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| LRQHS - 2014-03-20 11:40 AM
Drives me banana's.....I don't mind them saying the horse is not cheap, but MUST THEY USE THE SAME OLD CLICHE'?????? Be original people! Come up with your own really catchy words. I won't buy from you because your originality is lacking!!!!
It annoys me too..almost don't want to deal with the seller as they are probably the cranky type.. |
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Location: DUMPING CATS AND PIGS IN TEXAS :) | LOL....two dislikes for originality.....dang. |
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| I stay away from a horse with "A lot of potential". |
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| Bigfoot - 2014-03-20 5:32 PM
I stay away from a horse with "A lot of potential".
Yes, I can't stand running 3d but had 1d potential.
I also can't stand the ones who state the bloodlines goes back to streakin six, frenchmans guy, first down dash, etc, and later say horse not registered but parents can be found on all breed.
If the horse is not registered you cannot prove lineage unless you have parentage verification so there is no point listing the names unless you can prove it, and all breed is not proof. |
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Location: The edge of no where | The 'for sale, not on sale' doesn't bother me a bit..... it means, 'this is what I will sell for, please do not waste my time". My most recent experience was selling a saddle. It was a really nice saddle that I hadn't used for about a year and decided to clean out the tack room.
I put (FIRM/NO TRADES) right after the price in bold and all caps. Do you know how many people wasted my time wanting to trade some pile of junk in on it? Or they would offer $500 less than I was asking. I really felt like asking them if they failed all reading comprehension tests.
Sold it in about 2 weeks or I was just going to keep it instead of dealing with the annoyance. |
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Location: Broxton, Ga | I don't waste my time........... |
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Location: MD | TheOldGrayMare - 2014-03-20 1:10 PM
I kinda bugs me...just put the asking price and people will know the horse isn't cheap
This is good in theory, but not always so in application. You would be amazed by the number of people who will call on a $10k horse and after spending forever asking you every question imaginable about said horse ask if you will negotiate, as they only have $4k to spend. |
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Location: Prosser, WA | It doesn't bother me but most of the time when I see the price the horse is over priced. So I figure they don't really want to sell. |
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Location: Oklahoma | I don't overlook any of them. One of the best horses I've ever owned came from an ad with one HORRIBLE picture and I had to email them to get a video. Offered them a trade and cash because he was bred the way I wanted and was colored the way I wanted and they took it and delivered him and picked up my money and trade. When he got off the trailer, I couldn't believe that beautiful specimen was the horse in the pictures on the ad. Personally, I like it when people make all those mistakes because then other people don't buy them, and I can get them cheaper.  |
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Location: North Texas | I feel like people who have to make the statements like "don't waste my time", " don't call unless you're serious" and what the OP stated are.probably not telling the truth about the horse...If so many people have "wasted" their time that they felt the Need to put it in the ad then maybe the problem isn't the potential buyers.Been.seeing this issue a lot around here lately. Dishonest sellers create issues with buyers |
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| dkcowgirl - 2014-03-21 1:15 AM
I feel like people who have to make the statements like "don't waste my time", " don't call unless you're serious" and what the OP stated are.probably not telling the truth about the horse...If so many people have "wasted" their time that they felt the Need to put it in the ad then maybe the problem isn't the potential buyers.Been.seeing this issue a lot around here lately. Dishonest sellers create issues with buyers
Very true. If you have a lot of people look at a horse and it has not sold I'm going to bet there is something wrong with the horse other than the price. How about this... Be honest in ad and stop wasting the potential buyers time |
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Location: Where The Wind Blows Coldly | Personally, I have used it before. This is the price, he's not on sale. If you aren't interested, don't waste my time or yours.
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Location: ND | dianeguinn - 2014-03-21 12:39 AM I don't overlook any of them. One of the best horses I've ever owned came from an ad with one HORRIBLE picture and I had to email them to get a video. Offered them a trade and cash because he was bred the way I wanted and was colored the way I wanted and they took it and delivered him and picked up my money and trade. When he got off the trailer, I couldn't believe that beautiful specimen was the horse in the pictures on the ad. Personally, I like it when people make all those mistakes because then other people don't buy them, and I can get them cheaper.
