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U-Ship Pets Transport Divane Prido, Michael Parks, Duke Fernando, Mrs. Chris Chambers Puppy scam on dogsnow.com. Multiple names, no address, U-ship demanded a lot of money. Many bad reviews. Nationwide
Went to dogsnow.com to look for puppies for sale. Came across adorable Cavalier King Charles Spaniel puppies selling for 400.00 located 2 hours away. Contacted to seller via text and they emailed me the next day telling me they were selling the dogs because their wife just died and that were now in Utah. They asked questions like "where are you located, why are you interested" things like that. They even attached pictures of the puppies. I emailed them back saying I was still interested. They said since we were far away, they would make arrangements to have the puppy shipped. In the email, I also mentioned our availabilty, but the seller kept pushing to have the puppy shipped within the day.
*note: off the bat I was suspicious because there were two ads on dogsnow.com with the same photo, same price, and same phone number. I became even more suspicious when the gmail name and the name left at the end of the email was different. Using gmail, the person's name was "Michael Parks" but at the end of the email, it said "best regards, Divane". I figured he just used a nickname. ALSO, his number was an Arizona number, but the listing was for Wisconsin and Michigan, but he moved to Utah.
Regardless, I was still excited. The shipping company contacted me. Once again, right off the bat I became suspicious because their spelling and sentence fluency didn't seem appropriate for a "nationwide shipping company". They also didn't include a phone number. I had to ask the seller what their number was. Their phone number was a Florida number. I thought it was weird because in the email, it said it was the Salt Lake City, Utah Branch...
They gave us instructions to go buy a reload it card. Again, I was suspicious because I thought they usually take credit or debit card. Regardless, dumb me shrugged it off.
After paying $550.00 for the dog and shipping cost, I thought we were all set. They told me the dog was to arrive tomorrow morning at 9:45.
3 hours later, I recieved another email saying that the puppy got a vaccination costing us another $115. They assured that it was for the puppy's health. Then they said that the seller's crate wasn't a good crate and said we needed to pay for an air-pressured crate costing $1400.00 and that they will refund the 1400 once the puppy was delivered. I got even more suspicious because the bill just kept adding up and because I have purchased dogs before, it wasn't supposed to be so complicated!
I decided to go look at reviews for the shipping company. All I found was dog scams. I emailed them saying they were a scam and that I wanted them to refund my 550.00 back. I also stated I couldn't pay the 1400.00. They said they will pay 700.00 for it and I pay the other 700.00. They assured me they will refund that 700.00. I told them no.
Now I wasted 550.00, for something I could've prevented by listening to my brains.
1 Updates & Rebuttals
Beckie
San Antonio,Texas,
USA
Pet Scam
#2Consumer Comment
Sat, March 21, 2015
I too have almost been scammed by this person. Last night I was looking for pekinese puppies and it came up on petfinder.com. The puppy was suppose to be located in Katy, Texas a few hours drive from me. I texted the number like it said then this morning, I got a text stating to give them my email address and they would send me pictures and information. Here is a copy of emails in order
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Here is my reply to him