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Post by avinet on Sept 25, 2010 9:50:08 GMT 10
WARNING - a scam. Can a moderator remove this post. Current price on Hyacinths in Australia (probably less than 20 in the country) is around $50,000 each. And there is certainly not a pair being kept as pets.
A sure sign of a scam is the "well vaccinated" garbage. There are no vaccinations for birds in Australia.
Also perhaps remove this person as a member of the forum.
cheers,
Mike
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Post by meandem on Sept 25, 2010 13:13:30 GMT 10
I have removed it Mike. Surely was a steal hey!
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Post by vankarhi on Sept 25, 2010 16:19:26 GMT 10
I didn't see the ad but as soon as I saw the heading.......I knew it was a scam ....... those types of birds don't get advertised on places like this and $3000?  ??  I might have to just sell my body a few (many times actually lol) so I can have a bargain like that lol |
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Post by alemap on Oct 27, 2010 3:02:06 GMT 10
We get a lot of that in the uk, we have site that use premium rate phone numbers to reply to adds and they just let these adds run as they make money from them. hyacinths are quite easy to get in europe and are around 25000 euros a pr, anyone interested in seeing whats availlable in europe this is a good site www.parrot4sale.com |
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Post by Robyn on Oct 28, 2010 8:08:21 GMT 10
My hubby thought all his Christmas's came at once this morning he got a text message to say he had won 500.000 pounds in a Nokia UK Promotion. Another SCAM, seems it's been going on for years. I just can't believe people believe these things. I googled the so called promotion & sure enough pages & pages of warnings that it was a scam.
I actually got an official looking letter from Europe telling me one of my relative had left a will & asked me to contact them with my details i just binned it. Plus i don't have relations in Europe at all.
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Post by Laraine on Oct 28, 2010 8:39:17 GMT 10
I get at least one of those emails a week, wish I had that many rich relatives.
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Post by vankarhi on Oct 28, 2010 9:23:05 GMT 10
I get quite of a lot of "inheritance's" ....... gee if only lol .......... and I just delete them without opening. One of my kids worried me for ages because she would always contact me saying.......they say I have won......or they say I have an inheritance...blah blah blah.......and at one stage the inheritance was from Holland and my ex is dutch??? She contacted me asking do you know anyone by the name &^%@#$ and I always told her "it is a SCAM Kara.......DON'T reply especially if they are asking for your personal details. Things that are genuine, usually contact you via mail/post or phone not emails.
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Post by Eagle on Nov 30, 2010 18:10:35 GMT 10
WARNING - a scam. Can a moderator remove this post. Current price on Hyacinths in Australia (probably less than 20 in the country) is around $50,000 each. And there is certainly not a pair being kept as pets. A sure sign of a scam is the "well vaccinated" garbage. There are no vaccinations for birds in Australia. Also perhaps remove this person as a member of the forum. cheers, Mike Hi Mike yes its 100% scam But their is alot more than 20 Hyacinth Macaws in the country and yes their 100k a pair We should see more activity with then in the cumming 5 years |
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Post by avinet on Nov 30, 2010 22:06:17 GMT 10
When NEBRS closed down around 10 years ago there were 10 Hyacinths legally registered to 5 different owners under that scheme. While there were known to be more hidden around the country the problem now is that any breeding - and the last I heard there were yet to be any genuinely bred in Australia - would have to be demonstrated to have been bred form those 10 registered birds. And with DNA advances that would be easy to prove or disprove.
cheers,
Mike
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Post by Laraine on Dec 1, 2010 9:38:26 GMT 10
Just for my curiosity - how did they originally get into Australia?
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Post by Karen on Dec 1, 2010 10:39:24 GMT 10
Legal importation. I think anything could be brought into Australia until around 1990 when the importation of foreign birds was banned.
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Post by avinet on Dec 1, 2010 13:56:34 GMT 10
Legal importation. I think anything could be brought into Australia until around 1990 when the importation of foreign birds was banned. Unrestricted importation was stopped in the 1950's. Prior to that importation was strictly speaking illegal but it was ignored so many birds turned up in Australia. From the late 1950's to late 1980's there was no authorized importation, however the policy was that if birds were found being smuggled into Australia they would not be euthanased as current policy is, but would be passed on to zoos or a couple of fortunate breeders in the "loop" with Customs. That is how both Lutino Ringnecks and Sun Conures amongst others became established in Australian aviculture. Around 1990 there was a few years when some importation of a limited number of species was allowed, under strict quarantine conditions, and only from England. That was stopped around 1994 from memory when concerns were expressed by vets that some diseases were not getting picked up by the quarantine process. Since that time there has been no legal imports of aviary birds, although lots of illegal imports. cheers Mike |
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Post by vankarhi on Dec 1, 2010 14:35:16 GMT 10
Are the risks of illegal importation of birds really worth the effort?? Wouldn't it be so difficult to sell?? Or am I just being very nieve with the "black market"?? Wouldn't the fines and possible jail sentance be enough to scare people off?? Geesh it is hard enough to sell birds when legally allowed to breed and sell them let alone trying to do it illegally. Plus how can you "show off" your prize possession...... when no one is allowed to know you have it???
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Post by Phill on Dec 1, 2010 15:45:13 GMT 10
What an interesting topic.
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Post by Laraine on Dec 2, 2010 13:21:52 GMT 10
I was talking to a man the other day who knows someone who sends birds and eggs overseas all the time. Apparently he never gets caught. After watching all the customs shows on TV you would wonder how he doesn't.
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Post by Karen on Dec 2, 2010 13:24:31 GMT 10
I still think it is ridiculous that pigeons can be imported but not parrots.
Would have thought pigeons would be able to bring in the same diseases that parrots have too.
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Post by bleedinggreen on Dec 6, 2010 7:58:50 GMT 10
Hyacinth $100K per pair? I'll take two thanks....oh you take interest free term don't you  What would be the most expensive birds in aus? This is the highest I've heard off. |
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Post by silvercloud on Dec 15, 2010 20:17:03 GMT 10
Laraine, it's only a matter of time before that guy or his helpers get caught.
Bleedinggreen, I would say that hyacinths would be the most expensive.
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