In the Pigeon world, it has been rather thought provoking as of late. Having gotten into Fantails, I have been watching birds that are sold and making notes of traits and characteristics in my birds. There was a group of Fantails recently sold on Eggbid as a loft dispersal for C.B. Jackson. Some very nice birds were in that group. However, I have to wonder about some of the prices. One bird sold for well over $600.00 and I saw where Mr. Jackson was reported to have paid $1,000.00 for that bird.
My question about that is no attack on anyone, it is just a question. Are people who spend that much money on a single bird, in any breed, trying to buy their way into the top spot, or are they actually buying the bird because they truly believe it will further theie own stock? Is a $600.00 bird required to better one’s stock or can a breeder find the piece he is missing for a lot less?
Again, these are just questions I ponder and I, personally, don’t care what people spend on their birds. I think of the guy who might need one or two good birds to help his stock, but cannot afford those prices. Is that guy even able to better his stock if those are the prices for “good” birds?
Speaking of Eggbid, have you all seen the recent nonsense on there? This “Eggbid.com Slander”, etc. stuff? Now, I know that Eggbid could care less about the hobby, they only like their money and don’t even monitor the site. Hell, they cannot even credit accounts in the same timeply manner by which they require payment. I am paid up , but they haven’t credited my account in over a year. They also don’t even bother to answer emails anymore.
Normally, it would be in order to ask for a boycott, but since you are able to post whatever you want with no consequences and not even pay for auction fees (Yeah, I know people), why not use the service. However, please be cautioned to use it at your own risk. The downside of the site is that their customer service is worthless, and I’m being nice about that, so they won’t respond to anything sladerous or libelous that is posted. If you make someone mad, you are on your own, but remember, if it is an outright lie and is put in writing, it is a serious offense and prosecutable. You may have the law on your side, but you certainly won’t have Eggbid on your side.
