I haven’t read all the responses, but after deep, soul searching musings on this idea, my considered response would be to tell the prospective buyer to take that crazy as bat shit suggestion and shove it where the monkeys shove thier nuts, ie where the sun rarely, if ever shines.
*shouting from the end of the conga line forming at my end of the world party *
Well… what did she decide???
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no no no no no… NO… no no no no no NO. whoo hooo…
Just Say NO!!!
I know of two fancy ponies that went to FL to “be sold”. Neither sold. One came back sore and lame. The other one started getting huge bills sent to the owner and it took quite some doing to get it sent home.
These ponies went to “the right people” who I am sure made a ton of $$$$$ off them. :rolleyes: It’s a racket, bottom line.
Both ponies did sell eventually for good money - but not in FL. One went on to do very well at Pony Finals. The other sold to the west coast. And no, they didn’t ship it out for them to “try”. 
Please tell your friend that she is NOT doing herself or her horse any favors by doing this. One more vote for the “end of the world as we know it”. (And I feel fine…)
SCFarm
I looove Bloody Mary’s spicier the better:yes::yes::yes: I’ll bring the Tabasco Sauce…
You forgot to mention the big bill she will presented with when she goes to get her horse back :eek:
Wellllllllllllllll…
I like the one who asked “Is this trainer from Nigeria?”.
Wish I had thought up that one!!:lol::yes::eek:
One of my few proud moments of being funny rather than snarky, AnotherRound
What is it with “trainers in Florida”!!!
We had a dressage horse for sale in NC. The trainer of an interested party contacted us from Florida with the exact scenerio. After several weeks of negotiating, the buyer paid for a commercial hauler to pick up our horse (another long hauling nightmare thread on this subject earlier this year), after a contract and bill of sale had been signed. The entire selling price of the horse was held in escrow with our bank’s involvement. The contract was written that if the horse passed the prepurchase the escrow would be released. If he didn’t he would be returned to us within 3 days at buyer’s expense. Thankfully our situation worked out after several tense days, but I don’t know that I’d agree to it again.
All I can offer is for your friend to be very, very careful.
This sounds like the trainer in the Crystal River area (FL) who conned my good friend into hauling her appendix QH gelding down for her to try out. (Originally she was going to meet us at a friend’s farm 1/2 way but had “truck problems” at the last minute and talked us into hauling to her place - about a 5 hour trip each way) Well, my friend had been given a long detailed story about what the buyer planned to do with the horse but when we got to see what she did in trying out the horse, we realized that something was fishy about her story and we weren’t at all comfortable with the situation. We decided to take the horse home and ended up being chased off the property by the trainers husband who was screaming obscenities at us. Good thing the horse was an easy loader! We had visions of them running back to the house for a shotgun so we hauled boogey out of there and thanked our lucky stars that these people were not going to have her horse. Beware of “trainers” with odd requests!
Still no update… ya’ll know what that means! :lol:
Probably at the Ag station right now.
Good luck to them!
Still no update from my end either…
Words to live by. I think I might change my signature to this. :yes:
Got a call from my friend today-
Potential buyer called friend earlier, not the trainer… buyer offered to pay all shipping expenses and put my friend up for a few nights, take out an insurance policy, and pay a lease fee for a one month trial- and pay all shipping expenses to send the horse home if he doesn’t work. My friend suggested a commercial shipper, but buyer would prefer her to haul so she can see the barn, make sure the horse settles in, and perhaps give the daughter a lesson or two.
She’s still deciding whether to insist on commercial shipper. I also told her she should get a bit of extra money for staying a few days to help the girl, and make sure she takes her time getting there and back- make him pay for a hotel each way.
She’s not doing ANYTHING without a check in hand and insurance policy in place.
She can’t haul the horse until the weekend after Thanksgiving, but buyers would like him “the sooner the better!”
Oh, and price has been suitably raised and trainer will tack commission on top of that.
Ug. Where’s my eye rolling icon?
It just gets stranger…why on earth don’t they just fly up and stay for a few days?
I still smell fish… I agree with Tiempo it seems like it would be soo much cheaper for the buyer to just come here to see the horse… and they would have a better idea of the horses temperment where it is familiar and settled… If they have all this money to throw around why not come up here??? I have a funny feeling things will “change” once the horse is on their turf… and the seller is “trapped” sort of… What price range is this horse in??? you don’t have to be specific but are we talking about a 1-5k or 5-10k horse or 10-20k horse or higher??
Something stinks. Big time.
If everything DOES work out ok for the horse and friend in question, I’d think it to be the .0001% chance that it could.
When this many COTH’ers agree, it’s downright scary. Truly.
Gosh I hope this works out ok. Hate to see people potentially scammed etc.
-JTN
I stick with my earlier post - if this person has him/her for a month’s trial (which I am opposed to anyway), what happens if the horse gets injured. An insurance policy only pays out on horse value (and even then it is questioned) not cost of keeping said horse for the rest of it’s life if it ends up as a pasture ornament.
Did you all see they get a ONE month trial…unbelievable…they are going to work the crap out of the horse and hand it back…
