lotus15
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Thanks, after talking with beak face - I was all set - because they are beautiful cages - but I should have to renegotiate a price just because I'm not ready to buy when she sends me the order confirmation. I was even over my fear of sending the full amount - now I don't know what to do. I was only going to look over the specs again, and beak face made a few really good suggestions that I should consider getting before the final order was placed. That in my book should be the only reason the price should change; if I made a change to the order.
I think you said EH - they sent me some closeup pictures of a few features and are sending me a sample of the cage with the spacing that they recommend for my birds to see if it's what I would like before they start the cage.
Still checking for a used cage but only finding things that people should really put in the trash - the cheap ones bought from pet stores that look as if they've seen better days. Even a few of those plastic and wire ones from like K-mart type store - that have paint chipping off. One person actually said it was a Kings Cage and his bird ate off some of the paint and he was recommended to get a SS and he's selling the Kings that the paint came off of - Seriously?
The only other thing would be the freedom cage company where everyone had terrible experiences with him. The cages are SS but leftover stock when he bought the company and I believe he said they were from India. He's local - only about hour and half away - I could go look at one and he offered to deliver in his own pickup for a small fee (cheaper than shipping) and it won't fit in my car. I'm not sure of that freedom buffet - the little bird likes to get into the food dishes - afraid she'll get stuck or hurt.
If any one has one of his cages -let me know -I'm a little bummed I was all set to place the order with Carmen - until I read those e-mails -
unless I get over being mad and just consider she has ZERO customer service skills.
I appreciate everyone helping me through this process.
I've also had a very bad experience with Freedom.
I have two EH cages now and I really truly love both of them. I'm very, very happy with them. I will admit, I don't think they are quite as aesthetically pleasing as some of the custom jobs that Animal Environments or Freedom can pull off, but the quality is better than both in my opinion and the customer service is about 100x better in my opinion. Like most custom cage companies they work slowly and it will take you a few months to get your cage, but I think it's totally worth it.