Is there anything worse than feeling your wallet emptied out?
The answer is yes – there’s so many ways you could have it worse. Here’s what happened to a lady who spent $6,400 for a few days with two furry friends.
$6,400 for 2 Corgis
On 21 Oct, a woman purchased two corgis for the amount of $6,400.
The catch?
She purchased these corgis off an online retailer on the social media and e-commerce platform Xiaohongshu.
If you don’t know what Xiaohongshu is, just think of it as China’s very own version of Instagram.
The woman made payment for $500 first, and only paid the remainder of the agreed sum after she received the two corgis.
The $6,400 sum was amongst other things, payment for the two corgis as well as dog food.
A Rough Start
A few days later on 27 Oct, the woman received the two corgis, but not the other items that she was also promised.
Sounds like the set-up of a scam already.
Nevertheless, the seller promised the woman that the other items will be delivered the next day.
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Since the dog food did not arrive, the woman went to a physical pet shop to purchase the dog food.
It was only then when an employee at the pet shop pointed out that both corgis seemed to have issues with their skin. Further, both corgis were showing signs of disease, including foaming and diarrhoea.
Not a great thing to hear immediately after becoming a new owner of two fur babies.
The woman tried contacting the seller, but her efforts were to no avail.
Canine Parvovirus
Upon bringing the two corgis to the vet, the woman found out that both corgis were infected with the canine parvovirus, a highly contagious virus affecting dogs.
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When left untreated, mortality can reach up to 91%.
Unfortunately, the corgis died on Wednesday (2 Nov) and Thursday (3 Nov) respectively.
Efforts to contact the seller again yielded no results.
Hence, the woman decided to report this incident to the police.
More than $10,200 spent on treatment
While the woman’s time with her corgis was brief and fleeting, she’d spent almost $10,200 on the dogs’ treatments.
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After the death of both dogs, she tried to seek a refund or at the very least, compensation for the two dogs from the seller.
Yet, not only did she not get any monetary compensation, the seller had even ghosted her.
A sticky situation.
It is believed that the two corgis were trafficked from Malaysia.
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