says quite clearly, "Thank you
for sending the picture," 'cause
you said, "I feel uncomfortable
about traveling without seeing a
picture of the cat."
>> Correct.
>> Judge Judy: And you say to
her, "Ah, thank you. Beautiful.
Is that the girl or the boy?
I appreciate it so much.
She says, "The boy."
And you say, "He looks
wonderful.
Thank you."
So, when you went there, you
were not going for the female
kitten.
You were going for the boy --
because you say to her, "I'm
having a bit of a hard time
reconciling myself to get a
kitty that I haven't seen."
So, she sends you a picture of
the boy, and said, "I love him.
He's beautiful."
You have anything to show me
that suggests that before you
went out there, you changed your
mind and wanted the girl?
>> I had always wanted the girl.
>> Judge Judy: No, no, no, no,
no, that's not what this says.
>> My comment to the photo was
acknowledging that it was a
good-looking cat.
>> Judge Judy: No.
That's not what this
acknowledges.
I've bought enough cats and dogs
like this to know that that's
not what you're acknowledging
here.
You say, "I want to see the
picture of the kitty that I'm
traveling to see."
She sends you a picture of the
male.
>> Mm-hmm.
>> Judge Judy: You specifically
ask her, "Is that the boy or the
girl?"
She says, "It's the boy."
You say, "Oh, he's beautiful."
So, I don't believe you, that
you went there for the female
cat.
And you have to be careful
'cause I read your complaint,
and I read her answer.
So, let's keep it truthful
because if you're not gonna
be truthful with me, I'm not
gonna believe anything that
you say to me.
Do you understand?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: Good.
So, you went there, and the
intention was to buy the boy
because that's the only picture
that she sent you.
>> No, it's not the only picture
she sent me.
>> Judge Judy: Show me a picture
of the female that she sent you.
>> I didn't print out the kitten
pictures.
>> Judge Judy: So, the answer
is, you don't have it.
She has evidence.
This is evidence.
>> I never expressed the
intention --
>> Judge Judy: I don't care what
you expected.
That's the evidence that I have
before me.
I don't have any other evidence.
Now, you want to tell me -- And
I want you to be aware of the
fact that I now believe that you
traveled from California to
Minnesota to pick up the male
kitten.
And when you got there, you want
to tell me what happened?
>> So, she picked me up from the
airport and brought me to her
home where she had all of her
cats around the house.
And she wanted me to get to know
several of the cats to try to
decide which to purchase.
So, I got to be around her cats
for a while, and after coming
back from dinner, she suggested
that perhaps some of them could
spend the night with me so I
could get a better feel for
their personalities.
And in the morning, she still
said --
>> Judge Judy: Just a second.
Did you take any of them back to
your hotel?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: How many?
>> Well, I stayed in her home.
>> Judge Judy: That was nice.
So, you stayed in her home,
around the kittens.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: And?
>> And I stayed the night with
our current female and her
brother -- so, the two within
the litter -- as well as one
older white one that was for
sale.
>> Judge Judy: And?
>> And in the morning, she said,
"Well, have you decided?"
And I said, "Yeah, I would like
to purchase the female."
And she said, "Okay, great.
Let me get her ready for
travel."
And so she cleaned her ears.
She trimmed her nails.
And she said, "Oh, by the way,
it has a little bit of a teary
eye.
Here's some antibiotics I have.
That should take care of it, no
problem.
She gave no sort of indication
that it could potentially be a
chronic issue.
>> Judge Judy: So, why didn't
you take the boy?
>> Because she led me to believe
that it would be --
>> Judge Judy: It's not gonna
happen for you.
>> What?
>> Judge Judy: Your case.
It's not gonna happen for you.
You went there with a view
towards taking the male cat.
Now you get there, and you
decide you want the female.
She told you that something was
wrong with the female cat.
>> Judge Judy: You elected to
take the female cat anyway,
where you were going there for
the boy.
That's clear.
You elected to take a cat that
you knew something was wrong
with.
And it wasn't as if you were
taking it from Los Angeles to
Venice Beach.
You were going from California
to Minnesota.
So, that's a big risk.
And it's not that I haven't
purchased cats before, so I
understand that.
Sometimes you fall in love, and
you say, "Oh, but I'm in love
with it, and I can take care of
it," but there's something not
smart about taking an animal
halfway across the country that
you know there's something wrong
with when you have a perfectly
healthy cat that you actually
went there to purchase.
>> I ask