ravelyan wrote:
Lol, can anyone in this little spat actually articulate what you're fighting about?

Everybody is agreed that HnH's mare is a nice horse.
Everybody is agreed that it was a good sale.
Many people have been bemused by the idea that someone would ship a horse to Australia just to trail ride; those same people have also said that it's the buyer's money and he can do what he wants with it.

So why all the bitch slapping?
I'm sorry, but when I sell something and the reaction is that my buyer must have more money than brains, I would feel offended too. It makes the deal look like I took advantages of him/her. And with the history of this board, it wouldn't be unrealistic to think that those comment were made with that intention. Maybe they weren't, I think some of the people that made those remarks are usually nice (but I am sometimes a bit naive, based on my own experiences). But I don't blame HNH for being a bit offended and FTF only stood up for an internet buddy. Maybe their observations and reactions were a bit influenced by earlier experiences on this board, but that goes even much more for the others. 


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