Puppyfind.com

I also have been scammed as most of you but the scam happened to me while trying to sell a AKC Brittany puppy. People will contact you asking if the puppy is still available and then tell you they will pay by money order then come back and say that an agent will come pick it up and that they "by mistake" sent out two money orders and would cash them both and send the extra back by Western Union money transfer?

I have had more scams than I would like but use the puppyfind.com website to sell as I want to give people a place to find a great AKC Brittany puppy and not from a puppymill either. I give references of people who have bought from me before and emails back and forth where I ask prospective buyers questions and they ask me as well so that they get a puppy that will be a match to their family.

I don't have a single owner that is disappointed and give a vet health check and the buyer can contact me and even the buyers from previous owners as well to make sure their puppy is healthy as well. I encourage my buyers to keep in touch and have had them return to buy a second puppy and to refer my name to others and have them buy from me as well.

It's sad to see how people on both sides have been scammed and don't like to see this but I encourage you to find a puppy near you and I encourage people to come and visit to see me, the puppies, to choose for themselves and to look over the pedigree as well. Then make a choice.

I have sent a puppy to Hawaii, Iowa and have even met the buyer where I drove to meet them half way and all are happy with their purchase. Please check out, sellers yes, but I am not a bad breeder, I take pride in my AKC Brittany and have only the one female and breed only once a year. I don't have multiple litters, just the one litter at a time.

I am a small private breeder of Italian Greyhounds. I do list my puppies on PuppyFind. I know there are a lot of complaints about PuppyFind and the different breeders. It's not all about the buyers getting ripped off. The breeders selling must be careful too. I do tell people that are looking for a puppy to do some homework on your breeder. After all, you put time into researching the breed of dog that you want. Some ads say "Pups are in home raised or socialized". Check this out:

#1) Does the pup have AKC? If not than it may be a mixed breed. Poodles mixed with labs can get CKC reg.

#2) When you open your puppies page to read the info. go to the bottom and click on (view all listings by the breeder) You may be very surprised. This will show you all the puppies they are selling. Sometimes you will find 4 or 5 different breeds of dog all different ages and 36 puppies for sale. Then they try to say, In home raised. I say, NO WAY! You may have found a puppy-mill or a large Kennel.

#3) Click on (read reviews) Did you know the breeders are allowed to delete the reviews they don't like? So, also ask for their references, people that have gotten their pups in the past. Name and no#, then call them, at least 3 of them. Ask the people about the health of their dog. Was it really socialized and loving? Did they see the parents of the pup? Was the puppy flown? If so, were all agreements met?

PuppyFind is for advertising. They do give you some tools you can use to check up on your breeder. We all want a happy, healthy and beautiful puppy. I am honest and my pups are great. can prove it. I don't mind if someone asks me a lot of questions, because I too ask a lot of questions. I do care where my puppies go. I do not sell to puppy-mills or large kennels. Don't get me wrong. There are a lot of good kennels out there. They feed there dogs well, exercise, give very good health care, but my pups would not adjust to a Kennel. Do your homework on your breeder. Good luck finding a healthy, happy, puppy.

My civil rights have been infringed upon. I am a breeder and owner of many English Bulldogs. I have purchased many dogs with friends of mine that we co-own together. When we breed the dogs, some litters are raised by me, some are raised by my friends, etc. We do this so that we don't have too many dogs at one location and so that each dog gets the proper attention at their homes. Nonetheless, we split all profits from litters. I am the main financial source of the purchases of all dogs that reside both in my home and at my friends' homes. Many people go into this endeavor together and structure it this way for the best interest of the dogs. I have been a loyal customer advertising puppies on Puppyfind.com and paid for their services for over 6 years now.

Recently, my account was terminated by Puppyfind.com due to claims that all litters are not physically raised in my home yet I am co-owner on all litters as so are my friends when I am the one raising the litters. They claim that I have violated their terms of service and terminated my account because all litters are not physically in my presence at all time and raised by me yet I am legally the co-owner as I own the parents and compensate my friends for half the litter for helping to raise them. Their claim is that the breeder is legally someone who raises the litter when that is not true or factual. Legally, the breeder is the owner of the dam and/or the sire, which I am on all dogs that I sell puppies for.

