Anyone who has ever advertised anything for sale will appreciate this. There are always the responses that come that make you want to shake your head and go WTF???
Well my friend Deb came upon an add on Kijiji ,that hits the nail on the head. I would so love to have this as part of my adds on horses for sale! Edited out a few details, but here is the gist;
"Please no tire kickers, I am a pre-menopausal woman and may just kick you back. ;)
FREE BARN KITTY WITH PURCHASE!
Open to reasonable offers, (remember I am pre-menopausal). No, I don't want any goats or chickens or used pallets or your brother-in-law who sleeps on your couch (unless he's cute and can fence)."
This gal is brilliant!
I have listed Harley, Tango, Maks and Jewels for sale, and so far the response have all been good,but I have seen some dandies over the years! So much so that I once had an email responding to an add, asking if I would take payments. Now this individual had not corresponded with me yet, and or seen the horse in question so I was pretty cavalier in my response. I said something along the lines of "yeah sure you can make payments, and when you make enough of them , you can have the horse"
Imaging my shock when I got a reply detailing and exact payment plan and no less than a week later received a substantial deposit! Oops! nearly blew that one !
Of course there are always the ones from my "long lost Nigerian royalty relatives" who just want my bank account details so that they can deposit double what I am asking , if I just pay the shipping and send them the change! Asking of course if the "item " is in good condition!Item?? its a horse! try please if you are going to scam me to actually assume I am not a complete moron!!!
The things I would add to the above cautions on an add would be,
Yes, I will take payments
Yes, you may come here to see the horse more than once if you need to , however, I do not run a park/bed and breakfast/ petting zoo. You need to call first and schedule your visit , and allowing your children and pets to run wild all over my farm is NOT ENDEARING
no, you cannot keep the horse here indefinitely, and certainly not for free
no, I don't have video of a weanling under saddle !!!!
Yes if the horse is purebred it is registered and the papers will be transferred to you upon purchase. NO I WILL NOT DROP THE PRICE AND KEEP THE PAPERS!!! its against the law
No I will not haul the horse to the destination of your choosing in -30 C so you can look at him/her and then haul back while you think about it
Yes, I am asking for real money and a considerable amount for my horses,and yes you can get a colt for $50 at auction, but that colt has not necessarily been carefully bred , well cared for and handled and fed. And yes, I believe my colt/filly is worth more because of that, my time is not free.
Of course I don't put that in my adds, and I generally bite my tongue and try to be reasonable with folks, but oh my ,if they could hear what I am thinking !!! LOL
Anyhow this years adds are up and out there, in the end I am usually pretty successful, finding some really great folks out there who take the horses I raise and do great things. And those folks are why I do what I do .
Rant over , stay safe friends!
10 comments:
LMAO!!! I hear dat!
I think part of the reason (outside of that adorable face) I decided not to sell Little John right now is that I started hyperventilating at the thought of dealing with buyers again.
That's not to say that I wouldn't sell a horse to someone I knew or through word of mouth, but the thought of dealing with the general public...meh...I don't think it's in me anymore.
LOL! Don't blame you a bit.
Too funny- but you nailed it. It's amazing how annoying people are when it comes to buying horses.
Hope you find great homes for all of them. I noticed your ad for Jewel, had Andee taken her place?
Ahhh,yes. I've only put one horse up for sale in my life, and after just one phone call, I took her off the market because I knew it was only going to get worse. If someone is a breeder and selling horses is their business, I suppose it's worth the wait for the good buyers, but when you simply need to sell a horse and you are working overtime elsewhere, the general public can be a major obstacle in living your life.
People never cease to amaze me . . .
I've never sold a horse, only bought them. It takes thick skin and common sense to weed through the nonsense.
Great post! I love reading ads, some are so ridiculous. You can tell alot from someone's add. When I email someone about something for sale I try to be very thorough and honest. I hate to be a looky- loo and ask a bunch of questions if I'm not going to seriously purchase but sometimes you have to as you gather more information and make a decision beween items (I'm not talking about a horse purchase because I haven't done it this way. ) I'm glad you have good luck with your ads for the most part! I'm sure they are great ads to start with! ;)
Great post :-) I once had a very large sign for sale that could have been repainted for their own use. I got the Nigerian scam request too-wanting me to mail it; sure I'll just pop it in a bubble mailer buddy.
I solemnly swear I will only be a tire drooler and not a tire kicker.
It goes both ways sadly enough. The ridiculous in the ads and the idiocracy responding to them.
Word of mouth is always good, but it doesn't always work for everyone. Sometimes you just gotta pull on the hip waders and go in after them. Those usually turn out to be the special ones when buying. Selling- you might as well put the hip waders on when you post the ads. *sigh*
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