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Post by tsukisama on Nov 17, 2008 1:46:47 GMT 10
oh ...well I ment like oter aussie based sites like on housing(for people), laws in australia, you know, just places tha I can tal abou living i Autralia to get ideas.
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Post by vankarhi on Nov 17, 2008 6:06:14 GMT 10
Ok I have had some sleep and feel not so tired now......I am assuming price gouging means ...... price drop???
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Post by avinet on Nov 17, 2008 17:15:37 GMT 10
Ok I have had some sleep and feel not so tired now......I am assuming price gouging means ...... price drop??? It means that someone is trying to get more than a fair price - used at times with petrol prices when they are higher than they should be. In that context the petrol companies are trying to make extra profit at the expense of the motorist. In the Eclectus reference, someone is trying to get more than the bird's market value. It is probably more an American term, and a definition can be seen at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Price_gougingOf course it is a capitalistic world, and one can argue that any price is a fair price if a buyer can be found - in a capitalistic world it is "buyer beware" and the buyer should have done enough research to be aware of the current prices. There is a pet shop near us on the Sunshine Coast which has a Blue & Gold macaw for sale (in pretty poor condition apparently, but that's another story) for $12,500 when from a breeder one could expect to pay around the $6,000 to $7,000 mark these days. Eventually a sucker will come along and buy the bird, knowing nothing about macaws, and with staff selling it that know little more! That is price gouging at work. cheers, Mike |
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Post by robert on Nov 17, 2008 18:17:09 GMT 10
Hope o'kay to put this here. for tsukisama. www.csu.edu.au/australia/ from Robert and Precious. Mike. This is why , whether buying from a breeder or pet shop,it is important to educate ourselves as much as possible before hand.Impule buying that Macaw . Well.I say no more. Still I hope that the Macaw gets a good owner,that knows how to give it a good life. from Robert and Precious |
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Post by vankarhi on Nov 17, 2008 21:01:42 GMT 10
Oh ok now I know what that means. I actually just looked on Petlink just before coming on here and I probably should have just looked on there before instead of asking other people how much they sell their birds for...........I can see that ekkies have dropped in price and appear to now be asking around the $600 to $750 and breeding pairs seem to be in the low $1000's apart from one pair I saw.
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Post by angelicvampyre on Dec 7, 2008 20:43:01 GMT 10
Down south (Melbourne) a basic wildlife liecese (I think you can have an eckky on this) is $45 for the first year $35 for each year after that. Also birds cost more down here. Going rate for a eckky is about $1000 - $1500
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