$2000 is cheap for an amazon here. The last one I saw in a pet shop here was selling for $4000! You don't realise how lucky you are to have access to the parrots you do at the prices you can buy them for.
hi caliopi. I live a few hours east of where this bird resides.
Just to put the price into context, we were given a Panama Amazon in January - he came with a lovely, huge double-stacked cage, and at no charge. Back in July, I paid $400 for an 8 y.o. Yellow Crown in excellent shape & with a sunny disposition. He came with a cage, but a bad one. He was on the Baltimore craigslist, about 5 hours from this bird. There is a 13 y.o. Redhead female currently on the Harrisburg craigslist (3 hours east) whose owner wants $700 & I thought that was high. There was a redheaded amazon on the Philly craigslist a week or so ago - again with cage - for $200. When his owner said he wanted the bird to get a good home, I think he actually did put finding the right home above getting the most money he could. And there is a lovely orange wing female, about 8 years old, on the Harrisburg craigslist for $600. She comes with a cage, too, and it is a nice one.
So yes - $2,000 is the high side of retail around here.
But rescueme is right - buying this bird at $2,000 might inspire the owner to go out & buy one of those under $1,000 birds to flip at a higher price, putting the
next bird in jeopardy. But it would get
this bird out of a potentially bad situation.
I don't think there is really a right answer, except to spend within your means for the bird YOU want to live with, long-term. It is hard to remember that as an individual, if you try to save more than you can support, you will be the next person 'sadly must place' and the poor bird has a life-changing event yet again.