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Originally Posted by SweetViolet  If the pup is from overseas, you can't use the cost of the pup as a measure of it being "too cheap" because of exchange rates. I paid R4500 for Puddin, which is actually a little high for around here...but that translates to $450US.
If the pup is not from overseas and the price is very low, there could be other factors at play...like the dog isn't AKC registerable.
This is not to say that there aren't scams out there...there most definitely are! But don't be too quick to dismiss an ad as a scam until you've done a little digging. I can get you AKC registerable Yorkie pups for $500US or less (plus you pay the airline charges and for the crate) from South Africa ( The Kennel Union of Southern Africa is a full federated member of the Federation Cynologique Internationale (FCI), has reciprocal agreements with bodies such as The Kennel Club, London, the American Kennel Club ...), so these deals from overseas CAN be legit! |
Am I the only one who think her response sounds like another scam? Sorry to SweetViolet if this is not the case. It just seems suspicious that she immediately jumps in to defend overseas adoptions (which have "bad idea" written all over to me) and then says that she could get a puppy for one of us. How convenient. It sounds to me like she is trying to get someone to respond to her and ask her to get a puppy for them. Maybe she would be able to, but I get the feeling that that person wouldn't receive that promised puppy. Plus, by the time you pay for the additional health charge, airline charge, and crate you wouldn't have to spend that much more to have the security of buying from a place that you can check out and where you can meet the pups before buying one. Scams can happen anywhere, but anything to do with overseas I wouldn't trust.