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| Becky Acord Rocky Ledge Stables Shady Horse Dealer Blandford, Massachusetts |
| 2nd of Oct, 2011 by User159069 |
| Our experience is an almost exact match for the other complaints on Ripoff Report and elsewhere. Saw a horse advertised by Rocky Ledge on Equine.com. The setup seemed great: little kids, three-legged dog, etc. Assurances that if we bought a horse and he didn't work out we could return easily for credit towards another horse. Assurances that he had Coggins cert and full vet records. On riding the horse seemed sound. Bought horse and Becky delivered him in Vermont. "Forgot" to bring Coggins/records. Promised to fax. When examined in VT, horse had neurological problem, balance problem in hind quarters. Also underweight and had Lyme disease. Tried to call Becky. No response to many calls and emails. Finally found home number and when child answered got Becky. Assured that all paperwork was being faxed, and that return was easy. That's the last time I actually talked to Becky, in spite of many more calls and emails, and the paperwork never showed up. We finally decided to start the Lyme treatments, which we've completed, but gave up on returning the horse to Becky, in part because we didn't believe she would treat him properly. He is still unsound. When I wrote that to Becky, pointing out that she had broken the law by selling and transporting without a valid Cogginss test, she wrote an email about how difficult her life had been this year, but didn't offer to in any way fix things, let alone supply the Coggins certificate. Finally, if anyone has gotten to Becky through Equine.com and been scammed, please write equine.com. If they get a few complaints they say they will take action to get her off their site. My advice is to steer clear of Becky. She is obviously in the business of paying low prices for horses she knows little about and turning them over quickly. If you do decide to deal with Becky, be sure to 1) have the horse examined by a good vet, 2) be sure to have the Coggins and all paperwork in hand before taking delivery, 3) check the authenticity of any paperwork with the issuer and 4) totally disregard any of her opinions and guarantees. It's a convincing story, but it's not true. And being stuck with an unsound horse is probably not what you're looking for. |
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| Well there are always 2 sides to every story. I was fortunate enough to go with Becky on the delivery of this horse. When we got there there was no one around! We had to wait for somebody to get there to except the horse and paperwork. I was handling the papers that day as she was handling the horse. I DO remember ALL paperwork being there including coggins test. As far as that horse being unsound he seemed fine to me. I had the horse in my barn for a time as well and found him to have no issues. It could very well have been the turn out area they had put him in.It was a disaster and unfit for horses. She did receive a call from buyer and had set up a date to pick the horse up and then the buyer called and cancelled! I was there for that too! This is crazy. Remember, she sells hundreds of horses each year. People only express bad stories so if there are a couple out there, that is a good thing there are so few. That means the other thousands are happy. She gets lots of repeat business and that would not happen by doing bad business. Her horses are showing and winning everywhere and many many happy people! Oh yea. Becky does not have a home phone number. That was funny. She just has a cell phone as she is always in the barn or truck and not in her house to answer. That was a nice touch:) |
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