Minor Rodriguez aka (Tico); Tico's american bulldogs
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On May 11, 2011 I was viewing the Johnson American Bulldog Message Board for Sale page and notice a post made by Minor Rodriguez (know as Tico on the message board) who is located in Ewing, NJ, title "2 males for sale". I viewed that particular post and really liked the american bulldog male puppies that he had for sale. Shortly after I called a friend of mine who sold Tico the mother of the pups to inquire about Tico as a person. He spoke highly of Tico so soon after on that same day I emailed Tico explaining who I was and that I was interested in one of those 2 male puppies that he had for sale. On May 11th & 12th he emailed me back some picture of the pups and their parents. We began talking by phone and going over the cost, temperament of the pups & parents, shot records of pups, size of pups, and where he was located. Tico was asking $1700 plus shipping cost for these pups each. I explain to Tico on the phone that I really couldn't anymore than $1500 which also included shipping cost. Tico agreed to sell me the pup he call RJ for $1500(which included the shipping cost in that total price). By phone Tico and I discussed how I could pay for the male puppy he call RJ (red/brown pup with patches over both eyes) and he said just send the $1500 through pay pal and gave me his pay pal email to send it to (which is [email protected])so that's what I did on May 15, 2011. Tico called me and let me know that he received my money on May 15th. We were having difficulties with dates to ship the puppy to me. So, May 18th I received a very disrespectful email from Tico's wife (Tracey) whom I've not being doing any of this business with throughout this entire time. This email basically stated that I am trying to get over on the price of this puppy and now she is going to add some fees on to my total cost the puppy that I was purchasing. Since I wasn't doing business with her I ignored her and just gave Tico letting him know what she had done and how I didn't appreciate it at all. I explained to him that I've tried to do business with him the right way and I didn't like what his wife did at all. Tico then asked me what I want to do and I told him I just want my money back. He then tried to persuade me into getting the pup and I could here his wife Tracey in the back trying to do the same thing, but at that point I just wanted my money back. Tico agreed to give me my money back and told me that he was going to send it through pay pal. I received the money back through pay pal by his credit card (so I thought) and then I transfer it back into my bank account. About the end of June/beginning of July I began receiving phone calls from a 1-877-308-6578 number which I had no idea who it was so I didn't answer it and they never left a message. I just thought it was a telemarketer continuing to call me. On July 12th while I was out sick from my job I answered the phone call from this particular 877-308-6578 number and they explain to me that they were pay pal and was wondering how I was going to refund them their money. I was very confused so, they explain to me that Minor Rodriguez (Tico) had sent me money through pay pal by credit card, but he stop payment on that transaction making it credit card fraud. I said OK, why are you all call me I didn't do anything wrong and my bank has called me with any problems with my funds. They said they send me an email in June giving me 10 days to reverse this transaction which would have made Tico responsible for his actions which credit card fraud, but I never responded to them (pay pal) so that's why now I'm liable to pay this fee. I explain to pay pal that I didn't recall receiving nor seeing any emails from them with that such information in it and I also asked them why pay pal didn’t call me during this time like they are now. They explain and show me in their documentations that if the person who's receiving the funds in this type of situation does not respond within 10 days to their email that the receiver of the funds is now held liable to repay the fees. I then paid the fee and basically paid for a puppy that I never received.