Many people within the US hire others to raise the litters that they have bred. So should the hired nanny be the breeder in their eyes? My account has been terminated for no legitimate legal reason. This policy is not listed anywhere in their terms of service, the definition of breeder is not listed anywhere on their site. This is a personal decision based on their or one person's personal feelings and discrimination and it is a pure violation to my rights as a consumer. I am looking for others who have been victimized by their unethical business practices to form a class action lawsuit. My loss of income from sales is in excess of an estimated $50,000.

I bought an Old English Sheepdog from one of this website vendors. The puppy was found to be deaf. The seller, after promising a partial refund, blocked my emails. I went on this site and saw the seller Patti ** was selling another litter. On the site, you can sign in if you are buying/selling a dog. And on each seller's ad is a 5 star rating of buyer's satisfaction. I wrote a factual 989 word account of her business practices with documented emails and vet reports to send to any buyer. I sent her an email from that site notifying her of my review, with my email address for anyone to contact me. I found the next morning that my review was removed and the seller's 5 star rating was restored. I emailed Puppyfind.com asking why and who removed it, as the 5 star rating is not reflective of Patti **'s business practices and pet health guarantees. They responded stating that the seller has the right to ask that any negative feedback be removed.

That to me is on the verge of purposeful misrepresentation. I was told that I could appeal and had 7 days to do so, which I am doing. However, the buyer's rights don't seem to be supported on this site, as I could not find a seller on the entire site that did not have a % star rating! Buyer, beware on this site.

I am not writing to complain, but to warn. I am a Vizsla breeder, not a professional breeder, but I have bred my two personal pets. I have had my puppies on puppyfind and been very successful selling them. Both times I have sold all the puppies before the 8 week mark (as I do not let the puppies go to their new homes until 9 weeks, because I give a health guaranatee and make sure they have had their first round of shots, are fully on puppy chow and ready to leave) I have had several emails wich were scams. Anytime anyone emails and says they will send you a money order for over the amount and want you to give a shipping agent the remainder. this is a scam!

I interview every family that is interested in my puppies, if I do not speak to them on the phone personally I do not continue to email any response. I accept only cash or check for my deposits and only release the puppy from my listing until the check has cleared the bank, if I have not personally met the owners as I have sold puppies to people in several states.

Since I am a seller, I have not seen the scams that go across to a buyer.. but as a seller, I have had many emails which were scams. Usually if the email in in broken english then I immediately know that it's a scam. At that point I respond that I will only take cash for the puppy. It's sad that people will scam in this way, but they do. So, sellers, beware as well the scam works both ways!

You're lucky to have mailed at this time because the puppy has just been placed on adoption by one of my customers, who went on a Missionary transfer with the West African Missionaries, West Africa Nigeria. he is giving the pup up for adoption for $300 because he cant take good care of the pup due to his busy and tight schedule at church and at his missionary work. All he wants is someone that's homely and a caring person to adopt this young and lovely human best friend." he will give the Puppy to you if you promise to take good care of the puppy. he needs a neat and caring home for his puppy because he really wants the puppy to go to a good home. If you are willing to take the puppy contact the Reverend.
Thanks

I sent a followup email the rev and got this reply:

My name is Reverend Jonathan L the puppy is still up for adoption.May the peace of the Lord be with you.I am in the climax of my missionary training which I am very happy about.I was posted to Nigeria(West Africa) for a missionary assignment which will round up my missionary school.My love for God has changed so many life's and brought hope to the lost.My puppy is A kc reg and ready for a good home.She is potty trained,loves kids and other domestic pets and up to date with all her shots,also vet checked and medically certified.Due to its my first time of coming to Nigeria,i needed someone to keep me company.I came along with Nina to keep me company.Presently my busy schedules and travels all over Nigeria is not given me the chance to take care of Nina.I am really not happy about adopting Nina out and Nina is not happy but really have no choice.I have prayed to God about this and i still waiting for the right person to take perfect care of Nina for me.My puppy's name is Nina and she is 12wks.I am in search for a good and caring person for Nina.I am presently in west Africa Nigeria with the puppy.I will be giving Nina out for free but $300 will be need for her shipping,handling and other charges for shipment to commence.

