Buying a horse/WARNING

[Journeegirl@aol.com]

I recently called one of the ads in ridecamp and was one of the first people 
to reach the owner.  I asked about the horse, TY is his name and he sounded 
like what I was looking for. The next step of course was to have him vetted 
which took another 5-6 days to organize due to the fact that she lives out in 
Darby, Montana. The vet had to travel 90 miles to get there.  The horse 
vetted out and, not perfect but issues I could live with.  So I told the 
owner Jill Matyac that I wanted the horse and would send a check ASAP.( In 
the meantime I had a few other prospects that I had been in the process of 
condsidering and told those owners that I had already found a horse.)She had 
mentioned that there were others that had called and were also interested. I 
reiterated that I wanted the horse and that once she received the check and 
coggins to let me know.  In the meantime I was looking for a shipper to pick 
up the horse.  Jill offered to haul the horse for me @ 1.00 a mile. Two days 
later I received a call from Jill that she changed her mind. Instead of being 
honest and telling me that someone offered her more money she choose to lie 
instead and just blow me off.  The vet called me and told me that someone 
else had called him about the vetting I had ordered.  He gave them the 
information! He said he thought that Jill and I had a deal and that he did 
not think it would matter.  When I told him that Jill was selling the horse 
to someone else for more money and how upset I was he admitted that he had 
made a mistake in giving out the information on the horse and how sorry he 
was.  So, is this how horse people are in the endurance world?Buying a horse 
is a time consuming ordeal and when you finally found a horse that you want, 
think you have a deal only to have the rug pulled out from under you because 
some  other person offers more money knowing that a deal had been made is so 
out of line.  I have never had an experience such as this and I have bought 
many horses over the years!  It seems that Jill and her boyfriend will gather 
buyers and make a deal then simply sell to anyone with the higher bid. How 
unethical are people willing to be?Apparently these two people will stop at 
nothing for a few more bucks! BE FORWARNED!  


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