Oh well - no new pony for me :(

[kirstinbell]

I'm feeling a bit miserable today as my offer for my school pony was rejected.

He was up for sale last year for £1500 and when i enquired about him a few weeks ago they wanted £2500. My RI thought I'd get him for about £2200 but I put in a cheeky wee offer of £1900. The've flat out rejected it saying they won't accept a penny under asking price and have also advised that because he's going so well they don't really want to sell him so even if i did offer asking price they may not accept it.

I'm absolutely gutted. I'd pretty much made my mind up that I was going to get him and had even considered paying asking price but since this won't guarantee me the pony I'm not going to bother.

I'm also a bit relieved because I'm trying to think positive and it gives me more time to save up in preparation for buying and to improve my riding a bit more.

They are still letting me loan him out on a Sunday and I ride him in a lesson during the week - I don't expect anyone will offer money for him if he's not for sale so at least he's not going any where - think I'd just got my hopes up a bit too much.

My RI keeps telling me that the right horse will find me but I do love my pony and had my heart set on him.

Never mind - I'll just keep up with my lessons and I'm thinking of doing a IH course so maybe when I do have enought money I can buy him and get even more out of him!

K x

[coverblown]

too bad Kirstin, sounds a bit depressing when you had set your heart on him. Why don't you ask for first refusal should they decide to sell him again - that way you should get the chance to meet their price before they sell him to anyone else.

And its great that you can loan him all day Sunday, thats a fantastic option. At our RS Sunday is their busiest day with clients..

[kirstinbell]

too bad Kirstin, sounds a bit depressing when you had set your heart on him. Why don't you ask for first refusal should they decide to sell him again - that way you should get the chance to meet their price before they sell him to anyone else.

And its great that you can loan him all day Sunday, thats a fantastic option. At our RS Sunday is their busiest day with clients..

Thats a good idea - but I don't think they'll sell him any time soon now that he's turned good. What makes it worse that its only since I've started loaning him out that he's started working better - I'm not saying it's all down to me but he seems to love the 1-2-1 attention - I spend ages just grooming him and it makes him so calm.
My RS is only open 4 days a week so I have him all day sunday and could probably have him during the week to - which I gues wouldn't be much different from buying him and putting him on full livery!

[horsey1992devon]

I'm confused (sorry) have you tried offering them the asking price?
surely it's worth trying? (as long as your are able to pay that much)
I hope everything works out for you, and that you get your pony :):)

[kirstinbell]

I'm confused (sorry) have you tried offering them the asking price?
surely it's worth trying? (as long as your are able to pay that much)
I hope everything works out for you, and that you get your pony :):)

The owners daughter made it quite clear that they'd rather not sell him and that this would be the lowest amount they'd consider.

He's only 14.1 and I think my heart would be ruling my head a bit if I bought him now and then stuggled financially (he doesn't come with any tack so I'd be looking at another 1k for that)- gonna save up and try again in maybe 8 months when I find out what my annual bonus is!