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Re: BE-WARE!!!
Posted by joe on 3/09/12

On 10/12/08, Amy wrote:
> On 10/12/08, Lilly wrote:
>> On 10/07/08, SPOKENFORNINLOVE wrote:
>>> JUST WANTED TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT THERE IS A REAL GOOD
>>> SCAMMER ON BUYANDSELL.COM I HAVE BEEN TALKING TO WHO I
>>> THOUGHT WAS IRENE ATANGHA IN E MAIL FOR ABOUT 4 DAYS... I
>>> WAS SCEPTICLE SHE WAS GIVING AWAY MACAWS SO I ASKED FOR HER
>>> TO CALL ME AND SHE DID. I TALKED TO THIS PERSON 3 DIFFERENT
>>> TIMES AND SHE SAID SHE COULD NOT TAKE CARE OF THEM THAT SHE
>>> MOVED FROM VT. TO MA. SHE E MAILED ME AND SAID IT WOULD BE
>>> 260.00 TO HAVE THEM SHIPED TO ME... WELL IM NOT THAT DUMB I
>>> ASKED HER TO CALL ME SHE DID... SHE SAID I COULD PICK THEM
>>> UP...IN BOSTON MA... SO NOW IM NOT THINKING ANYTHING OUT OF
>>> NORM...SHE EVEN GAVE US DIRECTIONS...WELL GUESS WHAT AFTER
>>> TELLING MY KIDS WE ARE GOING TO GO TO MA FROM ADAMS NY AND
>>> AFTER SPENDING ALL OUR SAVINGS ON BIRD STUFF AND THE 12 HOUR
>>> TRIP...WE CAME HOME WITH NO BIRDS AND NO MONEY...BROKE MY
>>> KIDS HEARTS AND MINE AS WELL...WE ARE NOW BROKE AND NOW NO
>>> CHANCE OF GETTING A BIRD...SO I HOPE THIS IRENE READS THIS
>>> AND KNOWS KARMA WILL SOMEDAY GET HER!!! THANK YOU FOR
>>> READING AND BE-WARE OF SCAMMERS...
>>
>>
>> Thanks for the information.
>> I must also say that if you cannot afford to purchase a pet,
>> then you cannot afford to keep one. I'm not being mean, I'm
>> being realistic. Pets are very expensive to maintain. Also,
>> nothing is for free. If you spent your life savings on these
>> imaginary birds then your children will now go without.
>> People please don't just jump at a "for free sign". Please
>> tally up all the lifetime costs or potential costs of your
>> desired pet then decide if you can afford or not.
>> If you cannot afford AVIAN vet fees for regular check ups or
>> emergencies then you should never own a bird.
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> just to let you know i take very good care of my birds and i
> have gotton a FREE bird already he is a orange wing amazon and
> no one has held min in 5 years...guess what!!! i did i have
> only had him 2 days and already he is talking to me and
letting
> me hold him...i also have a S.I Eclectus female and she is
very
> well off i turned her around in just 2 weeks and she was a
real
> mean biter. and just to let you know the savings we spent was
> only to go pick up free birds..and i have a great avian vet
> right in watertown ny on rt 3 toward sackets harbor ny... and
> yes birds are very exspensive to take care of but the food is
> affordable!!! the price of the birds well that is just
> outragious.... esp.. when birds need lots of attention and
love
> and that means a lot of your time...something people don't
> think about when getting a bird...they just put them in a room
> in a cage and feed them...wronge birds need more than
> that...some birds have the intelect of a 5 yr old child...they
> only get mean when not taken care of correctly...and buy the
> way i trim the beaks on my own and cut there nails and wings
if
> needed all on my own as well...my vet has been very good to
> me...also my best friends husband is a vet teck and is near
> by....so yes things can be free and yes you can take care of
> animals without having a lot of money...to buy them...thanks
> for the post...

Posts on this thread, including this one

• BE-WARE!!! , 10/07/08, by SPOKENFORNINLOVE.
• Re: BE-WARE!!! , 10/12/08, by Lilly.
• Re: BE-WARE!!! , 10/12/08, by Amy .
• Re: BE-WARE!!! , 11/23/08, by wondering....
• Re: BE-WARE!!! , 1/08/09, by Rick.
• Re: BE-WARE!!! , 8/07/09, by jungal jalebi.
• Re: BE-WARE!!! , 2/07/12, by donna.
• Re: BE-WARE!!! , 3/09/12, by joe.