I live in PA and have been searching for a smooth white male dachshund puppy. I found a puppy for sale on Patti's Dachshund Farm website:
The puppy's description: "Extreme Blue Piebald Male" "This gorgeous little boy is solid White except one little Blue Eye"
Photos are of solid white puppy with dark color around one eye
I contact her she tells me the puppy is $900 w/ non refundable deposit of $00
I mail a check for $300. I asked to send via Paypal for buyer protection but she refused check or money order period.
Two days before my flight to AL, I log on to Patti's website and notice the latest photo of the puppy. I cannot believe my eyes. He is not solid white, but white & tan and his once pink nose she advised would be "liver" is now spotted & freckled, I am deeply disappointed. I believed I was buying a "solid white" puppy. I placed a deposit on a "solid white" puppy.?
I contact Patti & request a refund - the solid white puppy's coat changed over 6 weeks & is no longer solid white & Patti's response:
"I am sorry, but it was a Non-Refundable Deposit, and I told you that before you ever sent me any money...and I waited with a check of yours for a long time before you paid me. There are no Refunds...I could have already sold him."
On April 4, 2017, I log on to Patti's website and see a new photo of the puppy and his coat shows more tan. I note the description is changed to "blue and tan"? and the puppy is sold,
The puppy is sold. There is no reason not to return my deposit. I put a $300 deposit down to purchase a solid white puppy not a white n tan puppy. This transaction took place by email there is no contract of sale, or document setting forth the terms regarding the deposit.
The puppy does not match the written description or the posted photos of the puppy I placed the deposit on and now that puppy is now sold and yet Patti refuses to refund the deposit.
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