[PowerBBS]

eBay - eBay - eBay ....

Even when you consider some of the sellers are charging very high shipping rates the end cost (including shipping) is typically much, much less than what you would pay retail for the same cage.

Those high shipping costs are just the sellers way of trying to "keep" all the money from the sale rather than lose it in the "selling fee's" charged to them by eBay. You see... eBay's fee's charged to people are based on the selling cost and that doesn't include the cost of shipping. So sellers, in an attempt to keep the selling fees as small as possible make the cost of the cage much much lower than what it could ever really possibly sell for and swing that cost into the shipping charges. While this is against eBay's policies (because it means eBay isn't getting the higher fee's based on the full selling cost), I still maintain that it's the cheapest place to get a cage even including some of the high shipping costs.

I've purchased every cage in my home from eBay saving me literally 1000's of dollars. My 6ft(Width)x3ft(Deep)x6ft(Height) double cage with dual cage dividers would have cost me retail of almost $1200.00 after s/h. However, i got the cage from eBay including shipping for only $550.00. My 4ft(Width)x3ft(Deep)x7ft(Height) cage retail is almost 1000.00 and I got it for 400.00 from eBay including shipping. Several other's I own I could mention, but those two are the biggest savings/differences. I estamate eBay has saved me easily over $2K - So don't let the hype of abnormal shipping rates scare you. You'll find that the typical cost + shipping on eBay is still cheaper than retail costs + shipping from just about anywhere else. Yes you can occationally run into the rare situation where you can't get it cheaper on eBay. But that's typically very rare (and in most cases is only because you may not be looking in the right place on eBay).

So I'll keep saying it - and local shops and other internet stores really hate me for saying it; but I'm always about saving money, as it doesn't grow on trees - "eBay". It will beat 'em every time, just be a smart shopper/eBayer - 1000's of different cage styles, types and sizes.

That's my suggestion... Other non-eBayers might disagree - do some research of your own though and you'll see what I mean. Good luck!