Is this reasonable?

[BlackOak2]

I know it's allowed and I'm not going to do anything, I don't care that much, but that doesn't mean I'm going to like it.

I agree... I mean, I don't like flippers either. But I can see a great use for them as well. So in a way, if I needed one, I would certainly like them at that moment.

The point is, I want to know that the horse is purchased to be flipped, that's all. So that is the verdict of what happened before. If the player's intention is to flip, then just put it out there that, that is the intention. HWO had a rough point with it when we had a player that did so (not just one, but there was a main one that seemed to start the short trend). But after everything was settled down and that player started to do just that, then everything was: green and fuzzy again.

So flipping is accepted here, and accepted well, as long as it's done so without hiding anything.

[Jockey]

Yep, just happened to me too. I sold a trained mare for 100k and she just sold for 5 million at 19 years old and very fat.

It is possible that this transaction was a money transfer as well as a freezing transfer for the horse and the account.

It was sold in auction.

[Soaring Hooves]

Wow. That is pretty sad.

It is possible that this transaction was a money transfer as well as a freezing transfer for the horse and the account.

It was sold in auction.

[BlackOak2]

It is possible that this transaction was a money transfer as well as a freezing transfer for the horse and the account.

It was sold in auction.

Well... must've been something overlooked then.
Up your prices.
Evidently, you're not selling for enough.

[Jockey's Holding]

It was sold in auction.

Well... must've been something overlooked then.
Up your prices.
Evidently, you're not selling for enough.

Funny thing is when I try to sell them for a higher price, no one buys them... Maybe because they know I will eventually cave in and just sell it for cheap.

[Jockey]

Wow. That is pretty sad.

Yeah, oh well. I didn't really have too much use for her anyway. If she were one of my Thoroughbreds though, I would have been really mad.

[BlackOak2]

Well... must've been something overlooked then.
Up your prices.
Evidently, you're not selling for enough.

Funny thing is when I try to sell them for a higher price, no one buys them... Maybe because they know I will eventually cave in and just sell it for cheap.

Sometimes it takes awhile. Projects across HWO change daily and a horse that would sell for $1000 on one day, might suddenly sell for a million on just the next day.
Don't go under a base price that YOU think is reasonable for your work. Eventually, it'll likely sell, when somebody opens a new project or saves the money. That's if you have the room to keep them around. And that's the difference. You either hold out until you get what you want, they age out because they don't sell, or you adjust the price to fit your timeframe or the market.

We all face this. At first I couldn't sell ANY of the horses that I thought might. So instead, I simply stopped selling them and closed my bloodlines. Now, when I post a horse for sale, especially if it's bred by me, it usually doesn't take long to sell... but that isn't always the case. Sometimes a horse, even well bred (either by me or another) with a great pedigree and proven comp lines, simply won't sell for squat.
There are ways to help bump up the chances of sale, like training, but then that only gets you the minimum market price of a grinder. And some horses are So Much More than a grinder.

But as you said, they might also know you'll eventually come down. For instance, there's ME, that's a cheapskate and that hunts the market occasionally for super-great bargains! And I pass over certain ads for certain reasons.

Then of course, there was that one time I did flip a horse, and then sent back all the profits of that horse to the original owner. So...

[Jockey]

Funny thing is when I try to sell them for a higher price, no one buys them... Maybe because they know I will eventually cave in and just sell it for cheap.

Sometimes it takes awhile. Projects across HWO change daily and a horse that would sell for $1000 on one day, might suddenly sell for a million on just the next day.
Don't go under a base price that YOU think is reasonable for your work. Eventually, it'll likely sell, when somebody opens a new project or saves the money. That's if you have the room to keep them around. And that's the difference. You either hold out until you get what you want, they age out because they don't sell, or you adjust the price to fit your timeframe or the market.

We all face this. At first I couldn't sell ANY of the horses that I thought might. So instead, I simply stopped selling them and closed my bloodlines. Now, when I post a horse for sale, especially if it's bred by me, it usually doesn't take long to sell... but that isn't always the case. Sometimes a horse, even well bred (either by me or another) with a great pedigree and proven comp lines, simply won't sell for squat.
There are ways to help bump up the chances of sale, like training, but then that only gets you the minimum market price of a grinder. And some horses are So Much More than a grinder.

But as you said, they might also know you'll eventually come down. For instance, there's ME, that's a cheapskate and that hunts the market occasionally for super-great bargains! And I pass over certain ads for certain reasons.

Then of course, there was that one time I did flip a horse, and then sent back all the profits of that horse to the original owner. So...

Thanks for the help and encouragement!