The ones I’m seeing are iterations of “Northern Illinois Horses” so that’s a pretty big area. People do post looking for a shareboard without posting a location though.
Umm, YES! And why do you have to PM for the board rate, why is that a secret?
{sarcasm font} Of course, THEIR barn is so well known that they don’t NEED to state the location! That’s why they have to advertise for boarders!
There you go thinking again. Stop that. You will hurt yourself or someone else.
:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:
I was having a whinge about this exact thing this morning :lol:
Hubby rides in a very specific jumping saddle that isn’t made anymore. They’re very hard to find second hand but I had an ISO add out for it on a few groups because I managed to get lucky awhile ago.
I got a message about a saddle that isn’t anything like his. Politely said no thanks and got met with a huge attitude that if I can’t ride in a different saddle then I’m a terrible rider.
Block and delete.
My giant pet peeve… FB postings of mismatched boots or broken tack or ripped blankets or boxes of tack pieces that look like they were dragged through the mud 50 yrs ago!!! Why would I pay $$ for stuff that should go straight to the trash?? If it’s decent CLEAN it or repair it… honestly!
-There are all kinds of weird saddle ads from our local horsey area. I’m not familiar enough with English saddles to comment, but the Western saddles are all over the place. Beautiful, well-made saddles going cheap (always too big for me or hubby), overpriced ones that were well-made but almost ruined from dry rot or mold, and cheap old rental horse level saddles sold as prize gems.
-I also laugh out loud every time I see posts on CL for someone wanting a free horse. “Just for trail riding”, but they want sound, not too old, no health issues. Really? As if the initial cost was the most expensive cost of a horse.
-However, what makes me sad is that I’ve seen the same, dang, untrained horses selling cheap with phrases like: “hasn’t been ridden in awhile” and “just sitting in the pasture” or “needs someone who can ride him”. Which all seem to translate to: “this horse will stomp your guts out if you try to get on his back”.
-I also hate seeing the “green” horse turn into a “hasn’t been ridden in awhile” horse, and finally, “hard to catch” over the course of a year or so being sold and resold.
A very similar situation is why prompted this post, though it was not about a saddle.
I’m so sorry because I know how frustrating it is.
I don’t know what these sellers’ thought processes are. I can understand accidentally misreading an ISO ad or taking a shot in case the buyer is willing to compromise… but why do they become rude and defensive??? Do they think it will work???
“Thank you for telling me I’m a terrible rider, I had no idea! As a matter of fact, I would like to buy your saddle now that I know that!”
Because posting a price in the post or comments is often what flags FB and they can delete for selling animals. Even if it isn’t actually selling animals. Sometimes even putting the word “price” in a comment can flag it.
1000x YES! Or even in regular publications, like Flying Changes, it has an advertisement for a show but doesn’t put the location? WTF? Everyone is supposed to know where it is by osmosis?
I did an ISO for Thin Line reins, the brand Thin Line. Someone contacts me that they have a pair for $35 what she sent was a pair of laced reins! I don’t think she read the ad at all. I contacted her and said these aren’t thin lines and she got extremely snarky and I asked if she had read the ad, she said well you were looking for reins. I ended up selling them on. Cripes.
This thread reminds of a horse group I belong to.
The posts asking for boarding or training in a certain area where responder after responder is giving the name of places not even close to the certain area are so plentiful it makes me wonder if I am failing to read something.
True, but would FB catch “six hundred a month?” Seems like ads manage to persist when they put the price in the reverse font (white in black background boxes.) I have no idea how they screen. I’d think most boarding barns ads wouldn’t even contain the word “horse” for someone to think it could be animal sales.
I’ve definitely had posts for boarding blocked by Facebook. Idk what the trigger is because I didn’t include price. I disputed it and said it is a SERVICE, not an animal for sale. They never responded and didn’t unblock the post so, shrug.
This is exactly right! Why do they think that being rude is going to help them sell their item? Fortunately it’s funny now, but I was flabbergasted at the time.
If it had been a simple misread, then sure. I’ve done that plenty of times myself. But the blatant disregard is something else.
:lol::lol::lol::lol: I think somebody should respond with that statement and see what happens. :lol::lol::lol:
You’d think, but they rejected a post of mine for fly masks. And one about a horse we had in an auction - no mention of price only tagging the sale company. Its so random. Our company has had horse supplements rejected from being posted because they claim they are sexual health supplements. Uh no…that is not what Goat Copper Boluses are for.
Why does any animal try a behavior? At some point, it worked. The offered an item outside the stated criteria and someone bought it.
I think what people are sometimes doing is trying to discover how rigid (or point out how unrealistic, as others say) the original person is in their requirements.
I posted an ISO ad with height range, age range, ability (eventing), geographical area and price range. I specified no OTTBs. I got relentless ads for short OTTBs with no jumping exp, on the other side of the country. “not even close AND no cigar!” became my cry. I gave up asking that group of people. Tho one particularly helpful friend was unrelenting about the OTTB part until I told her two or three times in great detail WHY I would not consider one, and I think it’s sunk in 
Over time, with no luck finding a horse for sale but having tried many, my height and age restriction has become slightly narrower (no less than 16h, sticked, but will look at 3 yr olds now) and my price range higher. My tolerance for nasty attitudes is zero, but my geographic location range has expanded a lot.
So, if someone had come at me with a 3yr mare in WA with 10 days under saddle 4 months ago I would have said no thanks. Now I’m begging for video from the seller and trying to decide if I should risk my life by flying or drive 12 hours each way…
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