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| So if you want to show off her hunter potential - with tack? |
Photographing model horses available for sale is often a tricky business. For example, if you have a beautiful live show quality painted artist resin model horse and you want to demonstrate his suitability for performance, do you tack him up and photograph him? Think about it. People within the hobby get the fact that the tack doesn't go along with the price of the model. But even if you state that explicitly in the ad, I guarantee that somebody, somewhere on eBay or Facebook is going to 'assume' you are selling an all-in-one package. Of course any deal that looks that incredible has got to have a catch. But people don't read.
Another thing to think about - let's say you have a beautiful unpainted Artist Resin that you never got around to painting, and now you want to sell him. He's actually the second copy of the same resin and you painted copy #1. Or maybe you are good friends with a super artist and she says, "Oh, I've painted a few of those!" and you ask to borrow her pictures. Even though you state very clearly "I am selling an unpainted resin" and you have six pictures with the ad, each showing a different painted horse, there's somebody, somewhere who is going to assume they are buying a painted model!
I thought of this yesterday when I saw a gorgeous photo of an artist resin listed for sale. The photo showed the most exquisite Western tack I've seen in a long time - I mean whoever made that saddle has amazing talent. Even the buckles worked. I swooned (I have a thing for tack, both for real horses and models. I'm a tack junkie! I can't start buying it because I WON'T STOP.) Yet I wonder how many newcomers to the hobby may have thought "Do I get the saddle and the horse too?"
You may think this is all a weird point. After all, I think most folks reading this blog are very savvy collectors. Once you've been in the hobby a while you get used to all the idiosyncrasies. You start to understand the lingo, the ins and outs of buying on MH$P and such, you learn what all the acronyms mean.
But I think it's important to keep in mind that not everyone is savvy...and it's always best to be explicit in the ads and clearly list, maybe in bullet points, exactly what you are selling!