best thread nomination
This thread has been entirely captivating - I have seen amazing stick art, learned how to bet, learned how not to sell a horse, discovered one conspiracy theory after another, laughed and laughed, learned about llama drama and the llama song, witnessed the camraderie of COTH, realized my own personal addiction, and oh yeah, followed the original purpose of the thread about a person sending/selling a horse on trial - this is my favorite thread ever.:yes:
:lol: :lol: :lol:
He’s an immigrant from Nigeria, too!
[QUOTE=fourmares;2945557]
So anyone else think that the next thing that will happen is that the buyer will want to send a cashiers check for 5000 more than the agreed upon price. Seller should cash the check and send him back the extra $5K right away…[/QUOTE]
ohhh…good plot twist!
How did friend even know the vet was for real? Made up xrays, made up vet, how does she know?
P.S. :lol: :lol: :lol: at the llama song 
[QUOTE=Anne FS;2945242]
Under the Bus! Under the Bus![/QUOTE]
Yes, PLEASE, throw Thing 1 and Thing 2 under the bus - they deserve it!
Put me in the fake x-ray camp. Things just keep getting fishier and fishier…
how is THAT even possible at this point?
You know you’re addicted when you fall asleep on the couch and instead of going straight to bed feel compelled to check this thread for developments…
I’m on the other side of the world now and still addicted to this thread! I wish her luck, hope the horse is really sold, but this has been a VERY educational and fun thread.
Hey Ella B - isn’t this just most awful thread ever in a sick, twisted, entertaining, bizarre way? Also VERY educational.
Ok - folks…here’s one for you. Could seller request that VET who performed x-rays sign off on the PPE that the horse that was xrayed is actually THE “T” that is being sold?
Otherwise…how does vet know that the one that was xrayed is really the same horse? Seems one plain brown bay TB gelding would look pretty much like all the rest unless there is a tattoo involved from racing…or other means to ID? Such as whorls from the registration papers? I mean…how hard would it be to put in a ringer? I would imagine that if the VET was misled and had to sign off on this PPE…he or she would be pretty angry.
Also…I don’t do a bunch of jumping (yet)…but isn’t this horse fairly young? Wouldn’t he have to have some sort of trauma or really hard use to have that much wrong with fetlocks/hocks? Just curious because it seems that he hasn’t been used that hard has he? (by seller that is.) I think if I were seller, I would ask for a copy of the xrays and the vet’s statement. Perhaps this is a good reason that the seller should always have horse vetted and xrayed BEFORE selling so that all known “wrongs” are brought up in advance…otherwise…one set of xrays can look pretty much like another.
Love the stick art…dang that’s good!!! Now to wash that stupid llama song out of my head…arghh, I will hear that “here’s a llama, there’s a llama” all day long!!
I think this is thread has the most views I have ever seen. How NOT to sell your horse…very informative. I hope someone outs the trainers after this is over…not people I would want to deal with ever in this lifetime. By PM of course, wouldn’t want any lawsuits over it…(what a concept, concoct a crappy deal and then sue when found out).
I wonder if it could be possible that the buyer is being “played” by the trainers as well? Although he may be a savvy salesman in real estate, he might be dependent on Thing 2 for guidance on this horse deal for his daughter.
[QUOTE=lcw579;2945601]
Yes, PLEASE, throw Thing 1 and Thing 2 under the bus - they deserve it!
Put me in the fake x-ray camp. [/QUOTE]
Here’s my next plot twist, and I do believe in this one:
Thing 1 and Thing 2 go under the bus. As a result many many Hunter Princesses and their horseshow circuit poppas & mamas FLOCK to them, since they’re BUYERS, not sellers, and see that Things 1 & 2 are top-notch because they are proven to be able to get such a deal (free horse for the winter, no farrier, no vet, some switcheroo-ing and a discount on price, then voila! finally, after their Hunter Princess Perchy is done with the winter circuit, they flip the horse, pay original seller a discounted amount and make a nice profit).
I’m tellin’ ya, once “trainers” are outed, their business will be booming.
we are aalllllllllllll going to need therapy after this, acourding to my hubby… I told him to pass me another tottie…
[QUOTE=Anne FS;2945774]
Here’s my next plot twist, and I do believe in this one:
Thing 1 and Thing 2 go under the bus. As a result many many Hunter Princesses and their horseshow circuit poppas & mamas FLOCK to them, since they’re BUYERS, not sellers, and see that Things 1 & 2 are top-notch because they are proven to be able to get such a deal (free horse for the winter, no farrier, no vet, some switcheroo-ing and a discount on price, then voila! finally, after their Hunter Princess Perchy is done with the winter circuit, they flip the horse, pay original seller a discounted amount and make a nice profit).
I’m tellin’ ya, once “trainers” are outed, their business will be booming.[/QUOTE]
Anne, that is such a sick twist to this sordid tale that it probably will happen! I believe you may be an evil genius to have even thought it. :lol:
IN THE MAIL!?!?:lol::lol: Oh it DOES get better. You mean seller wasn’t smart or brave enough to demand the check be sent overnight or GASP WIRED??? :eek: OY!!!
I hope that cashiers check isn’t from their uncle in Nigeria who just received a huge inheritance.
I’ll have to vote - false x-rays. Is it possible that a vet never actually looked at the horse. Maybe these films are of another vetting of another horse that Thing 2 had on record. Hmmmmmmmmm…
Maybe seller should request a conference call between her vet and the PPE vet to go over the “findings.”
With all this talk of Nigeria, we should have sent Amwrider after them, with her dire tales of the mysterious murder of poor Ms. Arby Dale and her successor, Ta Ta Tatongas! :lol::lol::lol::lol:
ETA: This is SO not over. Not til the alleged check is cashed!
I am in the fake vet check/x-rays camp.
Thing 1 and Thing 2 out of the blue deside to grow some empathy so they move the vet check up 2 days? That is fishy. :o(that’s a red flag) Then, after using the “we want to find the PERFECT horse for our daughter” excuse for basically kidnapping the girl’s horse, they end up being ok with buying a horse with a 2 year shelf life who, according to the “x-rays” will be a lawn ornament by the time Princess learns to ride him. Lawn ornaments in FL aren’t cheap! And they were ok with only taking $1,000 off the price for a debilitating prognosis?? Big Red Flag! :o
My thinks the “vet” was this Trainer’s husband/brother/groom and the “x-rays” were from Moses the 25 year old pasture pet.
They had SOMETHING vetted. I’m laying 8-1 odds that those films were not Spineless Friend’s horse’s films :no:
[QUOTE=lcw579;2945796]
Anne, that is such a sick twist to this sordid tale that it probably will happen! I believe you may be an evil genius to have even thought it. :lol:[/QUOTE]
[bowing] Thank you, thank you. This list has taught me well!
The cashier’s check has to be a NEGOTIABLE cashier’s check!!:yes: Its amazing what one can print up these days!!:eek:
Well, it rhymes…
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