Someone who says they want to loan because they cant afford the cost of the pony, when the pony is only £250 - £300 to buy and they are offering you a loan with view to buy for a month?
I said id feel uncomfortable with it, because I suppose Id be judgey that if they cant manage to save a couple of hundred quid for the pony then how would they manage with any problems with the pony, and im not sure of a reason I would loan unless I wanted to loan anyway IYSWIM?
Disclaimer .. its someone I know who wants to loan. Shes been looking for a pony for a while for her DD, but says she cant afford to save for the pony, because they have got a part loan at the moment which they dont want to stop until theyve got a new pony. They have also just rented a field, ready for the new arrival, so they have no spare cash. The mum has apparently been responding to adverts where ponys are for sale asking if they will do loans for the pony, and people have been responding with no or we will do LWTB etc and when shes said but I dont want to LWTB because of the above they have turned her down, so shes asked me in what better way she could describe her reason for wanting to loan is ...
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MagicLlamaStrikesBack · 16/07/2012 07:39
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