Rehoming fee?

[Particle Man]

Originally Posted by askmrjesus

Craigslist does not allow the sale of dogs in some states, because of the potential for their use as fighting animals.

The "rehoming fee", is a way to get around those rules.

JC

Kind of like "bath salts" being legal because of their name...

[Sean]

It's to weed out the cheap fuckers that just want a free thing, or don't have the cash to take care of the animal right, or can't afford to take care of it when it's sick. I charged one when I was adopting out a cat.

Purebreeds are expensive to buy, why should they be free to re-home?

[Rangerscott]

Its the same with adopting kids. They dont just hand them out all willy nilly.

[Trip]

Originally Posted by Sean

It's to weed out the cheap fuckers that just want a free thing, or don't have the cash to take care of the animal right, or can't afford to take care of it when it's sick. I charged one when I was adopting out a cat.

Purebreeds are expensive to buy, why should they be free to re-home?

Purebreed puppies from reputable breeders shouldn't be free. They bred for competition and such. Backyard breeders and puppy mills are widely thought as douchebags, so no point in bringing them up further.

However, I am not looking for a puppy. I am looking for an unwanted dog. I have stated I already now understand using this as a way to weed out worthless individuals. I still think wanting a high dollar rehome fee for an unwanted older pet is kinda trashy. You don't need to be a rich person to be a good pet owner.

A lot of these ads you can tell are people who bought puppy mill purebreds and got in over their heads and now trying to recoup their fuck up and pawn off the unwanted dog. I have a problem with that.

[Sean]

"rehoming fees" should only be like $75-150. Just enough to discourage people who want free shit.

[Homeslice]

Originally Posted by fasternyou929

Good point, may as well not make any effort or take any precautions and just leave them in a box in the front yard (or hallway for you big city folk).

Cool, thanks for the tip, I think I'll try that out

[wildchild]

Originally Posted by fasternyou929

If you went and met them in person to discuss adopting one of their pups, I doubt the "rehoming fee" would stick.

lady in Orlando area not only wanted the rehoming fee, but tried to charge my friend $10 for seeing the puppy. kept calling her for a week trying to get her credit card number to charge $10.

she wouldn't stop until I told my friend to mention it was taxable income if the fees were demanded not accepted as charity.

[fasternyou929]

Originally Posted by wildchild

lady in Orlando area not only wanted the rehoming fee, but tried to charge my friend $10 for seeing the puppy. kept calling her for a week trying to get her credit card number to charge $10.

she wouldn't stop until I told my friend to mention it was taxable income if the fees were demanded not accepted as charity.

Wow, that's ballsy. But it takes a special kind of person to live in the Mouse House, so hopefully that's not the way others handle it.

[wildchild]

There were many others that did similar things. I finally talked my friend into going to a reputable breeder.

[Sean]

Yeah, it's not like shelters are overflowing with great animals or anything.