I went to google and checked Rev. Jonathan L and got absolutely nothing pertanent, but when I googled the phone numbers I found the Nigerian Puppy Scam. I am reporting this so that no one gets scammed. I am lucky, I am computer savy and don't fall for scams so quickly.

I found a puppy on their website that I wanted. So I contacted the breeder, her name was Marjorie **. I have already purchased two puppies from their website just from different breeders. I confirmed several times that the $460.00 included shipping. I sent the money through MoneyGram and the breeder came back with, "I need another $180.00 for shipping. We need to use peanuts to ship due to weather." You would never put a puppy in peanuts, it would die. I told her that I confirmed the $460.00 with her several times and that I am not going to send anymore money. I asked her to send my money back.

Her last email stated, "It doesn't have to come to that, I will pay the $80.00 and you send me the $100.00." My response was, "No, please send me my money." I emailed this woman for 3 days for my money, to date no emails and no money. I contacted Puppyfind.com. They indicated that they check their breeders with a background check before they let them sell a puppy on their website, and that they are not responsible.

I paid $5.99 to subscribe and found a puppy and wired Western Union to supposed Rev Harry ** of Nigeria, Africa and his helper Juan ** and was scammed. They called me asking for more money because the puppy need 350 additional refundable flight insurance. It's a big scam! I contacted puppyfind.com and their response was basically, "too bad, we are not responsible."

The adoption of a Golden poodle stated the customer was transferred to missionary in West Africa. All he wants is $300. "Wants is someone that is homely and with a good Christian home." The poor grammar made me beware. There's no economic or physical damage just a disappointed 4 yr old!

I placed a "free" ad on PuppyFind for 1 puppy. I soon received an email stating that many people had looked at my ad but unless I paid to upgrade the membership no one would see my contact info unless they themselves pay for a membership.

I quickly decided that this site is ridiculous and went to delete my account. I soon found out that there is no way to delete your account so I just deleted the puppy ad.

I then continued to get emails stating how many people saw my ad and that I should pay to upgrade. Their emails have no way to unsubscribe (which is illegal) and there is no contact info on the site. All you can do is use their contact form.

I used the contact form and told them to delete my account and stop emailing me. Now today I got an email stating that my account was upgraded and the last 4 digits of a credit card.

I knew we never gave them our credit card info so I looked for away to contact them again. I soon came across a complaint forum where a woman gave out their secret phone number (888-740-5870).

I went to their website, logged in and gave them a call. As I talked to the woman she said very nonchalant that if we did not give them our credit card info then someone hacked my account. She said that it happens all the time.

As I talked with her my account email address changed and puppy ads for 2 types of puppies were put on my account.

She got very confused and asked how I got onto the account. I tried to explain that it was my account but she was very confused. She then just kept making excuses for the company and said that nothing that happens on the site or with the accounts is their fault.

She also commented that they are too small of a business to keep everything secure.

In the end I asked her to stop arguing and making excuses and just deleted my account and stop emailing me like I asked.

I have now found complaints everywhere online that state that people are getting ripped off on their site nonstop and they do not care as long as they get the membership fees.

Went to puppyfind.com. Emailed a Crystal F for a request of one of her puppies and she referred me to this Father Benson who has one of her purchased puppies but couldn't keep her. We made a deal via email to send $75.00 to Father Benson through Western Union. Western Union to a JAMES C, Niberia 23401 on 12/2/09. It was received and the puppy was to be shipped to the address I gave him along with my nearest airport. It is now Sunday, 12/6/09 and I have received nothing but a final email requesting 150.00 more american dollars to be able to afford a better crate for this puppy named "Luna" and I stopped all communication with him plus changed my cell phone. I am not a person with a lot of money and I am saddened by the loss of my previous dog who just died. I was just trying to get a puppy.

