Its oh so quiet Shh Shh

[RedSidedSPR]

Always room for negotiation.

Start at something reasonable, but around $800... that's what he's worth, sp if you can get that much for him, great...

[kibakiba]

Yeah. Should I add in the cost of his cage too, or just let it go for free if they want it? I've never sold anything like this haha, and I really don't want to get ripped off, or rip someone else off.

[RedSidedSPR]

Well, $800 is $800... If you were willing to charge $500 for bird AND cage, $800 for both isn't bad... you could say "$800 for bird and all it's caging" or you could add to it. $950 for all... your choice. Anything under $1,000 isn't ripping anyone off, but anything under $500 is ripping YOU off.

[kibakiba]

That is true. Now that my mom knows 800 is just for Willy, she wants to ask for more... That's just like her and the rest of her family (other than my great grand parents, the only sane people that were in the family.) I'll make sure to add that it's negotiable since... Yeah.


The snakies are definitely going to be stuffed if he does end up selling, I'll be able to order 300 mice and get a new computer... Haha... But I'm going to miss my little Willy. I just feel bad keeping him, knowing he's not getting the attention he deserves.

[RedSidedSPR]

Yeah, well, at least charge a good price for him.

Just start with a good price. You can always lower it, but you can't really raise it.

[kibakiba]

I think it would be a really cheap move to raise a price for any reason after putting it in the paper and advertising it as something else.

[RedSidedSPR]

Thats... what I said.

[kibakiba]

Mhm...

[RedSidedSPR]

???

Just start with a good price. You can always lower it, but you can't really raise it.

[ConcinusMan]

Well, we're putting an ad in the news paper, maybe craigslist.

Pet sales are prohibited on craigslist. You'll just get flagged and your ad removed. You'll have to use another venue.

With the economy the way it is, nobody wants to pay hundreds of dollars for an animal. Just like what has happened with desktop computers (prices have fallen to record lows) birds just don't go for much these days. Even snakes are pretty low this year. People just don't have money to spend. I think your mom is right to start at 500 and see what happens. It's likely you'll have to go even lower to get him to sell.