How to Politely Decline a Sale

MDKatie · #1 09/12/14, 09:09 AM

I have a goat for sale, and recently some people we know have expressed interest in buying her. We see them from time to time in the community, so I don't want to be rude about it. I just don't like the look of their place, and have heard some things about them from their neighbors too. I really don't want to sell them a goat.

I realize I can sell this goat to anyone I want, and can refuse to sell it to anyone I want, but they're obviously going to see if I keep advertising her...so it's not like I can tell them she's already sold.

Any ideas to politely decline the sale?

CraterCove · #2 09/12/14, 09:27 AM

Gossip is an ill thing to base judgement of a person on, in my opinion. The words of neighbors can be tainted by disagreements. I'd take what they say with a grain of salt.

I know its a hard thing to do sometimes but isn't honesty always the best policy? Perhaps instead of these people going into buying from someone else with their place poorly set up they could be helped to be a better owner instead?

Maybe just being straightforward and saying you are really particular about where your goats go to live is enough. I mean, if you are particular enough you might just drive them away.

MDKatie · #3 09/12/14, 09:31 AM

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Originally Posted by CraterCove

Gossip is an ill thing to base judgement of a person on, in my opinion. The words of neighbors can be tainted by disagreements. I'd take what they say with a grain of salt.

Oh, I'm not just going on what their neighbors say, but mostly what I've seen of their place.

**mygoat** · #4 09/12/14, 10:19 AM

Tell them like it is? Tell them you are not trying to be rude, but you have some concerns and lay them out. You want them to be successful.

MDKatie · #5 09/12/14, 10:49 AM

I also just found out they don't have any other goats, so that's a definite no-can-do for me. I only have 1 doe for sale.

Donna1982 · #6 09/12/14, 11:18 AM

Tell them you do not sell to anyone who doesn't have a friend for them. Also just remember not everything you see is what it seems. If you came here you would see feed bags torn in the yard, wood chunks all over the place. Old hay laying around and so on but my animals are taken very good care of. Sometimes there is just not enough time in the day.

I do agree though no other goat is a no no for me.