I emailed Kaylyn K-breeder, through "puppy finder". She said she just sold the pup advertised, but gave me REVERAND Donnie M's email who has two samoyed pups in nigeria. Samoyeds are snow dogs-not doing well in the heat, "please help save my babies" Being a REVERAND said lots of "God bless you" swore to God this was real--I was suspicious. The breeder here in the states vouched for him. said she would send copy of papers--(never did) I sent $400 through Western union, then the customs problem-sent another $5oo, then a new license transfer fee $1500--that's when I got smart. These guys are good. Both swear to God they are trustworthy, etc. Lost $900. But what slim balls--posing as a Reverand with the "church of christ" there doing Gods work. having samoyeds in africa! they hit all the emotional triggers.

For the second time I have requested to see a puppy that was listed in Tampa,Fl and was told it belonged to a missionary who just left for Africa and has the puppy with him ,but needs to sell him.I emailed the missionary and was given instructions as to what I should do to get this puppy .I then figured this is a scam.

I bought a chinese impereal shih tzu for 500.00 in March 2009 and she Guaranteed the health. I had her for 2 months when I took her to the vets because her teeth were falling out. Note she was 19 month when I bought her. She did have very stinky breath when I got her and I did plan on taking her in to get a dental cleaning but when her teeth started to fall out I called and they got her right in, her Dr said that she had very bad and infected gums and he didnt even have to pull the teeth they just fell out and so she lost 5 teeth and he is keeping an eye on her K-9's because he said her toung will hang out off to the side with out them.

I email Cindy on puppy find and she pulled all her puppies and have not contacted me. I asked for 400.00 refund or a choice on the next litter. Truely she should not be a breader anyways. And she also has an UMBILICAL Hernia that she never told me about.

On April 25,2009 I found a 13 week old pug on puppfind that I was interested in. I contacted a Gloria Vladmir,who was the seller. She answered my inquiry about the puppy instantaneously.Her response: She told me I was lucky to have E-mailed her at this time because the puppy had been sold but the new owner had to put it up for adoption.Apparently, the new owner went on a Missionary transfer with the West African Missionaries.She told me he is giving the pup up for adoption for $350.because he can not take good care of the pup due to his busy schedule at the Missionary.She told me all he wants is someone with a good christian home to adopt the pup.If I was still interested in adopting the pup I should contact Rev Benjamin C.

I immediately sent an E-mail to Rev C. His Reply: "Thanks for the E-mail, and yes the puppy is still for sale.He told me the pup is health guaranteed, and AKC Registered. The Rev informed me he in not currently in the States due to his Missionary work and the pup whose name is Luna is with him. He went on to say there was no one to take care of Luna and due to the harsh weather in Nigeria he has decided to place her up for adoption.If I was still interested I was to send him all the necessary information so he could contact the shipping agent to make arrangements immediately.

On April 26, 2009 I sent the $350. through Western Union. Rev C emailed me the payment had been received and Luna would be shipped out and I would be able to pick her up at the airport the next day.

On April 27, 2009 Rev C informed me an additional fee of $550. would have to be paid for insurance purposes. Until this payment was made, shipment of Luna would be delayed. On April 28,2009 I sent the $550.Luna was to be shipped immediately.

On April 29, 2009 I received an E-Mail from the shipping company telling me Luna was held in Mexico, due to Custom Charges and Custom Duties.An additional $400. was required before Luna could leave Mexico.I immediately contaced Rev C regarding this matter.The Rev told me to send out the additional $400. and he gave his assurance that the addition fees of $300. and $500.would be refunded to me once I picked the puppy up.( Now I realized I'm being Scammed, big time)

I contacted Rev C and requested the name of the Aiport and the phone number to verify if Luna was in Mexico.

