Re: lameness question

Ocean of Nuance wrote:

> 
> Let the seller handle the blood exclusively.  The buyer never touches 
> the vial nor sends it into the lab.

So, the seller knows he drugged the horse with everything in the cabinet 
.... and switches the tube with blood from an undrugged horse? If you 
can't trust the seller to not drug the horse, you sure can't trust them 
to hold the blood.
> 
>> The norm is, draw and store.  Run the sample only if problems arise
>> down the road.  Buyer pays.
> 
> Why should the buyer pay when the seller drugs a horse for sale?

Chance of getting the seller to pay anything in this situation is slim 
and none ... if the seller has drugged the horse to hide lameness, 
you're already dealing with a cheat.


LisaW
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