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chrissy
| | Posted on Friday, Apr 21, 2000 - 2:26 pm: |   |
I have two days ago bought a pony and the pony has turned out not to be suitable . The lady we bought from said he wasn't strong at all, twelve year olds had handeled him. But even my husband cannot handle him he turns and rushes off in the opposite direction that we want him to go, so how can this be so. She says give him 2 weeks and then phone me but I sold him for financial reasons and its a question of the money now.So how can I make her take him back and pay me my money mrs hill |
claire sidebottom
| | Posted on Friday, Apr 21, 2000 - 3:28 pm: | |
did you have anthing in writing about his suitablity - eg a newspaper ad, how did you find the pony? any written description or verbal one if someone else heard it, will help you. |
chrissy
| | Posted on Friday, Apr 21, 2000 - 6:48 pm: | |
yes i had a receipt that warrants him sound @ in good health I dont think its going to be of any use to me I do have a wittness to a conversation but I dont know if that will be any good either
chrissy |
Gerald P. Goulder
| | Posted on Friday, Apr 21, 2000 - 8:09 pm: | |
I am sorry you have had this problem. For some reason the horse industry works on handshakes and oral agreements. And, when written agreements are used, they are often unsatisfactory. That is why above all else I recommend using EDRS mediation/arbitration contract clauses to "courtproof" and take these disputes out of the attorney-courtroom arena.
It appears your witness may be able to corroborate your understanding of the warranty, though I am not sure what is meant by "sound conidition" in your circumstance.
Most horse sellers are concerned about their reputations so you may be able to bring the seller to mediation with an organization like Equine Dispute Resolution Service, 1-877-ZERO LIT (937-6548). Its worth a try.
ggoulder |
chrissy
| | Posted on Saturday, Apr 22, 2000 - 7:15 am: | |
I also have the advertisement out of the newspaper that says safe and sound can I not use this. I am not very good at being pushy and would not know what to say to convince her to take him back
chrissy |
Denise Conroy
| | Posted on Saturday, Apr 22, 2000 - 8:06 am: | |
Chrissy,
I feel sorry about your situation. We have experienced similiar situations. You would think we would learn, but guess we trust a man's word too much.
With the first one, we tried to have the seller take him back but to no avail. I kept him a year and tried to make it work and then pratically gave him away. The second one we also tried to get the seller to "come clean" and buy the horse back but they only offered to work with him more. We took him to the trainer and he is now an exceptional horse, he just needed a chance. He will never leave our place now! :-) Our third, the seller not only bought him back but paid 1/2 the shipping ($300.00) to return him.
If you don't get anywhere with the seller, could you have some training done with the pony? Maybe with a firm hand and a bit of a brush up he would turn into a nice pony. At this point, you may not have any other options. Either you work with him or try to resell him knowing what you know.
That is worse.
Someone told me once to never buy a horse until you have ridden it at least 3 different times.
Sometimes first impressions are deceiving.
Hope it works out. |
Chrissy
| | Posted on Saturday, Apr 22, 2000 - 1:30 pm: | |
Hi denise You took the words right out of my mouth . This is what we are probably going to have to do,I have lots of help so it wont cost me a penny I have a riding insrtuctor as a best freind(lucky me).she has offered to take him out of the feild and make sure he learns not to take of in the other direction. He has the potential to be a very good allrounder Ill be informing the bulletin board of his progress. Thanks for taking an interest regards
christine hill:-} |
Teresa Alexander-Arab
| | Posted on Sunday, Apr 23, 2000 - 9:25 am: | |
Hi Denise and Chrissy,
around here it's common to purchase a horse with a 30 day trial period. At the end of that time you can return it, losing only what it cost to keep. This seems to me to be the best option as it's hard to tell if a horse/rider are a match with a few rides.
Teresa |
Chrissy
| | Posted on Sunday, Apr 23, 2000 - 5:28 pm: | |
Its not as if i am new to buying, but sometimes you just let your heart rule your head which is what i did. I am actually coming to terms with the fact she will not take him back, and i have started to do some work on his manners (with the help of some friends). He should turn out ok he is placid enough in every other way.
Chrissy |
chrissy
| | Posted on Thursday, May 4, 2000 - 5:37 pm: | |
I wrote two weeks ago about buying a pony and it was not suitable, but not only has he turned out not to be siutable but he is now dangerous, he has knocked me down and ran over me when i was tryinng to get him out of the field, luckily i was not hurt much more shaken, there must be something i can do to make the lady take him back and pay us our money. i am wondering if i should just threaten to take her to court. we can not keep this pony and nobody else will want him the way he is, we have tried to train him but he just gets worse by the day. Apart from giving him away which leaves us with no money to buy something else what can i do , i don;t think i could give him away as nobody will put up with what i have , he seems untrainable or is it just me?
chrissy:-{ |
Cheryl Anderson
| | Posted on Friday, May 5, 2000 - 7:40 am: | |
Chrissy you sound really frustrated. Maybe it is time to get someone else (new to the situation) to spend a little time with the pony, or at least to be with you so you can get a different perspective... or at least get a bit of a break. |
Stephany Coate
| | Posted on Friday, May 5, 2000 - 12:02 pm: | |
Chrissy-
I had a 19 mos. old Quarter filly I bought from someone who knew my background with horses wasn't much. The filly hadn't been handled at all and when she finally was, she was mistreated. She was EXTREMELY spookey. Just to touch her sent her up in arms. Anyway, she spooked one day and quite literally ran me over, 3 1/2 mos. later I still am not fully healed. Anyway, I sold her to someone who has alot of experience handling horses, he knew all about her since she was in his barn when I got trampled. Anyway, probably the best thing you can do is sell your pony to someone who is very experienced and is full aware of his attitude. I know how dangerous they can be when they're like that from first hand experience. You can try getting the people to buy him back willingly, but I would bet that's why they sold him. There may also be something in the law in your favor along the lines of negligence on the lady's part who sold him to you since she failed to tell you of his temperament and you got hurt as a result. I'm not a lawyer so I don't know for sure, but worth asking around about. Let me know what happens, if you get the chance. I'd be curious to see. |
