Deposit - Cheque Cleared Advice Please

[pierrelejohn]

Hi

Can someone give us some advice...

 

We recently decided to get a puppy, found a breader who had 4 pups 2 girls / 2 boys, we wanted to buy one of the boys - we was told that it wouldn't be a problem

 

Breader said they would keep one of the pups, probably a girl, so we could have a pick of the rest.

 

many visits, photos etc later - our daughter aged 6 really excited we were supposed to be picking up the pup at 10 weeks old on 26th March.

 

We then hear that the pups won't be coming to us until middle of April as the breeder couldn't decide which to one to keep.

 

Spoke to them and explained the situation that we had been told that we could pick the pup up at end of march, and that the breeder should make the decision within that time which to keep.

 

they then decide they are keeping both boys, so we wouldn't be getting one, as they knew thats what we wanted.

 

one very sad little girl.

 

We gave them a deposit of £250 which was cashed on 10th Feb

they let us down after telling us we could have a boy, and then withdrawing them.

 

still waiting for them to return the cheque to us (I have an email stating that they would)

 

what is our course of action, been waiting now for 2 weeks for them to return our money

 

Can a cheque be stopped after its cleared

Is my only recourse if its not returned to goto police and then money claim ?

 

any help gratefully received!

[BankFodder]

Suggest that you sue for the value of the cheque - asap as they may be in trouble. I would also sue for breach of contract and claim the difference in value between a pup that you would eventually pay for and the contract price of the one you were meant to get - assuming you have to pay more.

 

Either they are in trouble or else they have been offered a better price elsewhere

[pierrelejohn]

THANKS for that - i guess once a cheque has been cleared it can't be stopped at all ?

[pierrelejohn]

what about all other out of pocket expenses - we had to do a 2 x 100 mile round trips as well - we have found another puppy - which is less than the original

[citizenB]

what about all other out of pocket expenses - we had to do a 2 x 100 mile round trips as well - we have found another puppy - which is less than the original

 

If you are going to sue, then I imagine you could claim for those expenses as well.