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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | It dont brother me at all how they word it. I know what they mean, they have a horse that they are selling, so if I see something I like then I will check it out on matter how they spelled it  |
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Location: Wyoming | My faaaaaaavorite.. 15.5 hands tall |
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Hungarian Midget Woman
Location: Midwest | jricky - 2014-03-21 6:53 PM My faaaaaaavorite.. 15.5 hands tall
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Location: Probably On the Road to the Next Barrel Race! | barrelracr131 - 2014-03-21 6:56 PM jricky - 2014-03-21 6:53 PM My faaaaaaavorite.. 15.5 hands tall
When I was 28, I had an awesome horse named Shorty that I placed in some very big pro rodeos on. I was a college graduate, with honors, and very well-read. My parents never had a thing to do with horses, and I clawed my up the barrel racing ladder with NO help. One day someone asked me how tall my horse was, and I replied "about 14 and a half hands". This person then kindly explained to me how horses were measured... I was mortified, to say the least. I wish someone had taken me to 4H classes and FFA rodeos as a youth...maybe I would have learned that before embarrassing myself. So, the next time somebody incorrectly sizes a horse, maybe instead of being sarcatic and snotty, maybe...just maybe...you will thank God for the caring people He brought into your life that taught you these things. It's easy to pass judgement, far more difficult and rare to be kind. Choose wisely. |
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The Advice Guru
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| CrossCreek - 2014-03-21 9:59 PM
barrelracr131 - 2014-03-21 6:56 PM jricky - 2014-03-21 6:53 PM My faaaaaaavorite.. 15.5 hands tall
See with what you said, I would assume the horse was 14 inches and 1/2of an inch.
15.5 as what the picture says, with the Internet and google there is no reason to get this wrong IMO.
If it is a cheap horse, it doesn't bother me, but when the horse is over 5k please do your research, spell check, as most times you are paying for the ad. You might as well get the best "screen time" for your money |
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Location: Wyoming | I'm talking about expensive horses and people who don't know how to spell or measure their 20k horse. Not about these 2k barrel racing potential horses that aren't even broke.... |
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Location: Texas | I hate whn I search for a specific price and have to weed through all the $0.00 and private treaty horses.
COME ON BHW add a dang "eliminate private treaty" button. |
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  Queen Boobie 2
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| T-Zip - 2014-03-21 9:17 PM
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 This made my OCD grammar correcting sense start tingling............ |
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Location: Peg-Leg Julia Grimm | You guys spend WAY too much time being ****ed off about trivial things.  |
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Hungarian Midget Woman
Location: Midwest | Calm down, 'twas just a meme. I thought the horse was funny... |
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 Owner of a ratting catting machine
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| I guess really the best one of this line that really sort of made me mad was something I saw on Facebook. They made an ad for the horse, saying the horse was on sale, and added a video of the horse. It included pertinent information like registered name, age, size, etc.
What kind of tripped me was that they had a statement that read:
You can't try this horse without giving me the full deposit amount first, in cash. This was 10% on a $40,000 horse.
I was like, "For real?" Hmmmm. I'll be handing over my $4,000 in cash, hmmm, like never. |
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The Advice Guru
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| classicpotatochip - 2014-03-22 7:31 PM
I guess really the best one of this line that really sort of made me mad was something I saw on Facebook. They made an ad for the horse, saying the horse was on sale, and added a video of the horse. It included pertinent information like registered name, age, size, etc.
What kind of tripped me was that they had a statement that read:
You can't try this horse without giving me the full deposit amount first, in cash. This was 10% on a $40,000 horse.
I was like, "For real?" Hmmmm. I'll be handing over my $4,000 in cash, hmmm, like never.
From previous posts on BHW there are more people doing this and it is no refundable. This is to weed out the tire kickers.
IMHO, if you are worried about people not buying the horse after trying it, then there is something wrong with your ad |
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Sock Snob
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| A long time ago before nbha i had a really nice mare, she was nice enough back then if i went to a big show i would take my crop and get after her and she would get me a check, small show i would look at who was there at a local show if big guns where there i would get the crop if not i would not. So, i advertised her in the quarter horse journal alady callled me and said she used to compete with martha josey and yada yada, so she came by to see my mare i could tell she was not a good enough rider to,stay with the mare when she went on. So, i saddled her up let the lady get on and went into the tack room and called my husband and talked to,him while she rode then she wanted to,trade me some junk horses and i turned her down sold her to someone else went on with my business and then nbha started. |
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Location: Buffalo, TX | The wording doesn't bother me at all....what bothers me are private ads (or any for that matter) that don't put the registered name....I think they don't want you doing any research before calling....... |
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BHW Jr. Cougar of the Year
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Location: Heart of Texas | bennie1 - 2014-03-22 1:33 PM T-Zip - 2014-03-21 9:17 PM This made my OCD grammar correcting sense start tingling............
I just asked my 9 year old son to find two mistakes.. It took him a minute, but he figured it out. |
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Hungarian Midget Woman
Location: Midwest | T-Zip - 2014-03-23 1:23 PM
bennie1 - 2014-03-22 1:33 PM T-Zip - 2014-03-21 9:17 PM Â This made my OCD grammar correcting sense start tingling............
There's actually three. There should be a comma after "Sorry". lol
That picture made me twitch. |
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Location: DUMPING CATS AND PIGS IN TEXAS :) | Two weekends ago, I was at a Nursery Festival and they had rides, etc. There were signs on just about every ride, the ticket booth, the food booths and they all read the same, "Help wanted tairing down on Sunday." It took me forever to figure out what they were trying to say on 30 signs lol. |
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Location: North Dakota | cheryl makofka - 2014-03-21 10:14 PM CrossCreek - 2014-03-21 9:59 PM barrelracr131 - 2014-03-21 6:56 PM jricky - 2014-03-21 6:53 PM My faaaaaaavorite.. 15.5 hands tall See with what you said, I would assume the horse was 14 inches and 1/2of an inch. 15.5 as what the picture says, with the Internet and google there is no reason to get this wrong IMO. If it is a cheap horse, it doesn't bother me, but when the horse is over 5k please do your research, spell check, as most times you are paying for the ad. You might as well get the best "screen time" for your money
I would have thought 14.2. The .2 would be half a hand. |
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 Off the Wall Wacky
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Location: Louisiana | Everytime I've heard that saying, it was about a horse that wasn't being advertised, or that wasn't really for sale. My BF says it. He isn't aiming to sell any of his horses, but as he says for the right price they are all for sale- hence they are not "on sale". Something you aren't nessesarily looking to get rid of is going to have to bring a price you can't refuse. |
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