Done trying to deal with sellers on ebay

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by bobbyw8469

What kind of parrots do you have? We have a small yellow sided green cheek conure who is awesome!

I have a pair of African Senegal parrots. I bought them as babies. Female in spring of 1994 and the male in the fall. I also have a Orange Winged Amazon that I got in 1998. I got it from a guy that bought it in 1981 and was told it was a old wild caught bird back then.

Over about a 10 year period I owned several birds. Like some do with cards I bought, sold and traded them. One of my favorites was a Yellow Collared Macaw I named Sam.

[begsu1013]

Originally Posted by bnorth

I bought, sold and traded them.

you sold petey!?!?

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by begsu1013

you sold petey!?!?

There was a lot of $ in selling/raising birds in the 90's. Never sold one named Petey but probably sold one that got named Petey.

[bbcard1]

One of the things about the industry today is that there are a lot of dealers who do it as a true hobby. In the 80s and 90s, there were a lot of guys in it who didn't have any money and had to hustle. I was actually one of those guys. I needed to generate a pay check so my margins were thinner. A lot of these guys are retired, have other sources of income and are really just doing it to stay busy.

[begsu1013]

...some baseball cards, a sack of marbles, (cough) petey.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQeJIVNmfCM