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Location: Probably On the Road to the Next Barrel Race! | Please do NOT waste the owners time. Be open n communicative. Butter up her horse, and back it with facts. Compliment horse, say, she's probably well worth what youre asking, BUT...I only have so much to offer. If I can ride n show her well, and promise her a great home, would you consider $XXXXX. You'll find out where she sits, without wasting her time. |
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Elite Veteran
Posts: 1062
Location: Probably On the Road to the Next Barrel Race! | Please do NOT waste the owners time. Be open n communicative. Butter up her horse, and back it with facts. Compliment horse, say, she's probably well worth what youre asking, BUT...I only have so much to offer. If I can ride n show her well, and promise her a great home, would you consider $XXXXX. You'll find out where she sits, without wasting her time. |
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I AM being nice
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Location: MD | I have to agree with NTO There are definitely factors beyond performance and experience that should go into determining the horse's value. For instance I have a mare that i would sell, but don't really market. She's a solid 1D horse locally and places in the 2D at BIG shows. She has a bit of rodeo experience. Just an all around solid, competitive horse. I have her priced as such. The thing with this horse is that she has a huge stride, is very smooth in the turns and really allows you to feel super secure. She is the sort of horse that will allow a 3D rider to win the 2D. She will also speed up, or slow down depending on how hard you let her run up the alley. I can let her owner hold her up the alley and go win the 2D and an hour later, one of my youth kids can go run one of the fastest times of the day on her. I have had kids jump ride the mare to 1D placings and WPRA girls jump ride her to rodeo placings. All of those factors make me price the mare above what some other, less user friendly horses with similar credentials may be priced at. |
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Posts: 512
| WrapSnap - 2015-08-22 2:16 AM
I have to agree with NTO There are definitely factors beyond performance and experience that should go into determining the horse's value. For instance I have a mare that i would sell, but don't really market. She's a solid 1D horse locally and places in the 2D at BIG shows. She has a bit of rodeo experience. Just an all around solid, competitive horse. I have her priced as such. The thing with this horse is that she has a huge stride, is very smooth in the turns and really allows you to feel super secure. She is the sort of horse that will allow a 3D rider to win the 2D. She will also speed up, or slow down depending on how hard you let her run up the alley. I can let her owner hold her up the alley and go win the 2D and an hour later, one of my youth kids can go run one of the fastest times of the day on her. I have had kids jump ride the mare to 1D placings and WPRA girls jump ride her to rodeo placings. All of those factors make me price the mare above what some other, less user friendly horses with similar credentials may be priced at.
This is great advice! |
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Location: Texas | I think you need to level with the seller right up front.
I have one of my horses for sale right now... I listed his verifiable results along with some notes on what kind of horse he is and have private treaty/make offer on the post... I feel like people who are in the market for that caliber horse know what they have to spend and they know what that horse is worth. I want to know what they are willing to spend on a horse with those credentials if it is a good fit for them personally. I just listed him today and have had three offers. I was not "offended" by any of the offers. It takes a lot of the guesswork out of it. I'm not wasting their time, because they know what the horse is capable of... and they aren't wasting my time by pursuing the purchase of a horse they can't afford. In theory, it sounds like a pretty good plan!
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Location: floating down a river | A horse is worth what someone is willing to pay.... Probably not worth your time or wasting her time. Let it sit on the market for a bit and let her drop it. $10000 less as an offer is a bit of a slap in the face, let her figure it out by it not selling. |
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| I actually have a friend that this happened to a few days ago. Someone offered her $10,000 when the mare is priced at $20,000. My friend was beyond offended and everyone on Facebook was shocked that someone would have the nerve to offer half the price. I personally thought my friend should counteroffer with "You offered $10,000 on a $20,000 horse so the price foryou jjust went to $30,000. My friend instead told the person she had an 18 year old, 4D horse for $10,000 she'd sell her. |
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