Having originally agreed to sell us a Maine Coon kitten, a breeder in
Tatsfield in Westerham, Kent - using the name of Jackie Newark - went back on her word in dramatic and somewhat bizarre fashion (see previous post).
One of her final emails to me stated:
"Something is telling me not to sell you the kitten... I won't change
my mind. I just don't think this kitten is meant for you".
My
partner and I had travelled all the way
from North West London to meet this kitten some weeks ago. We had fallen
in love with him, we had named him and
were poised to collect him after waiting for a number of weeks. Only on the morning that we finally were due to collect him had she begun to send emails telling us to hold off, for various - seemingly bogus - reasons. And now this. My
partner was
in tears.
The woman's email about the kitten not being "meant for you" was especially strange as she had shown no
interest in what kind of home we had, asking no questions on this subject. But
she had previously claimed to be very pleased when I told her that we were getting
another kitten to be a companion for the Maine Coon. In response to this, the
breeder told me via email that she was "so happy he'll have a friend there
to meet him".
As a mixed race couple, who wondered
whether she was a racist. But after speaking to a number of others with
experience in the game, we concluded that a more likely explanation was
that she had found a higher bidder at the last moment.
We were left with no option but to provide our bank details so that we could
get our deposit back. What should have been a fun-filled Christmas period with
a Maine Coon kitten became a period of angst and frustration.
I have no idea if this lady treats all customers in such a heartless way. But my advice
to anyone considering buying a Maine Coone kitten from this lady in Westerham,
Kent, would simply be:
Noooooooooooo!
Avoid this Jacqueline (Jackie Newark) Newark like the plague and her partner, son or inbred relative. They are now selling cars where all V5's have miraculously gone "missing". They are using the number 07943 229999. I post this in the hope someone savvy Google's it.
ReplyDeleteI have just had a similar issue with this lady. When she didn't get back to my initial message my partner emailed her. She then responded to me agreeing to let us come and see the kitten she has left and replied to my partners email apologising saying she has gone. We set a day to visit but she has now stopped replying and hasn't given me an address. Then this morning she contact my partner (thinking he is a different party interested in the kitten) asking if he would be interested in her "sister". It's obviously the same kitten and she has just decided not to sell to me but no explanation. Strange women!
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