I placed a deposit in April for a specific breeding between two Castle Rock Dogs. I felt from the beginning that the transaction was a little shady because I never heard back from Melissa, I had to contact her to ask questions, and I felt like she was not full disclosing information I enquired about.
She never sent updates on what was going on or anything. Eventually I wondered what was happening with the litter, and after emailing Melissa for an update she responded with "The official due date is July 10!" We anxiously awaited for that day to come and bring news of puppies. July 10 came and went, with no news. I found their facebook page and posted a few times about my excitement with no response.
Finally, several days after the litter was due, I found out via the Castle Rock facebook page that there never was a litter of puppies, when Melissa posted "Sad news! Vet may have mixed up progesterone results when surgically implanting these two girls, we will not have puppies out of Kiki or Cici at this time. We still have Alice, Venus, Chloe, Jezebel, Rosebud, Petunia expecting in that order. Please check website for future breedings and current available puppies." I felt like I had just been scammed. The puppy I had a deposit on didn't exist, and I feel that she MUST have known this for weeks and delayed disclosing this so that the time frame in which to file a dispute with paypal would pass and no one would be able to get their deposits back. I briefly considered transferring the deposit to another litter, but did some more digging and found several other complaints about this company. Not to mention the fact the Melissa herself NEVER contacted me PERSONALLY, as someone who paid a large deposit, to let me know what was going on.
I feel like they might be scamming people, and I definitely feel taken advantage of.
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