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Originally Posted by Junoline  hello, i am in the process of buying a pup from the breeder crystal hardacker, the puppy is 7 weeks old and will be ready in march. After reading that experiance that a recent buyer has had with this woman just a month ago about not even being a purebreed or even close to one i am very hesistant to buy from her now. I have already put down a deposit of 100 dollars towards the total cost of 400 dollars. I had went to go see themwhen they were 5 weeks and they looked very much like the way yorkie pups would look, but im afraid if i buy them from her that i would be getting something else otherwise. Just today for kicks i googled her name and lots and lots of negative things came out, i wish i would have done this before, when i went to her house she seemed very kind and had all this paperwork...i dot know what to do???? i am afraid i wont be geting a purebreed. I have already payed the 100 dollar deposit towards te pup, so my question is what shold i do?? should i wait it out until i go to pay the rest of the money and see what the pup looks like, or should i tell her that i have read many bad things about her and how she con'd people and gave them mixed puppys..i have very litte money..was savin up for a yorkie and dont want to get burned. She made me sign a paper sayin that the deposit was on refundable unless the puppy somehow died of sickness under her care? please if anyone has any advice, thank you |
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Originally Posted by Lilyshuman Run from this breeder!
If she is lying about the kind of dogs she breeds what else is she lying about? |
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Originally Posted by babbsiam44 OK, you signed a non-refundable deposit contract. Take your loss and leave her alone. I see you have been saving for a yorkie but from what has been said and results from googling I would count my blessings that is all you have spent. Call her and explain to her of your findxings and that you are not comfortable with her.
OR....tell her you would want to take the pup to a vet and have a it tested for what kind of dog it is. She if she agrees to that..ha, I bet not but who knows. Then you give her the reamining balance. Let us know what she says because this is going to get interesting. |
I would follow their advice...trust me the loss of a deposit is nothing compared to giving someone like this more of your hard earned money! Puppy scammers are awful people!
Technically, you could take her to small claims over the deposit if you were really into going that far...showing this lady has a history of fraud...notice how many people on here have had contact with her etc...
FYI for those recommending shelter, rescue, and free dogs pup etc...the legal issue the OP is dealing with sites retail value not secondary market value and as much as it is sickening when dealing with live animals secondary market value of property is not the same as retail value and that is how it will be seen by a judge...
wish we had a brave judge out there with a heart that would change that animals really shouldn't be considered property but then again so are children in some aspects of CA law (not to mention the rest of the country)...probate law stinks...but we'd making headway on making things right...thankfully the OP as a strong fraud case here.
Maybe everyone of you whom are posting about this breeder shoudl get together compare notes and make statements for each-other, what a great case to put together being able to show how many people were able to connect so quickly with similar stories...wish it was the case the every bad breeder, puppy scammer out the was so easily found out and people could stand up together showing the consistency of their deceit. Best of luck to you all.