If you need a new car, and are strapped for cash, why not just use your pet bird as a down payment? Reddit user Sloshua posted quite an interesting text message conversation. He had acquired a 1992 Nissan 300ZX from his father-in-law. When asked about the history of the 300, he said:

It's a two-owner, garage kept, no door dings, 9/10 leather interior, etc. Since it is a somewhat desirable car that is in amazing shape, in order to gauge the interest in the car, I decided to put up a feeler ad Craigslist.


In the ad, he was also up for trades. Well...someone offered him one. A truck and a parrot. The truck in consideration was a 1959 Ford F100. Sloshua then replied:

I told him that it was a cool truck, but unfortunately not what I'm looking for, and thanked him for the offer. Then the bird reply. I sent "Sorry, I think my wife would kill me, lol."


Why was the guy getting rid of the bird? Well according to the not-so-loving owner, apparently the bird only seems to care for women. No matter how much he feeds the bird or cleans its cage, there's no affection. Oh, and the bird and cage is worth about $1500-$2000. Now I see why the guy wants the bird to fly the coop.