Paypal, remove the offensive "need a new skipper" commercial
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Jesslynn Thies
8 years ago
If someone actually did this to me I wpuld be pissed and heart broken. How dare you make a special pet look like it's nothing.
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Megan Collins
8 years ago
This is NOT acceptable. Please remove.
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Anonymous
8 years ago
Disgusting. I am recommending removing paypal as a method of payment at my local rescues.
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Jackie Fritz
8 years ago
Please remove this ad as it nothing short of animal cruelty and sends the message that these wonderful and smart birds are disposable. We do not want people think this is acceptable and follow suit.
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Cassidy Ford
8 years ago
Absolutely outrageous. Pets are not replaceable "objects". What if someone lost your golden retriever, shrugged and just replaced it with a poodle, like everything was just fine? Outrageous, right? What if it was your child? Same darn thing.
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Jessie Monson
8 years ago
There is so much wrong with this AD!!!
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Carole bowden
8 years ago
This is the WRONG message to give out. Parrots are NOT toys they are sentient beings !! One just does not go out and buy another like a toy. Shame on you PayPal
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Ryan burgen
8 years ago
Horrible commercial. PayPal is offensive for this
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Barbara Littig
8 years ago
A bird is as wonderful a pet as a dog or cat. THis ad should be removed immediately. (As a side note, the cage is too small and round is not good.)
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Martha Vasi
8 years ago
Please remove commercial. There is so much over breeding of pet birds and by showing an irresponsible person letting their bird fly away with no concern and then to just order another one is animal abuse.
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Kerstin Stolpe-Friend
8 years ago
This ad is abhorrent, she lets the bird out to a certain death and she is happy about it, unreal
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Rosie Graber
8 years ago
Bad choice of add.
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Irene Wagner
8 years ago
I lost a bird on August 31st of this year. He flew out the door when I went outside. It broke my heart. I can't replace him because no other bird will be like him. Your ad is horrible.
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CaroleSue Hess
8 years ago
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This is not only cruel and absurd. With parrots being the 3rd most popular pet in the U.S., who in their right mind would think this was a "cute or funny" ad? Please Paypal, correct this horrible situation before you lose a lot of us as clients.
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Donna Gentry Morton
8 years ago
Never promote the idea that a parrot, or any pet, is a replaceable object. What's wrong with you, PayPal? And how insulting to us parrot owners -- do you think we wouldn't know if someone replaced our companion bird? I've used your services for a long, but if this ad continues, I'll find "a new skipper" to handle those financial transactions.
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Karrie Noterman
8 years ago
The caging that this bird is in sends a horrible message. Parrots are unique individuals that are like family members. Would you run this add with someones dog?
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Deidre Dykes
8 years ago
Parrots are living, feeling, unique creatures. Making light of a parrot's certain death (what happens when they fly away into the wild) is disgusting. This is paramount to joking about animal cruelty.
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Anonymous
8 years ago
Remove Paypal "need a new skipper" ad. How pathetic.
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Michelle
8 years ago
A parrot, or any living thing, is not a possession to be brought and sold or replaced so casually . It is a life to be valued, a family member and a treasure to guard. Please get rid of this awful advert Paypal.
If someone actually did this to me I wpuld be pissed and heart broken. How dare you make a special pet look like it's nothing.
This is NOT acceptable. Please remove.
Disgusting. I am recommending removing paypal as a method of payment at my local rescues.
Please remove this ad as it nothing short of animal cruelty and sends the message that these wonderful and smart birds are disposable. We do not want people think this is acceptable and follow suit.
Absolutely outrageous. Pets are not replaceable "objects". What if someone lost your golden retriever, shrugged and just replaced it with a poodle, like everything was just fine? Outrageous, right? What if it was your child? Same darn thing.
There is so much wrong with this AD!!!
This is the WRONG message to give out. Parrots are NOT toys they are sentient beings !! One just does not go out and buy another like a toy. Shame on you PayPal
Horrible commercial. PayPal is offensive for this
A bird is as wonderful a pet as a dog or cat. THis ad should be removed immediately. (As a side note, the cage is too small and round is not good.)
Please remove commercial. There is so much over breeding of pet birds and by showing an irresponsible person letting their bird fly away with no concern and then to just order another one is animal abuse.
This ad is abhorrent, she lets the bird out to a certain death and she is happy about it, unreal
Bad choice of add.
I lost a bird on August 31st of this year. He flew out the door when I went outside. It broke my heart. I can't replace him because no other bird will be like him. Your ad is horrible.
This is not only cruel and absurd. With parrots being the 3rd most popular pet in the U.S., who in their right mind would think this was a "cute or funny" ad? Please Paypal, correct this horrible situation before you lose a lot of us as clients.
Never promote the idea that a parrot, or any pet, is a replaceable object. What's wrong with you, PayPal? And how insulting to us parrot owners -- do you think we wouldn't know if someone replaced our companion bird? I've used your services for a long, but if this ad continues, I'll find "a new skipper" to handle those financial transactions.
The caging that this bird is in sends a horrible message. Parrots are unique individuals that are like family members. Would you run this add with someones dog?
Parrots are living, feeling, unique creatures. Making light of a parrot's certain death (what happens when they fly away into the wild) is disgusting. This is paramount to joking about animal cruelty.
Remove Paypal "need a new skipper" ad. How pathetic.
A parrot, or any living thing, is not a possession to be brought and sold or replaced so casually . It is a life to be valued, a family member and a treasure to guard. Please get rid of this awful advert Paypal.
Shame on you