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I inquired about a grey on craigs list , this person actually has 2 but I told them I only wanted one , the pic on craigs list is of 2 baby greys and this person says her birds are 2 years old , it's not her babies I think she / he got the pic from a some site , heres the pic on craigs list and heres her emails to me http://detroit.craigslist.org/wyn/pet/4261937289.html

http://images.craigslist.org/00q0q_fFTeo1l6HU9_600x450.jpg

 

 

Ok dear great to hear from you again. I use to take most of my time

trying to study the birds andd

stay with them but since I relocated to

dallas, texas, work has been

so tight on my side so I have to give

them out cause I feel they are

kind of lonely here. So can you make it

here in texas for pick up or

should we arrange for delivery so they

could be delivered to your home

address by a delivery agency

 

heres my reply

sorry there is no way I can make it to Texas , I have to work and I don't have a vacation due until this July , you lost me on delivery agency ? I don't know of anyone that hand delivers parrots or are you talking about shipping them ?

 

 

the birds are free she says she just wants a good home for them but I bet , she will ask for money next to pay her delivery agency

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The fact that the individual isn't asking for any money and is willing to have you pick them up in person makes it seem like it might be legitimate. The fact that the pic posted is clearly two babies (those black eyes) rather than the two year olds he is referring to makes it seem fishy. If I was trying to rehome a bird, I would not post a pic of some other bird. If you really want to pursue it, you might consider skyping with him with web cam to see the birds and talk at more length about things. We have several members here from Texas--maybe if they are in the same area they could go check him out.

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There is an ad similar to that listed here in Dallas off and on. Two birds, same reason. The ad is so confusing though, she/he talks of the two birds and relocating but at the end of the post starts only talking about one. It is like they don't even know what they have. lol

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The first clue is that the person is advertising in a city that is NOT the one they live in. Why put an ad in Detroit's CL instead of Dallas, where surely there are parrot lovers who might be able to pick the birds up? The only answer I can think of that makes sense is that there are no birds. Hence the 'delivery' scam. CL always recommends dealing locally, and this kind of post is exactly why.

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Scam 100%.

I've seen adverts like this many times. They even appear here in Macedonia on internet advert sites, and are very easy recognizable because there are on funny and broken Macedonian language - clearly Google translated :) When I searched to buy Macaw I've found many scams. One guy claimed that he is from Italy and that he will give me Green winged macaw as a gift. Just fro fun, I e-mailed him that I will come personally to Italy since it is 1500 km from Macedonia. Of course, he sent me an e-mail that he just received a short term notice that requires him to go on a business trip abroad and that he will arrange for someone to deliver the bird via airplane. I replied that it is OK with me just go give me export-import details and to send me an invoice for the transport (it was 300 US$) as well as export invoice for the bird on the amount of 0 US$. He said that it is too complicated and that I should give him my card details and the transportation company will charge me. When I replied that I know the whole procedure since I am a lawyer he stopped contacting me.

Basic rule is: if it is sounds too good to be true - it is scam :)

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