too cheap?

[IrishDQ]

searching treeless saddle on ebay and found this, it looks fine for the price but I am suspicious lol, is it too cheap to be true? :p has anyone ever bought one?

http://cgi.ebay.ie/AWESOME-SYNTHETIC-gp-treeless-saddles-black_W0QQitemZ220251406743QQihZ012QQcategoryZ72594QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[Shadowlark]

50 foot pole comes to mind.

There is no design there to distribute stirrup bar preassure - that would be the first red flag, and a fatal flaw in the saddle for your horses back.

[manwell]

i bought a hiliason treeless that looks exacally the same and its okay, not the best you have to be carful about some on ebay as they can be too low at the front. if you have the money you could try it and resell on ebay !!!
and let me know what it is like

[Sexy Sietske]

Totally rubbish saddle, bridle seems quite nice though :o

[freeformuk]

If you check the member details, they are in India (and I recognise the name "Saddle King). There are a lot of listings appearing like this that try and fool people into thinking they're in the UK. Hounslow, my foot!!!!!!!!

[IrishDQ]

*sigh* oh well, will keep looking! saddle hunting on a budget is proving difficult! :O

[freeformuk]

If you're looking for a good budget saddle, then look at a Barefoot though I suspect if you're looking at the above saddle, I guess you're looking for a more conventional type treeless. If this is the case, I'm afraid you will not a get a good one on a budget. All the cheap ones are made in India and I've seen far too much evidence now of crooked parts and bad stitching to the point of causing accidents. I also suspect that a lot of these types of treeless are just a regular saddle made without the tree and it takes more than that to make a good treeless saddle. Look for quality used.