horse sales

[Barcie]

anyone go to horse auctions for the cheap tack. I went to Reading Horse sales the other day and brand new rugs were going for about £35 pounds!! There was other tack there and if you are brave enough to bid go for a song. Obviously you have non of the back up if it is the wrong size but the auctioneers are pretty ok if you bid for something at the wrong moment and they can auction it again straigt away. Worth checking out for some cheap deals!!!!!

[CurlyWurlyRach]

here here!
I got a double bridle for £3. sold it on for a tenner :D

get stuff at the sales and ebay it for a sneaky profit :cool:

[mu0ljk]

I get stuff at Beeston in the tack auctions. Great fun! Got a Sabre bridle for £20 which when I got home I found out retails for £90! Wohey!!

[Ptaty70]

A stable where I worked during a recent 'career break' had a break in over the summer. Through solid good work by one of the women, a few of the saddles were found on eBay for a snip (easily spotted as they were top notch saddles and rather distinctive). When the police visited the seller said she bought them for a pittance at a horse fair/auction although the police are still investigating her as the saddles were so ridiculously cheap, they were obviously knock off when she bought them, hence she could be complicit.

Just sending a 'beware' out as some of them may be dodgy. Saying that I got a lovely deal on a new bridle at the HOYS in December - for £15. Was the last day. yay.

[CurlyWurlyRach]

you do have to exercise caution.
My uncle is a policeman (dial 999 in north yorkshire and you'll probably get him!) and hes marked my tack with my name and number with SmartWater (shows up under a UV light) and is offering to do my whole yards as quite often there will be cops at tack safes with UV torches checking things.

[BRAMBLE]

How do yuo find out when and where any sales are!!!??

[tigs]

leominster auction is advertised in the horse and hound i think

[rosie101]

:D :D Just make sure you examen it good i even got my amazing mare there all she needed was work now she is amazing i love her so much and im glad they sold her because now i have her and she is my life