sucessful offers

[SO1]

I am trying to find out how likely it will be that someone will accept an offer below the asking price for a horse. If the add says ONO what is considered a near offer eg £500 off or just £100 off?

Has anyone made a successful offer below the asking price and if so roughly how much have you got off?

[**jet**]

i try to gauge the owners i dont think i have paid asking price for any of ours varies between 100 off up to 500 off!

[acw295]

I think it would depend on what the asking price is - If it is £1000 then £500 is unlikely - but if it is £3000 then it is more so.

I would have thought that 10-20% off the asking price would be roughly a near offer - never bought a horse but that is sort of how it works with second hand cars!!

[SO1]

So for a £3250 ONO, £2600 might be accceptable?

Never had to negociate on prices before but hear it is standard now and its all a bit scary :eek:

[anna15]

i think it depends if you can find a point for why you dont want to pay the full asking price for example if didnt pass complete vetting or maybe you have found a vice which wasnt mensioned in an add.

but if the owners want a good home then you whould be ok for about 100-300 off if you just cant afford full asking price.

[horsesforever]

I recently bought the horse I was sharing, the owner offered us first refusal and said that if she was going to advertise him he would be up for £3500 including all tack and rugs but that she would drop *considerably* for us but didn't want to give him away. My dad very cheekily offered £2000 (I was mortified! :eek: :p) We ended up paying £2800 which we were all happy with.

[eventerbabe]

offer cash. Owners are always more likely to give you a bit off that way. I knocked £250 off kes's asking price by offering cash.

[andreaB]

i wouldn't make an offer that was more than a 10% reduction on original price personally

so for a £5k horse i might offer £4.5K

having said that i have generally paid full asking price as i have felt they have been worth the money

chances are that if i felt something was really overpriced i wouldn't want it anyway , ie if looking at a £10k horse i want a horse that £10k buys not one that is priced at that but only worth 7 or 8

if a horse were advertised at £3250 ono i'd expect the owner to be looking for £3k , if it were a good horse & mine & someone offered 20% less on that price i would think they were time wasters unless they had specific reason , there again i always try to price a horse fairly

[notpoodle]

you could always try without tack ?

Julia
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[SO1]

chances are that if i felt something was really overpriced i wouldn't want it anyway , ie if looking at a £10k horse i want a horse that £10k buys not one that is priced at that but only worth 7 or 8

if a horse were advertised at £3250 ono i'd expect the owner to be looking for £3k , if it were a good horse & mine & someone offered 20% less on that price i would think they were time wasters unless they had specific reason , there again i always try to price a horse fairly

My budget was £3000 but I went to see her cos it was £3250 ONO so was thinking along the lines of £3000.

However the friend I am taking with me for the 2nd viewing has advised me to "always offer a third less than the asking price" which I feel is a bit cheeky but she is way more experienced than me when it comes to buying horses so have now got a bit confussed.:(

I am a bit flexible as would be happy with the quality of £2500 pony which had done less or a £3000 one that was more experienced. I was thinking it might be overpriced which is possible as after 4 weeks of advertising I am the only enquirer and they tried to sell it last summer and failed.

Julia I dont think I could realistically get much off for the tack - its prob only worth £100 if they were to sell independantly.

[KarinUS]

offer cash. Owners are always more likely to give you a bit off that way. I knocked £250 off kes's asking price by offering cash.

What else would you offer? Credit cards?

I think how much lower you can offer really depends on the horse. If the horse is competitively priced then they may get asking price. If there is something wrong with it then it could be a lot lower. A few years back I was looking at a horse offered at 4500 and after it didn't pass vetting he was offered to me for 3000.
Personally I either like/want a horse or I don't. I paid asking price for my yearling without negotiating.
I got $500 off my gelding and didn't even have to negotiate much (although knowing about anhdirosis now what I didn't know before I should have gotten 1000 off!)
And I tried to negotiate on my amre but they wouldn't budge and so I paid asking price. I probably could have waited them out but I liked the horse and didn't want her to go to someone else.

[Iron Maiden]

First horse I bought - they wanted £3500, I got him for £3000 with bridle & 2 nice rugs (but they knew me well & wanted me to have him).

Second horse - owner wanted £3200, I paid £3000 (thb over the odds but I tried bartering after drinking a bottle of Cava - bad bad idea!)

Current horse - owner wanted £3500, I paid £3300 & got some stuff thrown in.

I know people who drive a much harder bargain than me, but I'm a bit of a softie & in every case I really wanted the horse. Good luck & happy bartering!

[Rarah]

Mine was advertised at £3250 with some tack (no saddle)

I ended up paying £2800 with all tack including a really nice barnsby saddle.

So a £400 reduction plus extras thrown in for nothing!

Before I went to view the horse I contacted the owner and explained that I couldn't offer the full price and that I didn't want to waste her time or insult her by offering less and would she still like me to come and view and she was fine with it. I'm not the sort of person who normally asks for a discount but as long as you're polite it's always worth a go.

A lot of people are more interested in finding a good home for their horse rather than a good price (or is it just me that's a bit soft?).