Chinese woman buys ‘dream’ American Shorthair kitten online, but gets dead rural cat in post
She complained to Shanghai vendor after spending 5,500 yuan on cat, but later found she was one of more than 20 people sent dead or diseased rural kittens instead of expensive breeds
A Chinese woman, who had longed to own an American Shorthair cat, bought a kitten for 5,500 yuan (HK$6,600) from an online vendor, but was shocked when a dead Chinese rural cat was delivered to her home, mainland media reports.
The woman, identified only by her surname of Wang, discovered she was only one of more than 20 people who had been tricked into buying expensive breeds of cats by a Shanghai-based vendor, only to be sent dead or diseased kittens, Shanghai Morning Post reported.
Wang, from the city of Huaian, in Jiangsu province, spotted a cute white American Shorthair cat on the online shopping website 58.com last month and added the seller to her WeChat account.
The vendor, using the name, “Love life, love pets”, claimed to be from Shanghai and sent Wang photographs and a video of the kitten.
Wang then paid 5,500 yuan for the cat, plus a further 530 yuan to cover medical check-up fees, via WeChat, the report said.
However, the cat sent to her over a two-day period without food and water was a recently weaned Chinese rural kitten, and it was dead by the time it arrived at Wang’s home.
