Cheated in the Dog Game - Page 1

Its the same with all breeds.  The Dog Business or Game, which ever you prefer, is filled with scammers, cheats, crooks, and an epidemic of Peddlers.  Just because a breeder has an impressive web page and or an inflated rep, it doesn't mean they wont rip you off.  My experience is that the more money involved, the more apt the buyer is likely to get burned.

Anytime anyone sends money off to have a dog shipped, they are rolling the dice.  When and if your crate arrives, you may open it and be pleased, or you may open it and pull out a Duck.  An even worse scenario is to send off your hard earned funds, only to find out that you have been scammed.

If one is buying a high dollar dog or pup, and its within the US, I firmly believe it is worth the trip for the buyer to catch a flight out to see what they are paying for before they part with their $$$.  If the seller isn't willing to agree to this, then the buyer should move on.  A round trip air fare along with a dog added to the return flight, is often not all that much more than a dog shipped one way.

 If one sends off their hard earned $$$ and gets cheated, what is their recourse?  The sad truth is that legally the cheated person will find out that they just wont get much help.  Now there is of course the spread the word route, but in the end no one really cares, and the Scammer will always have their bullshit side as well.

It is so frustrating to the person cheated that thoughts of Vengance and retribution will enter. The only thing is, that if one takes matters into their own hands the $$$$ and legal problems that will most always come with this course of action, make it a very unwise route to pursue.

 If you get burned by a Selective Scammer its even worse, as this type of scammer will have  people he treated right willing to back him up, which makes you seem like an impossible to please buyer.  Believe me, the dog game is full of Selective Scammers.

 The more one purchases pups or dogs, they run the risk of being taken.  I had been taken a few times in my early years, and learned to really do my homework when making a purchase. Even then its not a guarantee you can't get burned.

 Just when I thought I knew how to do it, I got taken by someone I thought I knew very well, and who I considered to be a close friend.

In the end, all one can do is pursue what they can within the law, and save any paper work with promises or  guarantees. Other than that, its a very bitter Pill to swallow, but you may just have to live with it.

Hi Abhay,

I can perfectly see where you are coming from. Most of what you say, I can live with. I just dont believe that there are more peopel out there that got cheated, than peopel that have recieved what they were looking for & that are happy with what they got.

But you are wright, when money becomes the mayor issue, greed will follow close and things like integrety & honesty might easily go down the drain. Oh, one more thing on the side ........ I believe there to be thiefs & scammers all over this world.

Kind Regards       Ulli Dresbach

 Ulli,

   I believe as you, that more buyers are pleased with their purchase than those who get burned.  I didn't  mean for my post to come off that I felt otherwise.  I just meant that before one parts with their money, a lot of homework should be done.

Abhay,

yup, homework first - but isn't that something that gets promoted on this board over & over again .......... the scammers will not die out, aslong as peopel are not doing their homework & stop beeing the prey to these peopel.

Ulli Dresbach

This is soooo true. There are a lot of us that after it happens once and we find out that there really is nothing we can do to recover, then the next time if and when it happens, we are really to ashamed of ourselves for being such a fool to say anything. Then you have the part that because someone is a larger breeder that folks tend to not believe that they would do anything wrong anyway. It's a cruel world out there. Just got to be sooooo careful.

I know you may be looking for some sympathy for your loss. But just to know  theother side, there are a lot of good breeders who send dogs on credit and never get paid either at all or fully. Its just like any other business. Depends on you as how you do your dealings.

It's not just the buyer who gets scamed, there are plenty of small hobby breeders/importers that get scamed by buyers all the time. It goes both ways!

Vikram,

  Yes, that is the flip side of that coin. There are also Scammer buyers out there as well. That is why breeders need to do their homework as well, and screen every potential buyer as thouroughly as they can.  Any buyer who acts offended by a question is best to send on their way. On both sides its always best to remember that if something sounds too good to be true, its probably NOT.

Are there really a lot of breeders that send dogs on credit?

Shocking... 

Who are they and do they usually do background checks on buyers before agreeing to this arrangement?

After reading my previous post, I didn't make sense. I meant to say, if something sounds too good to be true, its probably NOT true.