Hi all. Terrible story. I now sell my antiques online since selling from my home became dangerous and potentially costly when a woman faked a fall during one of my garage sales. We immediately got a letter from her attorney asking for our homeowners insurance information. We consulted our homeowners insurance and they said to go ahead and provide her the information. She sued, of course, and we were told that since we put a garage sale ad in the paper and signs up that we had "invited" her onto our property. Our insurance offered her $1000 no questions asked. She declined and demanded $10,000. They hired a PI and discovered that she wasn't injured at all and was in fact a serial "faller and suer" who targets aflluent areas and homeowners in particular. They convinced her to either drop the suit or be turned into the police for fraud. She accepted and went away with nothing.
In light of the experience of the breeders, I definitely think that meeting places should be arranged to show the puppies and parents of the puppies. Pictures or emailed video can be provided to show the home situation of cages and general surroundings to give the prospective buyers peace of mind and sellers security. They should remember that if they place ads and have people come to their homes, they run the same risk. |