get deleted together. That's The Law.

Regardless of legality of the offer, the post was spam. I confess that I saw it first just before your email, and I wondered if anybody else would riff on the Monty Python connection, and Tom did. But your reply to Tom raised some good points, on top of reminding me of policy with "(which I thought was a no-no here)"--yes, it's a no-no.

In fact, your post was more valuable than the ad, and I reproduce it herewith (the thread wasn't erased, just moved into a "DeadZone" private moderators' board):

Notice the ad (which I thought was a no-no here) does not mention the species of parrot, nor if they were caught in the wild. International trade of most parrot species is illegal.

http://www.worldwildlife.org/trade/faqs_parrot.cfm

http://www.cites.org/eng/app/appendices.shtml

Most imported parrots die (the ex-parrot type) or are unpleasant as pets. Beware.