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| I'm one that will scroll past the ad if there isn't a price. I don't want to have to message to ask about the price.
I see ads all the time. The first line reads : barrel bred/ running bred and the second line is : no papers but related to three bars.
Or when the picture is of a muddy horse full of hay and half blurry turns me off. |
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Location: LA Lower Alabama | How about “possibly bred” |
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Location: East Texas | Just out of curiosity, I looked at the ads on here and the first one that popped up had some of the lines listed here.
Guess you could always list them like my neighbor does. Some of his sell/sale ads crack me up. Here are a few:
...turns ugly and is no fun to ride...
Cowboy special and that is not his name. He is guaranteed to buck....
....if you don't mind riding a challenge.....
...fat fit and ready for his next hand out....
....good luck getting a selfie on this one....
...He does ride, sometimes....
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| CrossDRanch - 2018-03-28 8:32 AM
Just out of curiosity, I looked at the ads on here and the first one that popped up had some of the lines listed here.
Guess you could always list them like my neighbor does. Some of his sell/sale ads crack me up. Here are a few:
...turns ugly and is no fun to ride...
Cowboy special and that is not his name. He is guaranteed to buck....
....if you don't mind riding a challenge.....
...fat fit and ready for his next hand out....
....good luck getting a selfie on this one....
...He does ride, sometimes....
If y'all wanna see some fun ads, look up Brad Bradford on FB lol. Here's a snippet:
"Can get around like Ben Affleck in a chick flick....stops like a libtard at an anti-gun rally" |
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Location: Wyoming | When describing the stud they are by or mare they are out of... _____Sire______ who needs no introduction. Then they go on and describe the sire and who he is...
Isn't that the purpose of needing no introduction? |
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"Heck's Coming With Me"
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Location: Kansas | lopnaround - 2018-03-28 9:45 AM CrossDRanch - 2018-03-28 8:32 AM Just out of curiosity, I looked at the ads on here and the first one that popped up had some of the lines listed here. Guess you could always list them like my neighbor does. Some of his sell/sale ads crack me up. Here are a few: ...turns ugly and is no fun to ride... Cowboy special and that is not his name. He is guaranteed to buck.... ....if you don't mind riding a challenge..... ...fat fit and ready for his next hand out.... ....good luck getting a selfie on this one.... ...He does ride, sometimes.... If y'all wanna see some fun ads, look up Brad Bradford on FB lol. Here's a snippet: "Can get around like Ben Affleck in a chick flick....stops like a libtard at an anti-gun rally"
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Unable to Live Without Chocolate or Coffee
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| Haha you guys covered most. I hate seeing them say “very sound”, umm it’s either sound or not sound imo.
I saw a gal selling a nice started gelding but she had never trailered him lol and he was 3. I don’t know how you sell a horse that’s started and never been trailered lol who does that? |
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Location: The best kept secret in TX | hoofs_N_bridles - 2018-03-28 11:58 AM When describing the stud they are by or mare they are out of... _____Sire______ who needs no introduction. Then they go on and describe the sire and who he is... Isn't that the purpose of needing no introduction?
This is my biggest pet peeve!! Needs no introduction... Great, let's not introduce him then. HAHA |
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 A Somebody to Everybody
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | Dont act marish at all, lol..  |
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 Guys Just Wanna Have Fun
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Location: OH | OWN son of such and such stallion |
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Mrs. Txdad
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Location: the fantasy txdad married | Hmmm, must be why my horse isn’t selling...oh wait, I haven’t advertised on here yet. I’ll be back |
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Location: Louisiana | camocowgirl - 2018-03-28 2:01 PM
 Haha you guys covered most. I hate seeing them say “very sound”, umm it’s either sound or not sound imo.Â
I saw a gal selling a nice started gelding but she had never trailered him lol and he was 3. I don’t know how you sell a horse that’s started and never been trailered lol who does that?Â
My response to that one is NOTHING IS SOUND 
Is "very sound" or "sound" supposed to convince me I don't need a vet check???
How about, "Never been injected!" Ok...is that bc he didn't need them, or you just didn't do it?
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| dashnlotti - 2018-03-28 3:46 PM
camocowgirl - 2018-03-28 2:01 PM
 Haha you guys covered most. I hate seeing them say “very sound”, umm it’s either sound or not sound imo.Â
I saw a gal selling a nice started gelding but she had never trailered him lol and he was 3. I don’t know how you sell a horse that’s started and never been trailered lol who does that?Â
My response to that one is NOTHING IS SOUND
Is "very sound" or "sound" supposed to convince me I don't need a vet check???
How about, "Never been injected!" Ok...is that bc he didn't need them, or you just didn't do it?
Nah every one of these horses coming and going has an unsoundness issues of something that bothers them and a good vet can find it.
Don't ever say your horse is sound in an ad bc a good vet check will probably prove you wrong.
There is no sound, unsound, or very sound.
IN reality it's a little maintenance, maintenance, and we haven't found the problem yet or don't even know it's hurting. |
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Duct Tape Bikini Girl
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| "Great confirmation" is the famous one in my books. "Must sale" is another deal breaker. |
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Elite Veteran
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| 1D horse for 10k
Edited by Texas Tornado 2018-03-28 8:15 PM
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Guys Just Wanna Have Fun
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Location: OH | Texas Tornado - 2018-03-28 9:14 PM
1D horse for 10k
I'll take 10 of them. LOL |
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Location: SW New Mexico | 
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| 15.5 hands!! I don't care how broke your horse is, likely you don't know what broke is if you don't even know how to measure in hands. Credibility lost IMO. 
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Location: Ky | Truly good horses don't have to be advertised for sale. People will try to buy them even when they aren't for sale.
Not all sellers are liars but enough are that it creates a problem for buyers. Not all buyers are liars but enough are that it creates a problem for sellers.
As for the ads, the one that was always funny to me was "to a good home only". "Good home" was defined as the first one with the money. |
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| Never have understood why the .5 hands always comes up as bothering people.
The decimal equivalent of 1/2 is .5, so 14.5 hands = 14 1/2 hands = 14 hands 2 inches. |
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