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| To me the For Sale: Not ON Sale means that they are not really willing to negotiate on price. They aren't going to sell their horse cheap, so don't ask. |
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Location: Midwest | It kind of rubs me the wrong way when people write that phrase, not gonna lie.
I'm not one to barter folks down either. But it makes the seller sound like a jerk, and realistically, that horse would have to be really something for me to want to even attempt to deal with them. lol |
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Location: 100 miles from Nowhere, AR | LRQHS - 2014-03-20 2:44 PM dhdqhllc - 2014-03-20 2:21 PM sometimes i like to list specifically who i DO NOT want to call..... I have a little check list of who not to buy from too....
1- people that stand on their horses back
2- people who use the same old tired cliche's in their ads
3- people holding the horse while wearing shorts and cowboy boots with no socks
4- people that don't list the price for me
5- anyone in the picture with a toothpick in their mouth
6- people named Earl, Bubba, Eugene, Wilma Jean, or Steve
7- anyone riding the horse in flip flops
8- people from Arkansas and Mississippi (jk, jk, jk)
How do you know they're not wearing socks? I personally won't buy from a man who rides commando. Show me the undies, buddy, or no deal.  |
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Location: Canada | My biggest pet peeve is the "I'm thinking of selling (or sailing)." Either it's for sale or not. I'm even more annoyed when that phrase is followed by "serious inquiries only" --- REALLY... you're not sure you want to sell, so how can I be sure I want to buy.
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| Three 4 Luck - 2014-03-21 10:32 AM LRQHS - 2014-03-20 2:44 PM dhdqhllc - 2014-03-20 2:21 PM sometimes i like to list specifically who i DO NOT want to call..... I have a little check list of who not to buy from too....
1- people that stand on their horses back
2- people who use the same old tired cliche's in their ads
3- people holding the horse while wearing shorts and cowboy boots with no socks
4- people that don't list the price for me
5- anyone in the picture with a toothpick in their mouth
6- people named Earl, Bubba, Eugene, Wilma Jean, or Steve
7- anyone riding the horse in flip flops
8- people from Arkansas and Mississippi (jk, jk, jk)
Oh Oh Oh - and BAD GRAMMAR in the advertisement!! IT KILLS ME and I scan past the horse on premise, he could be worth the money but I can't handle it! The horse is for sale. Please don't write the "I have to sale my horse" .... gahhhhhhHH!!!! JMHO. :) |
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Location: DUMPING CATS AND PIGS IN TEXAS :) | Three 4 Luck - 2014-03-21 10:32 AM LRQHS - 2014-03-20 2:44 PM dhdqhllc - 2014-03-20 2:21 PM sometimes i like to list specifically who i DO NOT want to call..... I have a little check list of who not to buy from too....
1- people that stand on their horses back
2- people who use the same old tired cliche's in their ads
3- people holding the horse while wearing shorts and cowboy boots with no socks
4- people that don't list the price for me
5- anyone in the picture with a toothpick in their mouth
6- people named Earl, Bubba, Eugene, Wilma Jean, or Steve
7- anyone riding the horse in flip flops
8- people from Arkansas and Mississippi (jk, jk, jk)
If they even give me the impression that they aren't wearing socks......deals off lol. Buy some longer socks people......the one's that come above the knee! |
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Location: London Ontario | MY FAVORITE....."Woulda won the rodeo/1D/2D/etc. but we barely tipped the second"
A) You didn’t even come close to winning if you knocked
B) You don’t barely tip a barrel, it either gets knocked down or it stays up. Simple
This reminds me of one of the Ecards saying "Well I knocked the first, slipped at the second and lost my stirrups, and had a dog run out in front of me and spook my horse at the third, but I woulda won if that didn’t happen!!"
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