There is a woman in Ft. lauderdale who does this. Seamus actually came from her. I found out quickly after when I found his real mom on Facebook. She was so upset that this woman she entrusted her dog to had actually rehomed him not even 2 weeks later. She was lead to believe that Seamus was going to live the rest of his life with this woman. After that I did a lot of googling and her name popped up a lot in warning threads telling people not to let her adopt anything from them, she works under like 3-4 different names email addresses and phone numbers.

When I found out what really happened I had a marine friend of mine go over there and get my $80 "adoption" fee back. Sorry lady, I'm not going to fund your scam.

We got Isis for $150, with her crate and all of the paperwork the first owners got when they bought her, so we know she wasn't flipped. I felt a little bad for them, as they obviously got in over their heads. 2 kids under 5, one on the way, living in a townhouse, no fence, no real yard and they bought a husky (but didn't get a leash or a collar).

We paid $120 for Kira off of CL. Hindsight, she should have been less because she was not UTD on shots nor spayed. Supposedly purebred but no papers. I don't regret it though because she is well behaved, housebroken and a pure sweetie.

I ended up paying $150 for Piper on CL. She is suppose to be UTD on shots but he won't answer my emails to get proof. She will probably have to get all her shots again. That is, if he wasn't lying. I still think he lied about her picture.

Bodhi was a rehome from a breeder that I got when he was a year and five months. He cost $250, was microchipped and had his first shots. He was housebroken and crate trained. I feel this was totally fair, because he was well cared for. I would have paid more for him.

And sadly even a supposed rescue turns out to be bad - A Better Life seemed to have a good reputation around here, but now the owners have been arrested for stealing dogs. The story is here if anyone's interested.