Buster Ranch

~SALE TERMS~

All horses are sold as-is, where-is, with no guarantees to suitability or use.
We welcome pre-purchase exams, at the buyer's expense.

We do have a trade-back guarantee, and we will take any horse we have sold back in on trade towards another horse.  Whether you need to downgrade, upgrade, or just need something different ~ we will accept any horse(s), that we have sold back in on trade towards any horse that better suits whatever your needs are.

HORSES ARE NEVER HELD FOR ANY BUYER WITHOUT A NON-REFUNDABLE DEPOSIT

Deposits are generally 10% of a horse's sale price, are always non-refundable, and hold the horse for up to 5 days 

~ SALES APPOINTMENTS ~ 

75% of our sale horses are successfully sold site-unseen 
We have excellent repeat buyers worldwide, buyers who do not require an appointment to make a purchase decision.

Only 25% of our horses are sold through an in-person sales appointment.
~ SALES APPOINTMENTS ARE ONLY AVAILABLE FOR BUYERS WHO ARE READY TO PURCHASE AT THEIR APPOINTMENT ~
Even though in person sales appointments are only a small portion of our sales, we love selling horses in person!  We are staffed full-time, year- round, throughout the week to be able to accommodate all of our buyers who would like an in person sales appointment to finalize their purchase decision. 

We typically book sales appointments every weekday
 at: 9AM, 11AM, and 1PM.
** IF THE HEAT INDEX is over 95, sales appointments are booked at 5AM, 7AM, and 9AM**
We are often fully booked 24-48 hours out.
Please call to request an appointment
214-605-7174

We do not currently require an up front booking fee, for sales appointments scheduled during our regular hours.
(this policy may be changing soon!)

 If you are just starting to look, are looking to buy in the future, or are not sure yet of what you are looking for, and just want to look - we would still absolutely love to help you in your buying journey.   Please consider booking an intro lesson or a block of lessons, instead of a sales appointment, if you are not immediately ready to purchase.

Sales appointments during the Holidays, evenings, and over the weekends - are EXTREMELY limited.   
Most weekends we are either at a horse sale, at a clinic, booked with lessons, at a competition, or we are at a family event.
  A holiday, evening, or weekend appointment, costs us more out of our pocket - than an appointment that is scheduled during our regular staffed hours.  After hour appointments also regular significant extra coordination.
To be able to offer an after-hours sales appointment~ we do require an up-front (non-refundable) $500 booking fee, which of course applies to your purchase.

 We do NOT require an up-front deposit to book an appointment to purchase during all of our regular hours!  

~ SALES APPOINTMENTS ~ 

75% of our sale horses are successfully sold site-unseen 
We have excellent repeat buyers worldwide, buyers who do not require an appointment to make a purchase decision.

Only 25% of our horses are sold through an in-person sales appointment.
~ SALES APPOINTMENTS ARE ONLY AVAILABLE FOR BUYERS WHO ARE READY TO PURCHASE AT THEIR APPOINTMENT ~
Even though in person sales appointments are only a small portion of our sales, we love selling horses in person!  We are staffed full time, year- round, throughout the week, to accommodate all of our buyers who require an in person sales appointment to finalize their purchase decision. 

We typically book sales appointments every weekday
 at: 9AM, 11AM, and 1PM.
** IF THE HEAT INDEX is over 95, sales appointments are booked at 5AM, 7AM, and 9AM**
We are often fully booked 24-48 hours out.
Please call to request an appointment
214-605-7174

We do not currently require an up front booking fee, for sales appointments scheduled during our regular hours.
(this policy may be changing soon!)

 If you are just starting to look, are looking to buy in the future, or are not sure yet of what you are looking for, and just want to look - we would still absolutely love to help you in your buying journey.   Please consider booking an intro lesson or a block of lessons, instead of a sales appointment, if you are not immediately ready to purchase.

Sales appointments during the Holidays, evenings, and over the weekends - are EXTREMELY limited.   
Most weekends we are either at a horse sale, at a clinic, booked with lessons, at a competition, or we are at a family event.
  A holiday, evening, or weekend appointment, costs us more out of our pocket - than an appointment that is scheduled during our regular staffed hours, and after hour appointments also regular a lot of extra coordination.
To be able to offer an after-hours sales appointment~ we do require an up-front (non-refundable) $500 booking fee, which of course applies to your purchase.

 We do NOT require an up-front deposit to book an appointment to purchase during all of our regular hours!  

CONSIGNMENT TERMS

We accept a VERY limited number (LITERALLY A HANDFUL EACH YEAR!!!) of consignment horses, from a pre-approved list of consignors.  In some cases we will accept a past sold horse on consignment.  We do not currently accept consignments from the general public.  Our facility is almost always full, so we do typically have at least a 30-60 day waiting period on accepting consignments.

Feed/board is billed at $600 per month or $25 per day, whichever is less
Maintenance due is billed at actual costs, vet, farrier, dental, etc.  Hauling is a $250 minimum within 60 miles, and then above 60 miles is billed by the mile based on current fuel prices.

Advertising is billed at cost, at $300 per horse.

We produce professional sales pics and a high quality sales video at $500 per horse.

We require a non-refundable payment of $2,000 paid up front on all consignment horses.   This payment applies towards 2 months of board, sales pics, sale video, and advertising expenses.  This payment is non-refundable, and in the case that the horse is rejected from our program, this payment covers our expenses, time, and evaluation fee.

We charge a 15% commission off of the actual sale price, on all horses over $10,000
20% on horses sold under $10,000 
If we represent your horse to be sold through a professional auction service or horse sale, those fees are taken out,  separately from our fees.

Our terms are 90 days, up to 150 days, if horse is not brought to us maintained, and ready to go up for sale
Our average sale time is 48 days.