Kind of a Downer Day
March 25, 2007 on 2:52 pm | In farm, life, miniature horses, horses, foaling, sales |Well today was kind of a downer. First off last week I got an email from a lady interested in the 2-yr-old colts I have for sale. I sent recent pictures and she was all excited. I even offered a discount for her because it was for her 4-h kids. She was going to come out this weekend. Now we’re talking about 20 emails over the course of a couple of days.
No word from her before the actual weekend so I dropped her a note that I wouldn’t be home until after noon on Saturday and she emailed me back that oops, she forgot to write me that she couldn’t make it this weekend, it would be next weekend.
No problem, I wrote that it was probably for the best. Then today she writes she bought a different horse.
Now this is par for the course with horse sales and it didn’t really bother me all that much this time. Even up until the email I was like ‘I’ll believe it when I see it’. But it really drove a point home I’d been discussing with a few others on a forum board on the aspect of ‘no deposit/no sale’. Another words, if someone else shows up in the meantime before you get there, if you haven’t put a deposit down, the animal will be sold to the first person who ponies up cash. It seems heartless until you realize that so many folks say, oh yeah, I’ll be there, and never show up. Often times they don’t even let you know they’re not coming.
A couple years ago I had someone I’d spoke to on the phone, and via email wanting to meet me at a certain place to pick up an animal. I took the horse there because I was going anyway so it wasn’t a huge deal, but the person never showed up.
Why are people so inconsiderate? I don’t know. At least this lady this weekend let me know and didn’t leave me hanging.
Then I was thinking today that none of the mares are bred for this year. They could be but they’re sure hiding it well. That’s probably for the best too, but it makes me wonder what my stallion was doing all summer. LOL Maybe he decided he needed a break too.
At least the weather is beautiful today. Had a gate to be repaired today but didn’t get around to it. Probably Tuesday if it’s not raining.
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So many people these days are like that. My mom drilled it into us while I was growing up that if you say you are going to be somewhere or do something, then you better follow thorugh. To this day I actually feel stress if I cut it close on following through. It’s one of my pet peeves if someone else does something like say they’ll pick up something I listed on Freecycle then they just disappear into thin air. I usually don;t even give second chances anymore.
Comment by Angie — March 31, 2007 #
I agree Angie, me too. If they do that to me once, shame on them, but if I let them do it to me a second time, then it’s all on me for being a fool. I try not to harbor grudges, like with that one person who asked me to bring the horse with me and meet with her. I still see her on one of the forums I go to, and I TRY not to harbor a resentment, but although I’m civil, I just can not let myself warm up to her, or respond to any of her questions or even ‘cute’ posts. I’m not saying anyone who doesn’t buy an animal from me is on my S*&! list, of course not, lol, but if they SAY they’re going to and even have me jumping through hoops to help them with it, and then just don’t show up, or call, or disappear… yeah, I can’t help it, I resent it. I could never do that to anyone. Everyone window shops and as a seller you expect lots of emails or phone calls just feeling you out, or seeing what’s available, but once you get into the I want it stage, and I will buy it stage, then you should be honestly meaning what you say.
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