Anyone may buy birds from exhibitors and club members on Friday and Saturday, November 15-16, in room 203/204, on the second floor of the Santa Clara Convention Center. Payment must be in cash if you are not a member of National Cage Bird Show (NCBS) or Santa Clara Valley Canary & Exotic Bird Club (SCVCEBC).

Dr. Govers D.V.M. from the West Valley Pet Clinic will be onsite Saturday, November 16, from 4-6 p.m. He will be able to do free bird exams and issue State of California Health Certificates for $10 if you need them for travel by air, or if you are buying a pet and want an exam before you finalize the purchase. Dr. Govers is a member of the Association of Avian Veterinarians.

Click on this link to see: Convention Center Floorplan

1. Only exhibitors or members of NCBS or SCVCEBC may sell birds.
2. Sellers should properly identify their birds and indicate if they are pets or breeders, type of food they are used to (eg. seed or pellets) and any special requirements or conditions, such as lighting schedule or outdoor hardy.
3. Sellers must house the birds to be sold in clean, appropriately sized cages with food and water. Do not overcrowd the birds.
4. No sick birds may be sold, sales staff will remove any cage with a sick bird from the Bird Sales Room.
5. Only birds for sale may be brought into the Bird Sales Room.
6. Handling fee: $1.00 per bird paid before birds are put on sale. This fee goes to the National Cage Bird Show organization, not SCVCEBC.
7. Owners may assist the sales room staff with selling their own birds.
8. Sales room cashiers will handle all financial transactions in the Bird Sales Room.
9. SCVCEBC (Santa Clara Valley CanaryExotic Bird Club) commission: 10% of all sales.
10. Sellers will be paid at the end of the show.
11. SCVCEBC will collect California state sales tax and file one return for the show. California sellers who normally collect sales tax can report show sales as "consignment" and will not pay sales tax when they report these sales on their state tax returns.
12. Payment must be in cash, except that SCVCEBC and NCBS members who joined prior to October 1, 2002 may pay with either cash or check.
13. SCVCEBC will not be responsible for loss of birds, cages or any other items from any cause whatsoever.
14. All sales are final, no refunds.
15. SCVCEBC will be the final arbiter of the rules and reserves the right to amend or revise them should SCVCEBC deem it necessary to do so.

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