I think they will give it away
 

they will make a killing on this most people will say whats 5 dollars so they have no reason not to and if they make a lot they will do it monthly

People need to be educated and made aware that there is no such thing as a pocket size Yorkie at 12 weeks. There is no guarentee that the pup will stay small. Teacup or Pocket size are red letter words and need to be avoided when looking for a puppy.

Thats sickening:( :thumbdown :eek:

So the puppy won't be 8 weeks until April 25th and its already taken away from its mother :(

No, the puppy has to be over 8 weeks because it has to be that old to fly.

It looked like from the nextdaypets link that it will be 8 weeks when the raffle is over, but that would mean its less than 5 weeks now, and who knows how old when this whole thing started. I'm sure they do have the parents and just don't want to show them, but I was just pointing out the stupidity of their reason why they don't have any pictures.

Sad
 

That screams "scam" to me, too: the picture isn't the puppy that will be "given away" for a $5 ticket, no pictures of the parents, and the dog's from another country. If it's real, then it's a terrible situation for the dogs.

I wish we could do something to stop this kind of thing. Even if we manage to get scammers banned from online selling sites, they just crop up again on others, or on the same ones under different names. I've reported a few where the dog was coming from Africa and the sellers were only asking for the plane fare -- major scam. They were removed from the site in question, but a few days later, I saw the same thing on another site. No idea how to stop that.

Star Yorkie Kennel's respond!
 

Hi Guys,
It's me Ben from Star Yorkie Kennel.
First of all I must say i am very impressed with the publicity of our small promotion. I never thought it will become so famous.
When we started it, the idea was really to allow one person to have a puppy they wouldn’t normally be able to afford. So we thought, if everyone will cheap in, one lucky person will have the best day in their life when they will find out they won a tiny puppy.
I must say at this point that we have already reached our original asking price for the puppy and from know on all the additional income from this campaign will be donated to different rescue teams.
Now, as far as the person who will win. No need to say we will not let anyone have any of our babies without making sure they will be a responsible dog owner, and this goes not only for the puppy we will give away but also for every other puppy we will have for adoption.
If anyone has more questions about anything that we do we will be more then happy to answer all your questions via email. Email: puppies@staryorkie.com
I think it is better to get answers than raising stupid suspicions.
Good Luck everyone!

Ben Ashel
Star yorkie Kennel
www.staryorkie.com

P.S
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Thanks,
:)

Well Ben you said to ask questions so here is my question. Can we see pictures of the mothers and fathers of these dogs? Ya have to wonder how big the moms being bred are to be producing such tiny babies. Also, why would you purposely breed for such small babies. Isn't the standard 5-7 pounds small enough? Never mind pictures of the moms I see they come from Korea. I guess you're going to tell me that you have family that live there and they breed them right? That seems to be the big thing lately. I see them coming from Brazil and from Russia etc. and it's funny because all of those selling from other countries seem to have family that breed. I've also been told by the same people that the parents live lavishly on their family's farm and are treated like kings and queens. :rolleyes:

Elaine

One other thing Ben. You have a button next to each pup in which you can click and leave a deposit. I went and looked over your FAQ area to see how that deposit worked. Since you said (See your quote above) I would have figured that I would have found some kind of stipulation about good homes, checking references or something but nope nothing about that. Only thing I found was (See Below) Based on that it certainly doesn't seem like you are too interested in where you babies end up.

"If you see an available puppy that you like we recommend to you to take action. We have a lot of families that are interested in our babies so they are going pretty fast.
You can put a puppy on hold with a $250 deposit. Just click the Pay-Pal link on the puppy's listing and that will take you to a Pay-Pal page; you can use your Pay-Pal account or just your credit card. Only in the first 48 hrs you can still change your mind and use the deposit for a different available puppy or a place on our waiting list. From the time you left the deposit you get 7 days to arrange payment and pick-up / shipping.
If more time is needed you can use our baby sitting service for only $25 / day.
The deposit is non refundable."


Elaine

someone pass the :2popkorn: , :2pizza: and :martini:
This one is going to get :interesti!!! :wink5:

Oh I'm more of a Potatoe Chips and Dr. Pepper kind a girl. Can we add that too :D

Elaine

Silly me.... The whole time I thought you were in it for the money. :rolleyes:

:D Hey someone's bringing popcorn and martini's into the other forum. We're all waiting over there for Ben's response to the questions he said we're more then welcome to ask :rolleyes:

Elaine

Oh wait we are in that forum. ha ha. I guess I started too early on the Marinis. :p

Elaine