Re: RC: Re: RE: Buying a horse/WARNING

[Nancy DuPont <Htrails@Earthlink.net>]

Each horse each buyer has a paid for exam unique to them - it is not the
vets job to let one person pay, another benefit. None of our local vets here
would consider doing that.

At 11:53 AM 10/13/99 -0700, you wrote:
>I guess in this particular case, there is some confusion because the person
>who obtained the pre-purchase was not allowed to buy the horse and the
>person who actually bought the horse got the pre-purchase information from
>the vet just by asking for it.  So, in this case at least, "buyer" is a
>relative term.  Does seem like the person who benefitted from the
>information (the person who went home with the horse) might have some
>liability for the vet bill, although I suppose it could also be argued that
>since the vet should not have released the information to anyone other than
>the person who ordered the pre-purchase, the vet might have to eat it.  I
>don't know any of these folks--my interest is purely academic.  Be
>interesting to know what the attorneys on Ridecamp say.
>Dyane
>N. Ca
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: <Paints2123@aol.com>
>To: <Dbeverly4@aol.com>; <ridecamp@endurance.net>
>Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 1999 10:06 AM
>Subject: RC: RE: Buying a horse/WARNING
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>> In a message dated 10/13/99 12:11:39 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
>> Dbeverly4@aol.com writes:
>>
>> << So, who gets stuck with the vet bill? >>
>>
>> The buyer.  I either state up front whether or not an exam is included.
>If
>> it's not, the buyer has the right to have one done, but at their cost.
>It's
>> unusual for a seller to pay for a pre-purchase exam.  I usually do if the
>> seller would like, but that is not something that is normally done.
>>
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Nancy DuPont, Executive Director
Heritage Trails
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Walnut Creek, CA 94598

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