>>> True confessions, V Ha! Did you read what someone wrote recently on the treeless list? She said that a good saddle is the "cowboy savings account. If you have a saddle, you ain't broke!" I loved that. I've jokingly referred to my "saddle equity," but I'd never heard of the cowboy savings account. Since I've gotten pretty close to having the saddles I need, I haven't been hurt by buying and selling a few as my needs change. If you get good saddles, which often aren't the priciest ones, they will hold their values pretty well. I like my last BMSS a lot, but it wasn't going to work for Sina, Melnir or Eitill, and I really didn't need it for the bigger horses. I was lucky enough to sell it for ALMOST what I paid for it, and was able to find a better-suited-for-us Torsion to be my designated non-Sensation saddle - for a good bit less.
Another woman on the treeless list told a cute story. She went through such as phase of buying and selling saddles a few years ago, trying to find something that would work. She had figured out how to buy and sell pretty much even regarding cost, without spending a lot, but she still didn't want her husband hassling her. Luckily UPS mostly delivered during the day, while her husband was at work. One day, her cover was blown though, when she and her small child were driving with her husband. The little boy pointed to a UPS truck, and said, "Look mommy, there's the saddle truck." I love that story. I have since called UPS trucks, "saddle trucks." Karen Thomas, NC