The Rev told me the shipping company would not disclose this information until the addition $400. was paid.

I contacted the Rev once again and informed him the original price for Luna was $350. With all the additional charges added, I have paid $900. Until he can provide the information to prove Luna was in Mexico, no more money will be exchanged. I informed Rev C without this information this transaction will be null and void. At this point, I told the Rev I didn't know how he wanted to handle this situation, but I would like my money back.

The good Rev C must have dropped off the face of the Earth. I haven't heard from him since.

On April 25,2009 I found a 13 week old pug on puppfind that I was interested in. I contacted a G. Vladmir who was the seller. She answered my inquiry about the puppy instantaneously. Her response: She told me I was lucky to have E-mailed her at this time because the puppy had been sold but the new owner had to put it up for adoption. Apparently, the new owner went on a Missionary transfer with the West African Missionaries. She told me he is giving the pup up for adoption for $350.because he can not take good care of the pup due to his busy schedule at the Missionary. She told me all he wants is someone with a good christian home to adopt the pup. If I was still interested in adopting the pup I should contact Rev B. Castro.

I immediately sent an E-mail to Rev Casto. His Reply: "Thanks for the E-mail, and yes the puppy is still for sale. He told me the pup is health guaranteed, and AKC Registered. The Rev informed me he in not currently in the States due to his Missionary work and the pup whose name is Luna is with him. He went on to say there was no one to take care of Luna and due to the harsh weather in Nigeria he has decided to place her up for adoption. If I was still interested I was to send him all the necessary information so he could contact the shipping agent to make arrangements immediately.

On April 26, 2009 I sent the $350. through Western Union. Rev Castro emailed me the payment had been received and Luna would be shipped out and I would be able to pick her up at the airport the next day.

I contacted the Rev once again and informed him the original price for Luna was $350. With all the additional charges added, I have paid $900. Until he can provide the information to prove Luna was in Mexico, no more money will be exchanged. I informed Rev Castro without this information this transaction will be null and void. At this point, I told the Rev I didn't know how he wanted to handle this situation, but I would like my money back. The good Rev Castro must have dropped off the face of the Earth. I haven't heard from him since.

On April 29, 2009 I received an E-Mail from the shipping company(deliverylady@deliveryman.com) telling me Luna was held in Mexico, due to Custom Charges and Custom Duties.An additional $400. was required before Luna could leave Mexico.I immediately contaced Rev Casto regarding this matter.The Rev told me to send out the additional $400. and he gave his assurance that the addition fees of $300. and $500.would be refunded to me once I picked the puppy up.( Now I realized I'm being Scammed, big time)

The Rev told me the shipping company would not disclose this information until the addition $400. was paid.

I contacted the Rev once again and informed him the original price for Luna was $350. With all the additional charges added, I have paid $900. Until he can provide the information to prove Luna was in Mexico, no more money will be exchanged. I informed Rev Castro without this information this transaction will be null and void. At this point, I told the Rev I didn't know how he wanted to handle this situation, but I would like my money back.

The good Rev Castro must have dropped off the face of the Earth. I haven't heard from him since.

I feel puppy find is attracting puppy mill type breeders and they dont screen any postings. I wish the dept of Ag would pass a nation wide law to regulate puppy mills and make it hard for them to exhist. I believe if dogs were limited to 25 dogs of all breeds for one residence, limit the number of litters a female can have to 5 in her lifetime not having a litter under 18 months of age and not over 8 years of age it would be hard for a puppy mill type breeder to live on their profits.

These people breed any two dogs together of the same breed not researching what charastics will improve the breed, they do not do any health testing. They are vague about producing a pedigree or any kind of health clearances. Please pass legislation to address this and please dont buy from puppy find they have lots of fraudlent postings, contact AKC regarding a breed club of your choice which breeders are bound to abide by their clubs code of ethics and principals of integretary therefor getting a sound healthy puppy.

