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WARNING to anyone buying pets
MORPH3US
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Hi all,
WARNING to anyone buying pets - mainly dogs I suppose but could be any....
A girl in work has just told me about this dog that she has been offered.... she found it on the "Classifieds" section of The Sun newspaper... it could equally have been Gum Tree or anywhere else...
She showed me the e-mails she has had from the guy and he is a definite scammer.... she was ready to part with cash for this dog
So please beware if you are buying a dog.... it should go without saying but go and see the dog that you are looking at buying and ask questions, check RSPCA and Kennel Club for advice on how to buy dogs...
My own personal opinion is please, please get your dogs from rescue centres, not breeders... I know there are many reputable breeders out there, but can you always tell the difference....
When you look at http://www.!!!!!!!!!!!!!/manytearsrescue/dogslookingforhomes.htm and see dogs that have been bred to within an inch of their life, never loved, kept outside and never toilet trained or properly cared for, just used as puppy making cash machines.....
(How annoying that the site filters out the web address, please replace the !!!!!! with free webs .com all one word, or google "many tears animal rescue" and look at the dog section.... )
However thats my personal feeling, but even if you disagree with that, please be aware of scammers looking to rip you off.....
WARNING to anyone buying pets - mainly dogs I suppose but could be any....
A girl in work has just told me about this dog that she has been offered.... she found it on the "Classifieds" section of The Sun newspaper... it could equally have been Gum Tree or anywhere else...
She showed me the e-mails she has had from the guy and he is a definite scammer.... she was ready to part with cash for this dog
So please beware if you are buying a dog.... it should go without saying but go and see the dog that you are looking at buying and ask questions, check RSPCA and Kennel Club for advice on how to buy dogs...
My own personal opinion is please, please get your dogs from rescue centres, not breeders... I know there are many reputable breeders out there, but can you always tell the difference....
When you look at http://www.!!!!!!!!!!!!!/manytearsrescue/dogslookingforhomes.htm and see dogs that have been bred to within an inch of their life, never loved, kept outside and never toilet trained or properly cared for, just used as puppy making cash machines.....
(How annoying that the site filters out the web address, please replace the !!!!!! with free webs .com all one word, or google "many tears animal rescue" and look at the dog section.... )
However thats my personal feeling, but even if you disagree with that, please be aware of scammers looking to rip you off.....
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There are loads on Gumtree, but to be honest you can tell the scammers just by what their advert says and the price the "pup" is. If people have no common sense then thats their fault if they get scammed. I saw an ad on Gumtree from a person who tried to warn others that she bought a dog, yes she sent the money online, and it never turned up at the Airport, I mean come on :rolleyes:0
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yeah, there are lots of scamers out there offering pups for sale that dont eve exist - and a fair proportion are nigerian 419 scam variants..
Another good reason to research breeders carefully (and I agree, for the layman its hard to tell the difference between a reputable breeder, a back yard breeder just in it for the cash, and a scammer!) and, for your own sake as well as ethics, to consider homing from a reputable rescue0 -
I think there are a lot of scammers out there full stop taking advantage of people over the purchase of everything. I once got asked in the car park of Comet if I wanted to buy a laptop for £100 and the guy brought out a laptop case from under his seat. Before I could tell him it was a washing machine I was actually after and did he have one under the seat he sped off and a police car came along and told me they were selling laptop bags with bottles of water inside.0
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Who would buy a Laptop without checking it's in the bag, do people really buy without looking in the bag ?
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kimberley, nuch as we like to think it wouldn't happen to us, it can - scammers are generally clever and plausible, hence their success... and most honest people assume others are honest too - its only human nature.
I know some very intelligent people who have been scammed or conned in one way or another - yes, some scams are easly to spot, others, sadly are far less so.0 -
watched Rogue Traders can watch it here if you missed it
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00ht44f
Matt Allwright and Dan Penteado are hunting and confronting more rogues. They investigate pet shops and dog breeders who sell sick puppies. The Rogue Traders team go undercover to buy three puppies from establishments which have been reported to the RSPCA or trading standards. One of the puppies cost 350 pounds and was bought as a pedigree King Charles spaniel. But within a few days it falls ill with Parvo virus, a severe intestinal infection, and has to be put down.
Matt and the team reveal that in many cases, the paperwork is inadequate to prove a puppy's pedigree, or that it has been properly vaccinated. One of the dogs purchased by the Rogue Traders team had a docked tail, a procedure which was made illegal in England, Scotland and Wales in 2007.
When Matt confronts one puppy farm, the breeder attempts to hold the team captive. It takes a visit by the police to get them released.0 -
buckrogers wrote: »watched Rogue Traders can watch it here if you missed it
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00ht44f
Matt Allwright and Dan Penteado are hunting and confronting more rogues. They investigate pet shops and dog breeders who sell sick puppies. The Rogue Traders team go undercover to buy three puppies from establishments which have been reported to the RSPCA or trading standards. One of the puppies cost 350 pounds and was bought as a pedigree King Charles spaniel. But within a few days it falls ill with Parvo virus, a severe intestinal infection, and has to be put down.
Matt and the team reveal that in many cases, the paperwork is inadequate to prove a puppy's pedigree, or that it has been properly vaccinated. One of the dogs purchased by the Rogue Traders team had a docked tail, a procedure which was made illegal in England, Scotland and Wales in 2007.
When Matt confronts one puppy farm, the breeder attempts to hold the team captive. It takes a visit by the police to get them released.
I watched it last night - it is incredible how they get away with all these wrong-doings!!!!Spring into Spring 2015 - 0.7/12lb0 -
buckrogers wrote: »One of the dogs purchased by the Rogue Traders team had a docked tail, a procedure which was made illegal in England, Scotland and Wales in 2007.
Not necessarilly so. Working dogs can still be docked in England and the Scottish Government is under some pressure to allow the same in Scotland.
Although my dog came from down south and has been docked. I was always a little ambivalent on the pros and cons of it. This season I however saw the state an English Pointer (not a breed that is docked) got into working in close country with the Spaniels. The tail was a real mess.0 -
I think there are a lot of scammers out there full stop taking advantage of people over the purchase of everything. I once got asked in the car park of Comet if I wanted to buy a laptop for £100 and the guy brought out a laptop case from under his seat. Before I could tell him it was a washing machine I was actually after and did he have one under the seat he sped off and a police car came along and told me they were selling laptop bags with bottles of water inside.
there used to be a similar scam with speakers being sold out of vans in superstore car parks. you would get a demo of how good the speakers were, buy them, get them home, unpack them and then realise that you had just been sold the speaker casings...they had no 'guts' inside them!0
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