I have documentation on all that I will be mentioning. I contacted dogsforfun.com because I was looking for a female applehead chihuahua. I found one and checked the BBB to see if their were any complaints about the company and people [snip] running the business. Nothing came up so I called and was told to wire the money via Western Union, which I did on 2/9/2008. I was assured that I'd get the puppy before 2/14. After paying the money and seeing that they picked it up, I called to see when the puppy would be flown in. No one responded each of the 3 times I was given the run around and the days came and went, so I asked them if the puppy was sick--didn't get timely responses, so I told them it'd be better for me to get my money back. I was told I'd get it in 10 days, I asked why because I sent the money to them right away. 10 days came and went--not any surprize to me.
I contacted Western Union, who told me to contact IC3 (Internet Cyber Crimes Union, which is FBI and other Law Enforcement Agencies). I filed a complaint with them, the USDA, the FTC, The BBB (Arizona & Indiana), Visa, My bank, quite a few links to Bill Knell's various websites, ACA (controlled by Bill Knell), the AKC, the State Attorney Generals of IN & AZ., Pissed Off Consumer (online) and a few newspapers.
I got a call from Sgt Richards of the Indiana State Police via the IC3. He asked if I had gotten my money refunded. I told him I had not. He sent me an email he'd written to the Knells telling them they had a week to refund my money. They did not, so he told them again to refund my money immediately and that a week meant a week. Then I saw the communication between the Knells and Sgt Richards. I saw where they had stated that the dog and litter had died, they were having trouble paying their bills and needed my money so they couldn't refund my money right away.
The Sgt told them to get me the money right away, they did not. He went to their home twice I got a check drawn on one of their kid's bank account in the amount of $300-- They owed me over $800 for the pup and airfare. I wouldn't be able to cash the check because there was no date. An attached note said they were going to pay me payments. I called the Sgt to let him know and he paid them another visit. I got a phone message from Catherine Knell saying that they had wired me money from someone in VA. I went and got $800. I sent them the check on Jaime Knell's account with a return receipt request to prove I sent it to them even though they told me to rip it up.
I was told by Catherine that they'd send me the $8.99, which I have not gotten. I found about 2 dozen websites listed under [snip] for marriage, dogs, chihuahuas, ACA, UFO's, seminars, etc. These people are preditors of innocent victims of their scams. The only reason I got my money back is because Sgt Richards of the IN State Police followed up and made contact with these people, plus my excellent documentation. Apparently there have been many complaints and lawsuits against the Knells... Check it out for yourself--also, I have documentation and contacts from others...
Linda M Ruiz
PO Box 3220
Ramona, CA 92065-0955
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