I placed adds on puppy find selling two irish setter dogs. A girl named Kimberly was selling 3 dogs. A girl named Cathy inquired about Kimberlys dogs and with her inquiry concluded she was not forthcoming and fraudlent so she posted a beware posting on puppy find.

I applauded Cathy for her submission and Kimberly called me and told me before I applaud her check her out. I did and she is an exhibitor of boxers and has a website. I left a bad review on Kimberly site. Kimberly called me again cussing me out but the big thing is she placed a posting on puppy find stating BEWARE do not buy a puppy from Clarissa from Colorado because she is a puppy mill and sells sick puppies.

I am a long time member of the irish setter club of America and have bred and exhibited champion irish setter dogs on record. I also only breed 1 litter every two or more years and that is also documented thru AKC. This is harmful slander. I have shown and bred quality irishsetters for 35 years.

I recently searched PuppyFind for a great dane puppy and came across an advertisment. The situation was N. Fredrick had recently sold a great dane puppy to a missionary, who went to Nigeria. Nina told me to contact rev father c. benard because he needed to find the puppy Luna a good home due to his missionary work.

Thanks for the mail, yes the puppy still up for sale, the puppy is health guarantee, and AKC/NKC Reg, but i am currently not in the States at the moment, due to my missionary work )so im in west africa (Nigeria), Luna, is also here with me basically because there is nobody to take a very good care of the puppy and for me, and due to the harsh weather in Nigeria i have decided to give her on adoption to a person who is going to take proper care of her. and make sure she got all the care she deserve she is well socialise with kids and pets and up to date on all shots. but now that i will be staying longer than i thought i'm hoping to get a good person that can assure me of taking a very good care of my baby, i will be giving her away now for $350 only including the shipping and handling charges....

The only thing he wanted was for me to pay the shipping of $350. So I contacted Reverand Father C. Benard about Luna and he said they both were in Nigeria and Luna needed a good home to stay. He immediately told me to send his travel agent a money gram. I knew something wasn't going so great when I searched for Albarka Airline and there was nothing to be found except for there was an airline by that name but it was no longer in existence!

I emailed Father Reverand Collins Benard and told him I would send the money but didn't want to be SCAMMED and he immediately replied back you wont be SCAMMED just send the money and Luna will be with you by tomorrow evening at 5:30. After I researched some more about the issue I came across a website for scams and saw that I wasn't the only one who had experienced this issue. I kept emailing N. Fredrick to see if the sell of the puppy was legitimate and she never replied back. I never heard from Father Reverand C. Benard or N. Fredrick anymore!

I purchased a puppy through puppyfind. It was a beautiful long haired teacup chihuahua. He was a very pettite adorable little puppy. I spoke with Laurie form Catero's Chihuahua's who said she would ship me the puppy from Oklahoma City OK to New York. But the puppy was still too small to be shipped and she wanted me to wait one week to receive him. That was fine with me, so I put down a $205 deposit on this puppy using paypal-as described on puppyfind website in order to make sure that I would get him. In fact we had drawn up an agreement between Laurie and myself describing the purchase.

After one week Laurie had expressed to me that the puppy got sick and died. I was distraught and very sad, Laurie said that she would refund my money back and even sent me pictures of the dead animal. This was very disturbing, I asked for my money back and she said she would refund the money and she did not. Her husband Jim M. got on the phone with me and my husband and started cursing, saying nasty remarks and basically completely lost it. All I wanted was either my dog or my money back and it seems to me that these people try to prey on weak the are verbally abusive and completely out of line.

There is absolutely no reason for them to keep my money. This was a complete scam/fraud. My husband tried to speak to Jim peacefully and tried to get the money back, and he refused - just kept cursing. However, through out all this he keeps telling me that if I give him my address he will then send me my money - he wont pay it to me through paypal but he will put it in the mail? Who says that, what is he trying to do -mail me something dangerous? Please help me with this sitiuation and stop these people from doing the same thing to others.

I purchased a $300 plane ticket to fly to Oklahoma City in order to pick up my puppy which Laurie agreed for me to pick him up and the day of the flight I called her and she told me he got sick and she wasn't going to give him to me so I better cancel my flight (Last minute notice while I was driving to the airport -- I called her she did not call me, she would have made me fly there and then never show up.) till this day are asking for my physical address, they say to refund my money- but they can do that online through paypal.com, so it must be for something else.

SCAM ALERT!!! I found a listing for a great dane puppy on puppyfind.com listed by a woman named Susan. I emailed her inquiring about the puppy because it was listed for only $300,which is an extremely low price. I asked her why the price was so low. She quickly emailed me back explaining that she had sold the dog a month ago to a reverend who recently was sent on a missionary trip to Africa. She said he was looking for a good Christian home to adopt the puppy. She said that I emailed her at just the right time because he was ready to give the dog up. She proceeded to give me his email address and said I must contact him.

Believing her story, I promptly contacted him. Reverend Andrew. BEWARE! He explained that he had the dog with him in Africa. He said he wanted a good home for his baby. I was believing him. He used God bless, ect to make it very believable.I told him he had found the right family.

After the next email, I knew something was up. Right away he asked for my name, address and phone number. He told me I had to wire some money for shipping and he would have his shipping agent get the dog moving asap. I knew this was crazy. Then I googled African internet scams. This story has appeared numerous times. Thank goodness I didn't send him any money. The nerve of some people, pretending to be Christians! Still waiting to hear back from puppyfind....... DOG LOVES AND.BUYERS BEWARE!!!

I wanted to buy a puppy, started searching in the internet, saw this website, saw this Yorkie puppy for sale, requested the information from the breeder, the breeder refer me to a Mr. Eric who supposley is a church minister. He needed a parent for his puppies, requested $600.00 USD, after getting all the details from him and the puppies, I sent the money, and Mr. Eric dissapeard and never sent me the puppies or the money back.

The owner of Touch of Magic Dog Grooming, Diane C. acted as the seller/advertiser (puppyfind.com)for the Miniature Pinscher Puppy that was purchased from her as well as a breeder from Blackwell, Oklahoma named Debbie L. The puppy immediately became sick less than 12 hours after my boyfriend, Marlon Fair and I brought her to our home at Hackensack, NJ 07601 on Sunday July 13th, 2008. After visiting 3 Animal Hospitals, on July 15th, 2008 Oradell Animal Hospital in Paramus, NJ diagnosed our puppy with the Parvovirus, however both Diane C. (Seller/Advertiser) and Debbie L. (Breeder/Seller) both assured both my boyfriend Marlon and I that the puppy we purchased was completely up to date with her shots.

Currently, both Diane C. and Debbie L. have a Min Pin puppy that is my puppy's sister, that was kept in the same cage as my puppy less that 12 hours before my puppy showed signs of what we found out was the Parvovirus. Due to the fact that the my puppy's sister was in close direct contact with our infected dog before she was sold to us, means that she has the virus as well. Diane C. and Debbie L. have been advertising my puppy's sister on puppyfind.com, knowing that the puppy they sold us has the Parvovirus. Several documented phone call attempts have been placed to Diane C. to solve this issue of the puppy the she advertised and sold to us having the Parvovirus and she rufuses to accept our phone calls to dicuss how we the purchaser are entitled to a full refund of the puppy purchased and full reimbursement of the cost of veterinary fees, as well as the right to return to unfit puppy back to Debbie L. and Diane C. because they are covered under the State of New Jersey Pet Lemon Law, which states the following: "If the pet is ill or defective, the buyer has the right to either a replacement or a full refund plus, in both cases, full reimbursement of the cost of veterinary fees to certify that the dog was unfit for purchase." "New Jersey's pet buyer protection laws cover anyone selling pets for profit, which in practice exempts only humane societies and pounds. It covers pet stores, kennels, and breeders, including hobby breeders."

