Rojo is a No Go.

[crazychicknlady]

Rojo got sold out from under us. The owner lost our e-mail and since I hadn't contacted him when he thought I was going to he sold him to someone else.

I called his vet Monday, her tech called me back Tuesday to tell me she had to find Rojo's chart, I called again Wednesday and Thursday, the tech called back Thursday to tell me how busy the vet's been all week, I e-mailed the owner Friday to let him know I'd made no progress with the vet, and he e-mailed me today to tell me he'd deleted my e-mail, assumed I didn't want Rojo since I hadn't e-mailed Monday and sold him last night.

Cookies for anyone who got through that mess of a run on sentence.

Long term we probably dodged a bullet medical cost wise (Rojo was a hard used ex-rope horse, he'd probably have had joint issues within a year or two).

Short term we lost out on a horse that would probably have taught the kids a lot.

I hadn't realized how attached I had gotten to Rojo and he wasn't even ours yet.

Comments

[rocketsong.blogspot.com (from livejournal.com)]

I TOLD you craigslist people were flakes.

[crazychicknlady.livejournal.com]

Yeah, deleting the e-mail before you collect the money does seem a little short sighted.

I guess the owner thought I was being the flake and canceling the deal without telling him, even though we shook on it and everything *sigh*.

I was dragging my feet a little so our fencing could get done, but it hadn't occurred to me that he would have deleted my e-mail before the deal was closed. I figured if he was wondering about the delay, he would e-mail me.

I suppose I should have e-mailed Monday, but it seemed pretty worthless to send him an e-mail along the lines of, "Um, I called your vet and left a message, but she never got back to me, so I still don't know if your horse is sound enough for me to pay you for."