I want to start this entry with something that has bugged me for a while, but more to inform you of something I found out. I see a lot of people posting birds and telling people they accept PayPal as payment. PayPal is great and I love the service. However, when people post that the buyer must add 3% or some other amount for PayPal fees, that is not legal. I was going to buy some birds once from someone who wanted to tack the additional fees onto their auction so I contacted PayPal about that. (I had heard it wasn’t legal before, that is why I questioned it.) Anyway, PayPal came back and said the seller is not supposed to charge the buyer extra fees to cover PayPal’s fees.
Sometimes, I give a discount to people who pay with PayPal because it is instant and you know you have the money. You can often ship same day or next day for them. I either do not do business with people who insist on charging the extra PayPal fees or I simply won’t send it to them. I won’t participate in illegal activity. For those of you who do use PayPal, please be aware of this and check with PayPal if you have any questions.
I still don’t have all my birds paired up yet, but am slowly getting there. Most of my WOE’s are mated, but I ended up with extra Black hens. I still haven’t decided whether to part with them or keep them since they are pretty nice Blacks. I will be cutting back on the WOE’s once they are all paired up. The way they raise, I certainly don’t want a lot of them around.
I got a few pairs of Fantails paired up, but not all of them. I need to go through and pick out those that will stay and those that can go in the next couple weeks or so.
I have been on the fence for over a month now as to whether to keep my Kazans or not. I think I have decided to hang on to them. They weren’t easy to find int he first place and they are decent birds. Besides, I have always liked them and I think a guy ought to keep what he likes.
I am supposed to get a couple nice Chinese Owls this weekend so be watching for them if anyone is interested. Of course, I also should have some really good Fantails by the end of the month as well when Dwight calls. I may actually get down to 30 birds or so before it is all said and done.
There is going to be a big change coming with my website and I will give some hints on that as we go. Basically, one thing is that it is going to be completely re-done from scratch. I’m calling Ty Pennington and we’re tearing down the old and building a new and improved version complete with pool tables, swimming pool, and those cute little flat screen TV’s that come up out the foot of the bed. Well…maybe not ALL of those things, but some major changes are coming…
Bob
