With a tag line that as a guarentee it is totally WRONG not to give back the deposit. I don't think it's an industry standard to keep a deposit if you don't produce the animal for which the deposit was originally given. Quite the opposite in fact.
Now if a buyer backs out of a deal for which he has given a deposit AND the animal was produced and IS available then the deposit can be forfiet/credited towards another purchase at the breeders discretion.
I think a refund is in order here. That or the animal should be sold at the originally agreed on price. One or the other.
Wes Pollock
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