We have been issued a Veterinary Certification of Unfitness (Tested strong Parvo positive with intense vomiting, diarrhea,and anorexia.) from the Oradell Animal Hospital located at Paramus, NJ on July 15th, 2008. Upon finding out that the puppy tested positive for Parvovirus Debbie L. was contacted by my myself on July 15th, 2008 to arrange a time when we could return the puppy and get our money back for vet costs as well as the price of the puppy. Debbie L. explained to me that she was not willing to arrange a time for us to transfer ownership of the puppy because she felt that she did not have to pay for her vet bills. An attempt to contact Diane C. was made July 15th as well and she avoided all phone calls from us.

We are requesting a full refund of the puppy purchased and full reimbursement of veterinary fees, as well as the right to return the unfit puppy back to Debbie L. (Breeder) and Diane C. (Seller/Advertiser) because we are covered under the State of New Jersey Pet Lemon Law. The purchase price of the puppy was $400.00 and the disputed amount including veterinary bills and cost of puppy totals to $3300.00.

I have my puppies for sale puppyfind.com and some other web sites. This person wanted to buy 1 by sending me my money plus extra for their personal shipper.They could not speak to me be cause they are hearing impaired. They wouldn't sign any agreements until I received and cashed their ck. or money order and sent the extra to their private client. Another one did the same the next day.

I had a strange feeling about this type of buying puppies and I was lead to you to let you handle it.

This is the second complaint I have made to PUPPYFIND.COM customer service line, regarding a scam with my name and phone number being used on the PUPPYFIND.COM website. What is happening is someone is using my information to sell English Bulldog puppies on the PUPPYFIND.COM website. I reported the first instance approximately 3 weeks ago. Again, On Wednesday March 16th 2008 there was another post selling English Bulldog puppies on PUPPYFIND.COM with my information. I once again called PUPPYFIND.COM customer service to again complain and have the ad removed which they did so. I asked that my name and phone number (BASIC INFORMATION) be deleted from their data base because I do not, nor ever have used their business.

They (Sheila Havrish, Manager of PUPPYFIND>COM Customer Service) stated to me, "We are doing everything in our power to avoid scams, and we have a technical team which works 24/7 to avoid and stop these scams." I reiterated to her while that is great, I would again like to state I want my name and phone number to no longer appear on this site. I feel I have reported this error by their business, which for one gives others (those doing the scams) the clear opportunity to slander my reputation. I currently feel it is now their negligence if my name and information again appear on PUPPYFIND.COM website, since I have clearly stated I do not want my information on their website.

Mrs. Havarish told me, "We do not have the technology to keep your name and number off of our website." I believe if they have the funding in their budget, and the need to employ others to monitor the PUPPYFIND.COM website, as Mrs. Harvest stated, 24/7 then they should already have the technology to avoid future scams under the same information from happening. I believe I have done everything I can to aid their business by reporting the scam. I have no complaints regarding Mrs. Havarish directly or their customer service department regarding their attitude towards me. I DO THOUGH BELIEVE THEY (PUPPYFIND.COM) OWE IT TO THOSE LIKE MYSELF WHOM HAVE REPORTED SUCH A SCAM TO AVOID THIS FROM HAPPENING AGAIN TO BOTH THEIR OWN CUSTOMERS AND THOSE LIKE MYSELF WHOM REPORTED THE SCAM. THEY NOW HAVE MY INFORMATION AND SHOULD DO WHAT IS NECESSARY TO ASSURE OTHERS AND MYSELF, MY INFORMATION (name and phone number) WILL NO LONGER BE USED ON THEIR SITE BY SCAM ARTISTS ATTEMPTING TO USE MY REPUTATION TO FURTHER THEIR ILLEGAL PURPOSE.

In reference to current economic loss, I have used my own time during breaks from work to stop the scams, by reporting them to customer service. I have made many long distance calls to those calling my phone number and leaving a message on my answering machine. I feel virtue of my own morality, and reputation to call these possible future victims of this scam back to aid in avoiding them from falling victim to this scam, which will cost them financial loss. I feel my reputation and name if used again, as I feel will happen since they are not doing everything they can to stop this from happening again is negligence on their behalf.