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The Plaid Horse.com a/k/a The Plaid Horse Online is a corporation formed under the laws of the State of New Jersey. "The Plaid Horse" is NOT an agent, broker, or dealer in any capacity. The Plaid Horse offers the service of ONLINE CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING for horses for sale, for lease, and at stud and tack, equipment and services. 

RELEASE: The Plaid Horse acts as a venue for listing horses and other items for sale. We are not involved in the actual transaction between buyers and sellers. Because we are not involved in the actual transaction between buyers and sellers, in the event you have a dispute with one or more users, you release The Plaid Horse and its owners, agents, subsidiaries and employees from claims, demands and damages (actual or consequential) of every kind and nature, known and unknown, suspected or unsuspected, disclosed or undisclosed, arising out of or in any way connected with such disputes. (We suggest that you report any incidents of fraud to the Internet Fraud Complaint Center and your local authorities.)

NO GUARANTEE: The Plaid Horse does not guarantee the sale of your horse or your horse's services. The Plaid Horse does not guarantee the owner/seller's services, representations, or any horse's performance or fitness for a particular purpose. The Plaid Horse does not have a program to insure receipt of your purchases from third parties through this site. We recommend that you place insurance and tracking on all Plaid Horse Online items. Owners are responsible to proofread ads and confirm that correct photos are appearing on ads. Owners are responsible for early deletion of ads. Owners are responsible for marking horses as sold. Service interruptions are possible. The Plaid Horse cannot guarantee uninterrupted service due to circumstances beyond our control. 

RIGHT TO REFUSE SERVICE: All advertisement listings are subject to reasonable editorial changes or deletion. Slanderous or malicious ads are not permitted on The Plaid Horse. Ads for horses with any ownership dispute are not allowed on The Plaid Horse. If found, these ads will be immediately deleted and the user's further access to their account will be suspended or terminated. Solicitation or spamming of other Plaid Horse users through our site or ads is not allowed. If you send any type of unsolicited email (spam) to other users of our site advertising your own services, your account will be disabled and your ads will be deleted, your email will be blocked from further ad responses, and you with be reported to the authorities as a spammer. If you see a slanderous or malicious ad on our site or receive unsolicited email (spam) from another user such as someone trying to sell you their own services via our ad response forms, please use our Contact Form to notify us so that they can be blocked from further use of our site in this manner. If you see a possible stolen or missing horse listed on our site for sale, please Contact Us and it will be removed as soon as possible.

YOUR PRIVACY, ETC.: If you provide personal contact information, The Plaid Horse is not responsible for any misuse of this information. The Plaid Horse does not and will never sell or release your email address to SPAMMERS or JUNK MAILERS. The Plaid Horse is not responsible for photos lost or damaged in the mail. The Plaid Horse is not responsible for typos or accidental errors appearing on advertisements. All fees paid are non-refundable. The Plaid Horse cannot be held responsible for violations created by its users and/or customers. These violations include, but are not limited to: copyright violation, trademark violations, trade names or patents, or other content which is in violation of any local, state or federal laws. By using this service, all users, sellers, and buyers agree to the above terms entirely.

RECOMMENDATIONS: While The Plaid Horse cannot give legal advice, we do have some general recommendations for buying and selling horses:

The Plaid Horse strongly recommends that a Vet-Check or Pre-Purchase Exam should ALWAYS be performed on any horse being considered for purchase by the buyer's Equine Veterinarian of choice.

You should never complete a transaction without first writing down the terms of the deal and have each party sign it. If you can't afford a lawyer to draft up a contract, you still should write down the terms of the deal in plain English and get it signed. Any buyer or seller that is hesitant or resists is usually a sure sign of a potential problem. PLEASE TAKE THE TIME TO READ OUR WARNING about the International Cashier's Check SCAM. 

ATTENTION SELLERS: International Cashier's Check SCAM. Fraud Alert Counterfeit Cashiers Checks A very serious matter has come to our attention and we feel it is our duty to inform our users regarding any type of large-scale fraudulent activity that may be taking place related to the horse industry. We strongly believe in educating everyone to create an environment that is beneficial to both the buyer and the seller. We are doing our best to intercept, record, and report contacts of this nature here on ThePlaidHorse.com while protecting your email address from public display. We hope you will read this warning because you may have horses for sale on other sites that do not take these measures.

People selling horses are receiving buyer inquiries from a third party regarding the purchase of a horse from a potential buyer in Nigeria, Africa, London, Hong Kong, AND OTHERS. This inquiry commonly attempts to arrange the purchase of the horse with a cashiers check covering the price of the horse and shipping. After the horse has been shipped, they commonly ask you to refund the shipping charges as part of a finders-fee arrangement. They may also send you a check larger than the purchase price and ask for a refund of the difference. 

Unfortunately, the CASHIER'S CHECK IS COUNTERFEIT. This fact is not uncovered until the horse and/or your own money (the difference in the check they send to their victims and the lower sales price of the horse) have been forwarded to the scam artists. This scam may take various forms including purchasing frozen semen, tack, equipment, using WIRE TRANSFERS, etc. but all of the emails we have seen have various similarities including misspellings, bad English, foreign countries, and making offers for a client or other third party.

To protect yourselves and others against this type of activity, it is important to try and obtain as much information about the buyer as possible. If you suspect the buyer may be involved in this or similar scams, please forward any information you can obtain to the following organizations: For U.S. complaints use the Federal Trade Commission Consumer Complaint Form. You may also forward suspected scam email directly to: uce@ftc.gov 
For Canadian Complaints contact the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. 

To help you in recognizing these types of scams, we have provided below a list of indicators. They are only guidelines, and as always, should be tempered with common sense.

Claims such as offering more money than the asking price without an initial conversation regarding the horse are almost always a sure sign of a scam. Be careful of any individual who wants to send you more than your asking price. 

- Cashiers Cheque (note spelling) for MORE than Your Asking Price. They will send you a (COUNTERFEIT) cashiers check or certified check (usually spelled cheque) and ask you to send the difference to them or their shipper by wire transfer or Western Union. 

- High Pressure Tactics Be wary of individuals asking you to speed up the transaction beyond your comfort range. Again, a legitimate deal probably isn't going to move as fast as your money. Don't let yourself be pressured -- think things through.
- Requests for financial information. Don't give out any bank information without establishing a comfort level with the buyer or seller. 

- Always get something in writing. You should never complete a transaction without first writing down the terms of the deal and have each party sign it. If you can't afford a lawyer to draft up a contract, you still should write down the terms of the deal in plain English and get it signed. Any buyer or seller that is hesitant or resists is usually a sure sign of a potential problem.

- Remember the old saying, "If it sounds to good to be true, it probably is."