Dressage Saddle Makers

[MysticOakRanch]

@Maude

If you look back to the date of the original post it was 5 years ago. Someone resurrected this post and it popped up as a notification for me. I never pursued a Hennig, so I didn’t bump it.

Same here, I got a notification, so I responded. Not sure why it was bumped.

[soloudinhere]

@MysticOakRanch

Or - it may be because you bought a saddle each time. Most of the reps will let you apply the fee to the saddle purchase. The charge is to cover those who DON’T buy a saddle - otherwise the reps would spend all their time just carting saddles around to barns for people to test ride. I have bought a couple of Customs over the years and the fee was always applied to a purchase, so essentially, all I paid was mileage for the rep. OTOH, if I didn’t buy the saddle, I would be out the fee.

Looking at my invoice, there was no deduction any time for a visit. Just the mileage charge and the various saddle upgrades.

i think she charges $100 to fit a saddle, so I guess it would have been that plus mileage if I didn’t buy. That said custom makes it so easy to trade in that I usually just buy a new one.