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Post by hunter on Nov 25, 2009 19:34:31 GMT
is it just me being a grumpy old git or is anyone else feel the same ??
I get so cross when you advertise a horse or pony and people email or text or pm me asking if i would consider loaning !!!
NO IF I WANTED TO LOAN IT I WOULD ADVERTISE IT FOR LOAN NOT FOR SALE !!!!!
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Post by Julie(luke3) on Nov 25, 2009 19:42:45 GMT
I know how you feel Hunter, but it was the other way round for me. When I was looking to loan my mare I had loads of people wanting to buy her, but didn't want to loan!! Ahhhhhhh x
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Post by sarah00000 on Nov 25, 2009 20:08:58 GMT
No dont blame you. I had loads of peeps ring me and ask if my LR pony, that I advertised as LR and specified NOT FR.
Was she good for FR x about 50 phone calls! .........gggrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr! Can they read?
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Post by armada on Nov 25, 2009 20:24:35 GMT
I also had people sending me pics of ponies and horses they had, and wondered if I was interested in doing a swop, all by text message, no actual 'real' phone calls.
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Post by ladybird on Nov 26, 2009 8:13:57 GMT
oh god how i lament for the old days. The days of telephone calls and manners!!! ( so guess i must be an old git too lol) The few times i have advertised i too have had 'any pics' 'any pics' any PICS' when i have clearly said in the advertisment, sorry NO PICS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THen get a friend to come over and help out when someone seems really interested, and you never hear from them again gggggrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
Message for these time wasters/tyre kickers/ pic lovers, MANNERS MAKETH MAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OK rant over.
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Post by sarahp on Nov 26, 2009 8:26:56 GMT
We had the other way round lovepink - if my pony for loan as a FR/Open pony would be a tiny tots LR.
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Post by ellieraga on Dec 9, 2009 9:35:15 GMT
I know exactley how you feel and have only just placed ads in other places apart from here , have come to the heart breaking decision to re home my patterdale due to pregnancy In the ads i was completely honest and did state that as a terrier would prefer him not to be re homed with young children, and hoped this was being sensible and honest  The phone rings at 6.29am this morning, that annoyed me to start with as i would never ring that early !!! secondly the voice on the other end stated i want the dog as a christmas present for my two kids, aged 2 and 6 months, i replied as a terrier didnt want to re home with young children and certainley wasnt to be used as a christmas present, she replied i didnt think it was a terrier i thought it was a Pitterdale ?? What hope do you have when you try to be honest and you get responses like that, really dont know what to do know as worried sick he might not get the home i hoped for if people cant even read the ads properly |
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Post by armada on Dec 9, 2009 10:09:56 GMT
I know exactley how you feel and have only just placed ads in other places apart from here , have come to the heart breaking decision to re home my patterdale due to pregnancy In the ads i was completely honest and did state that as a terrier would prefer him not to be re homed with young children, and hoped this was being sensible and honest The phone rings at 6.29am this morning, that annoyed me to start with as i would never ring that early !!! secondly the voice on the other end stated i want the dog as a christmas present for my two kids, aged 2 and 6 months, i replied as a terrier didnt want to re home with young children and certainley wasnt to be used as a christmas present, she replied i didnt think it was a terrier i thought it was a Pitterdale ?? What hope do you have when you try to be honest and you get responses like that, really dont know what to do know as worried sick he might not get the home i hoped for if people cant even read the ads properly  God people are such idiots, I remember the lady who gave me Caspar had exactly the same sort of calls. And as a christmas present? It never sinks in with some people does it? If she'd rung me her ear would still have been burning!! |
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Post by ellieraga on Dec 9, 2009 10:15:34 GMT
I think this ladys probably still is, to start with i was alarmed at the time of the phone call and then what she said really wound me up, i then said exactley what i thought , maybe i could of been a bit more tactful but i was soooo angry , READ THE ADVERTS BEFORE RINGING PLEASE
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Post by brindlerainbow on Dec 9, 2009 12:32:55 GMT
ellieraga we have a weekly newspaper which im sure is available in all parts of the country and its called something like Sportingmans Diary and it has lots of articles/show reports and for sale adverts for lurchers and terriers that may be a good place for you to advertise him as hopefully the people that read it are quite clued up on terriers!! good luck
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Post by mandmfan on Dec 9, 2009 13:56:00 GMT
Besides, Ellieraga, what sort of person would want to give a dog as a present to children aged 2 and 6 months? Wouldn't worry if you were not tactful enough - sounds like they had it coming.
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Post by ellieraga on Dec 9, 2009 14:34:19 GMT
Aah thanks for that, looking back on it i think i was probably harsh but its stressful enough trying to find him the best home possible and being pregnant
To then get some nutter on the phone at 6.30 in the morning wasnt a good start to the day
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Post by ellieraga on Dec 10, 2009 9:36:39 GMT
No early phone call this morning luckily, saying that no phone calls since ? |
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Post by kickon on Dec 17, 2009 10:32:21 GMT
Thank goodness Im a collector and not a seller of horses  Having said that there is one chap that I should sell but I worry where he might end up and I hate dealing with idiots that think they know it all When they really dont know which end they poo out of |
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Post by snowflake on Dec 28, 2009 16:51:55 GMT
Put in bold in the advert NOT FOR LOAN!!!!!!!!!!!!
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God people are such idiots, I remember the lady who gave me Caspar had exactly the same sort of calls. And as a christmas present? It never sinks in with some people does it? If she'd rung me her ear would still have been burning!! 
