by Dee22 » Tue Mar 01, 2005 9:31 am
#ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#Hey Chenders!#ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#Nice ad! I would only change a couple of things. First off, I most definatly agree with Lix, don't limit yourself to only one riding discipline. When people use the search function you want your ad to come up in as many as possible. When I was looking for a horse I *did* look at the ones that were advertised as dressage only but, if I came across one that was in your price range and only for dressage I thought something *must* be wrone... and a lot of times I was right.#ed_op#BR#ed_cl#When I was looking for horses I actually thought I was looking for a hunter... I was only *thinking* about dressage at the time and I probably wouldn't have looked at Eja is she couldn't jump. Even though she hasn't been jumped in a long time ands needs a LOT of work if I want to jump her, I know she can jump and if I ever wanted to, she could be capable.#ed_op#BR#ed_cl#I think you should consider putting him in the hunter/jumper area and say that he *can* jump but hasn't done so in a while because you were only concentrating on dressage with him... or something to that affect.#ed_op#BR#ed_cl#Also, there is nothing wrong with him jumping at his age. Thirteen really is not that old, I know many horses who were great jumpers way past that age!#ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl# #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#About the 'tire kickers'... there really is nothing you can do about that. When trying to sell anything you have to basically put a certain amount of trust into the potential buyer and hope that their not messing around. I don't think asking someone if their over 18 is a great idea. I had many young people, under the age of 18 e-mail me about buying Mopar and I treated each one as seriously as an adult... In the end it was the adults that missed appointments, didn't call, didn't e-mail and generally screwed around. It's not really fair to assume that someone under the age of 18 isn't serious about buying a horse. A lot of young people e-mail themselves and than come look with a parent. I know my parents would never know where to start with buying a horse.#ed_op#BR#ed_cl#I used to ask people to call me when they were approx. half an hour away from the barn. If I didn't get that phone call by the time they were actually supposed to be there, I called it a day and went home. I find the best thing to do is to talk to people over the phone, & exchange phone numbers, that way you can call them if they are late. No answer? Their not coming. It's just part of selling a horse. One lady from Ohio asked me to look up a whole bunch of info on shipping (rates etc), health certificates, paperwork for crossing the boarder, she made an appointment to drive up to see Mopar, we spoke on the phone, I took video footage of Mopar, put it on disc, sent it to her the whole bit... I waited for her at the barn for FIVE hours and she was a no show. I was FURIOUS! I called her house that evening, her husband said she was out, when I told him who it was he said she told him that I had already sold the horse :s People are weird, they do weird things but there's no way to get around them, unfortunatly.... you just have to take each one at a time.#ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl# #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#Make sure when you sell Dali you get a deposit but don't tell anyone he's sold and keep his ads up until you have been paid in full. Get cash or certified cheques.#ed_op#BR#ed_cl#If he sells to the states, it's a bit trickier. Banks won't cash certified cheques or money orders from the US right away, they have to hold them for 15 days!! I made that mistake when I sold Mopar, I asked for my deposit cheque to be certified and my bank said they had to hold it for 15 days because it was from a US bank. I made sure when I received final payment that she wired me money through Western Union, it cost me a bit but it was the only other way I could think of, I wasn't about to let Mopar go to North Carolina while my bank held the money order for 15 days #ed_op#IMG src="/richedit/smileys/confused.gif"#ed_cl#.#ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl# #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#Okay, I've babbled enough! LOL Hopefully some of this helped!#ed_op#BR#ed_cl##ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl#