We have a situation now, we sold a colt to a lady, she SLOWLY paid the deposite in 2 installments. She was told the colt needed to be picked up by June the 15th(she lives one hour a way). I gave her till the first of July, and she still did not send final payment, and just could not make time to come get him( i think because she did not have the rest of the money) . She said she would come get him last weekend, and again could not make it! and it is now AUGUST! This past week he was kicked apparently by one of the other horses, and had a calapsed Trachea, and we had the vet out, but he could not be saved. I spent half the night with the vet, and the other half crying, and upset. We have all this documented by us and the VET, . So now i have a vet bill on what i consider HER horse, and she never finished paying for him. Do i give her the deposite back? she had not recieved the colt prior to his death.
My feelings are that if she had NOT been DELINQUENT in paying and picking up her colt, the colt would still be alive. Not only should i not give her money back, but she should finish paying for him and his VET bill. I am not here to be a FREE boarding facility. Unfortunately, she has not contacted me about him, so she still has no idea yet that he is deceased. The real looser here was the poor colt. If he was picked up by now, he would not have gotten kicked and would still be alive.
My feelings are that once you buy a horse it is your horse. We keep horses that we have sold here for people with transportation issues, and will work with them. We take extra care to make sure they are safe and well fed and healthy for their new owners. We run our farm as a business,
I am not here for the buyers ENTERTAINMENT or CONVENIENCE Unfortunatley we cannot and will not guarentee life. If you are concerned about a horse that you buy from us , we welcome vet inspections, and suggest insurance. That will protect the buyer.