go with a half breed, as some people turn away from a fully tooled as they believe it to be slippery.
I do believe full tooling on the 1/2 breed looks flashier and this would be a selling point to me, but it also is 480 add on (or was when I custom ordered my saddle)
Edited to add, the two seat colors I like is the brown camo, and the brown turquoise.
When customizing your saddle Martin is really helpful they will tell you what looks good and what doesn't.
Also if you are going to custom order a saddle message me and I will tell you where the best prices were, also if you are looking now, a bit of tack may have what you are looking for instock
Edited by cheryl makofka 2015-07-19 5:16 PM
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Rad Dork
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Location: Oklahoma | I would say go as cheap as possible if you are going to resell the saddle. It took me MONTHS to sell my Martin, but I finally got it sold because someone finally needed that exact combination. I'd save my money until you are on your final saddle because most of the sizes are just a stepping stone until you really spend the dough and get what you want.....
but I like dark oil, more tooling the better, elephant seat, dots, pretty conchos. | |
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Location: 100 miles from Nowhere, AR | I sold 2 Martins and was able to get as much money for the plain chestnut full roughout with suede seat as I was for my pretty half breed chocolate with oil tan seat and dots. | |
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 Can You Hear Me Now?
Location: When you hit the middle of nowhere .. Keep driving | Longneck - 2015-07-19 6:32 PM
I would say go as cheap as possible if you are going to resell the saddle. It took me MONTHS to sell my Martin, but I finally got it sold because someone finally needed that exact combination. I'd save my money until you are on your final saddle because most of the sizes are just a stepping stone until you really spend the dough and get what you want.....
but I like dark oil, more tooling the better, elephant seat, dots, pretty conchos.
This... you will have a bigger market for an affordable saddle over one with a lot of add-ons. Plus you don't stand to lose as much. | |
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| I personally like something pretty "plain" looking. Not too fancy but just classy. Something plain can attract a variety of people. If anything, maybe something small that sets it apart like a different concho or something like that so it's a little unique. I personally like neutral things as well! | |
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Red Bull Agressive
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Location: North Dakota | hammer_time - 2015-07-19 4:44 PM
I don't think Martin could make an ugly saddle if they tried and if it's the size that people are looking for, they will buy it. I like partial tool, medium, dots are nice, suede seat is fine with me.
I'd take that bet. Martin makes great saddles but some people have baaaad taste. | |
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| Having recently and unsuccessfully tried to sell a saddle I will tell what the consignment shops told me hurt the ability to sell (at least in their opinion).
Saddle is fully tooled - one shop told me they don't sell well at all
Seat Size - larger sizes don't sell well (mine is 15 1/2')
Expensive Saddle - while there are riders out there that will be happy to pay a lot for a well known saddle that is used; there are plenty that are still looking for a bargain. So while you paid full price for it new, they want it at a bargain price.
If you are buying knowing you will sell in a few months, I'd say, stay with a mid price range saddle that you don't invest a lot of money into so you can sell it in a price range that will appeal to the majority or riders, including those on a budget. Stay with a partial tooling and in a medium color and get a nicer seat choice in a neutral color like black or brown, I would skip things like croc, elephant and smooth leather, stay with suede, upgrade to ostrich or stingray if you think that will increase the possibility of resell only. I would skip rough out fenders, they stain so easily that they can make the saddle look like it's been used hard even when it hasn't.
Looks aside, condition and cost are what I would say appeal most to resell.
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Red Bull Agressive
Posts: 5981
Location: North Dakota | 4Horse - 2015-07-20 7:53 AM
Having recently and unsuccessfully tried to sell a saddle I will tell what the consignment shops told me hurt the ability to sell (at least in their opinion).
Saddle is fully tooled - one shop told me they don't sell well at all
Seat Size - larger sizes don't sell well (mine is 15 1/2')
Expensive Saddle - while there are riders out there that will be happy to pay a lot for a well known saddle that is used; there are plenty that are still looking for a bargain. So while you paid full price for it new, they want it at a bargain price.
If you are buying knowing you will sell in a few months, I'd say, stay with a mid price range saddle that you don't invest a lot of money into so you can sell it in a price range that will appeal to the majority or riders, including those on a budget. Stay with a partial tooling and in a medium color and get a nicer seat choice in a neutral color like black or brown, I would skip things like croc, elephant and smooth leather, stay with suede, upgrade to ostrich or stingray if you think that will increase the possibility of resell only. I would skip rough out fenders, they stain so easily that they can make the saddle look like it's been used hard even when it hasn't.
Looks aside, condition and cost are what I would say appeal most to resell.
The sucky thing is I, too, need a 15.5" seat. I've always had a tough time reselling my saddles. I have a very hard time believing that EVERYONE needs a 14.5" seat though. I mean really? | |
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