refundable deposit
 

I put a deposit down on a male Yorkie. The day before i was suppose to pick him up. I received a call from the breeder saying he was at the Vet on a IV. She said his two sister died and she thinks he has Parvo. She told me if he didn't make it she would return my deposit..He passed the next day. She sounded upset and i told her when she was ready call me and we will talk about the deposit. After a week and half i never heard anything. I called her and ask about her upcoming litters. She said she had a litter coming in Dec but, had 3 people on her waiting list. I told her since she couldn't guarantee and male i will go ahead and get my deposit back. She agreed and said she would send out that Friday..A week later nothing.So, e-mailed her for the status. She replied that the puppy died of Corona and her and husband think that with the high Vet Bill that they don't think they should send the deposit and on her sight she states the deposit is non refundable. I reminded her she told me she would send my deposit back and she said she misspoke out of grief I feel it is non refundable if i decided not to get the pup.I never had the pup in my possession..Does anyone have any suggestion on what i could do to get my deposit back..Help

Welcome to YT.

That's crazy. Yes non refundable would mean if you changed your mind. Not if the puppy died while still in her care.

How much is the deposit? I would file charges in small claims court. Save all correspondence that you have with her.

The deposit was 250.00. She keeps responding with her web site says non refundable..

Yes, i have all her e-mails..I just wish we could work this out...with court but, i will if i have too. I just wanted to here from other breeders that what happened is not my fault and i deserve to get my deposit back..

Deposit was 250.00..I have all her e-mails..Thank you for your help

I would take her to court , can I see her website? If you don't want to post it here you can pm it to me. Good luck.

Well is she saying that she will replace the puppy, or that you are totally SOL?

I guess we all need to get a little smarter about the wording on things and get contracts that stipulate just what Non-refundable refers to.


If she has not trouble selling her puppies then I can't see why she wouldn't be willing to refund your money.

Plus those who were expecting puppies that died should be first in line to get the next ones.

Well thats plain crazy.
Non refundable means to me if you change your mind. The death of the dog has nothing to do with you. I can not imagine a court of law seeing it any different.
I would copy the non refundable clause she has on her site. If you paid by check or money order get those records.
Then I would contact her and tell her that info. If she doesnt respond like she should, tell her you will sue her if you have to.
Im sure you dont want to go thru all of that, but really that is the only way to get your money back from someone like that.
Good luck!

She never offered a pup from her next litter.I ask about it. She said it wouldnt be until Dec and she had three families waiting..She agreed to send me my deposit back and changed her mind at the last minute..

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I can't believe that. The nerve of that women. Do you think this could have been a scam from the begining? Man oh man...I would take that Biachhhhhhhhhhhhhh.........To court...Really! u deserve ur money back. Make sure u get it. Even if you have to go see her personaly.............Take ur lawyer with u.....Goodluck and please let me know how this turns out...............Best Of Luck once again, YUMI

I paid with Check and she gave me a receipt.

Yeah. My family thought the same thing "Is it a scam" I guess i will never know..

Well, thatz really unfair to the buyer ... who's to say that the pup really passed away and this breeder is not just conning people and keeping their deposits? Whatta racket that would be ....
I wonder what would happen if someone put a deposit on a car and then the car was demolished, would they NOT get their deposit back? The car was never in his name, same as the pup was NOT in your name ....

You should post her name on here so others would not be taken in by them.

She is sticking to the fact that her Web Site states non refundable..I guess my only choice is to take her to court..I just wanted to make sure i was in the righ

Her site is Heavenly Yorkies threw Breeders.net. The only reason i am putting this in here so if any other buyers purshases a pup they will know if the pup dies they will not get there deposit back..

As I posted before. You should demand your deposit back. "Not refundable" would be if you were the one to change mind on the puppy! Could it be a scam??? :confused:

report her to breeders.net. they are reputable and will deal with her.

Yes, i did fill out there complait form after i reviewed Code of Ethics..I did it yesterday. They havent responded yet..It states 1-5 days..
I e-mailed her and told her if she wasnt gonna send me my deposit i was gonna contact them..She said shes not worried she has a good reputaion..After that i filled it out..She left me no choice

I do understand non-refundable deposit however, I would like that would mean if you changed your mind..You never even had the puppy...This isn't your fault that the puppy died. If you still want to buy from this breeder I would ask her if you could apply this deposit to the new puppy. Even if they are spoken for YOU should still be able to get one from this litter...again...this wasn't YOUR fault. If she doesn't want to refund or apply to another pup then I would seek legal counsel...


JMO

As IF!!!!!!!!!!
 

OMG!!! :eek: First of all, those poor babies that passed away :( Secondly, TAKE HER BUTT TO COURT!!! OMG, that is just CRAZY that she doesn't want to refund your deposit because of HIGH VET BILLS??? Well sorry, but thats part of being a BREEDER!!! If you can't afford to care for the pups when they are ill and have to be hospitalized, then you have no business breeding! You never had the puppy in your possession, and you didn't change your mind about whether or not you wanted to buy the puppy...the poor little guy just died for pete's sake, that is something that was out of your control. If the pup that YOU WANTED passed away, then it is your right to say that you do not want to wait for the December litter and that you want your refund back. Simple as that. And whatever you do, stay on top of this and don't let her get away with ripping you off!! And keep those e-mails!!!

I'd like to see the wording on her website, but if you put a deposit down on a puppy, she owes you a puppy. If your puppy passed away, then your name should move to the top of the waiting list. I would take her to small claims court because she is being very unfair. Do you know for a fact whether she actually had this puppy in the first place? It might be a scam. I would ask her for the name of the vet.

You should get your deposit back no question about that. If not you should be first to get a puppy from the next litter. I read through all the emails in this thread and then realized this breeder told you she has three families waiting for her next litter which is December. DOes that mean they will be born in December? She must have some crystal ball to know how many puppies will be for sale in December. Have they been born yet and aren't ready to go until then to new homes? For a litter to be born in December the breeding would be October, is the dam allegedly bred or being bred in heat yet.
Hmmmmmmmmmm could smell like a scam alright.
I do not take deposits as I seldom have anything for sale anyway and don't know when I could sell a prospective buyer a puppy. If a situation arises that I do take a deposit, I always will refund it even if the buyer backs out. I don't want my puppy going to someone that changed their mind anyway so have no reason not to return the deposit.If I have Vet bills or other money trouble, that's my problem not the problem of the buyer of my puppy.

Yes, i drove 2.5 hours to see the pup. She did mention the Vets name in one of her e-mails but, i dont if i called they would release any information..

Is her name Dawn?

No,Heavenly Yorkies
Gail Rodriguez

Is this her website, if so it say this.
http://www.heavenlyterriers.com/contact.html
Due to a high demand for our puppies, we now require a $ 500 deposit in order to reserve a dog in an upcoming litter. If for any reason you are not able to accept a dog once one is available the deposit is non-refundable.

This says heavenly yorkies and it is also in Indiana

here is is>>>http://www.dogresources.com/yorkie/

Yorkshire Terrier
Heavenly Yorkies
Gail Rodriguez
802 S. Walnut
N. Webster, IN 46555

once again....http://www.heavenlyyorkies.com/