I am in the wrong business

[bcr229]

Life is hard. It's even harder when you're financially inept. If you can't afford $500 to purchase a dog, then why does leasing one at $95 per month for 27 months sound like a good idea - and the dog isn't even yours when you're done paying!
http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2014/...?#article-copy

[HVani]

Wow, just wow.

This isn't a car, it's a living breathing animal with a complex social structure. Imagine the emotional damage done to a dog when it has to be returned. Dogs being bounced around foster homes is bad enough. It took my dog months to finally settle in.

I won't even go into the fact these are most likely puppy mill puppies.

[The Golem]

The couple in that article don't see very smart at all. While termed a lease, it's a payment contract so if they stop making payments the seller can get the dog back.

The contract required regular service and maintenance and allowed the finance company to “inspect the pet at any reasonable time.” At the end of 27 months of $95.99 payments, they would still not own the dog, which they named Tresor.“I have never heard of leasing a dog in my life,” Anthony Claessens said. “We were under the understanding we were purchasing a dog… I feel that we were swindled.”

Whoa whoa whoa Anthony. Did you think you only had to pay $95.99 once? Did you not even read the contract before you signed?

[Heeltoeclutch]

Didn't realize/forgot you were in SD.

Geez. Piss off, puppy leasers, and take your entrepreneurial spirit somewhere where it will help the world.