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Old 06-23-2009, 11:58 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Old 06-23-2009, 02:35 PM   #2 (permalink)
 
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Vendors for what? Plants or seeds?
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Old 06-23-2009, 02:44 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Plants.....The reason I ask is because I ordered some from a company that shall remain nameless and they weren't what I ordered. They insisted they were but....I ain't happy and they don't care. So I gave them away.
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Old 06-23-2009, 03:51 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Sounds like Ty Ty. You could go to Davesgarden Watchdog & look up the place where you ordered from.
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Old 06-23-2009, 04:07 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Hey, I just looked up Ty Ty there & it isn't listed anymore! Is Ty Ty listed under a new name? Anybody?
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Old 06-23-2009, 07:05 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Ty Ty Nursery is still Ty Ty Nursery. They still show up in Google. Just that they're no longer listed in Dave's Garden because TTN sued DG over the negative comments and they prevailed upon DG to remove any references to TTN. If you want to read comments about TTN, there are other websites, e.g., GardenWeb, Amazon, etc.

However, we don't really know who Tomsamba is referring to. Could be anybody. I, myself, have had an unpleasant experience with a well known and beloved Vendor, as well as, some Vendors from eBay. Like Tomsamba, I just re-apropriated some of mine away. And I've already located more reliable sources for similar plants, anyway. I only wish that I'd done this a long time ago, and could have avoided the hassle with that Vendor.
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I ordered from Greenearth Inc. (banana-plants.com), but still haven't gotten my shipment yet, and it's been over a week. I guess it's cause they said they had such a heavy response to their sale, shipping was set back a little over a week. But, I heard a lot of positive feedback from them, so that's why I ordered.
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I agree, its impossible to know. I too just ordered some plants from a 'well known and beloved vendor' who is on this site, Dave's Garden, eBay and probably every other site known to man. He has many friends who come to his defense whenever any negative comment is made about his products. But the truth is, his stuff is NOT worth the money he asks for it. I have received better plants as trades from complete strangers than I have gotten from him, so I have decided that I won't order from him again, nor will I recommend him to others.

My advice is, if you live in a place where there are any kind of regular sales within driving distance of you, go and buy your plants in person and not over the net. If that's not possible, try to trade with someone you know and trust
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My advice is, if you live in a place where there are any kind of regular sales within driving distance of you, go and buy your plants in person and not over the net. If that's not possible, try to trade with someone you know and trust[/QUOTE]

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Is it wrong for Tomsamba to mention the name of the place? I'm sure some of us would like to know, if we are going to order from them. As long as it's the truth, I don't see anything wrong with it.
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Is it wrong for Tomsamba to mention the name of the place? I'm sure some of us would like to know, if we are going to order from them. As long as it's the truth, I don't see anything wrong with it.
I think that it's his personal issue. I appreciate and respect his discretion.
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Yes, its not good to dis someone publicly. Even if what you say is true. After all, it is subjective. The very small hardly grown out tissue culture plug that one person receives for $10+ may be extremely welcome if they cannot get the plant any other way, but for another person, it is tantamount to almost a waste of money and generally a big disappointment.

I actually figured out an empirical truth a long time ago, but the problem is, when something "new" comes along, and its something I want, I find it hard to wait, and sometimes will break this rule to get it sooner, but my new rule which I plan to adhere to in the future is this:

I will wait until the plant I want appears at my local Home Depot or Lowes, or at the local Botanical Gardens sales that I attend regularly, in the stuffed full 3 gallon container, for $9.99 or less. (or until I make a trade for it). Because, here in Florida, INVARIABLY, most of the plants I want DO arrive on the market this way.

I got my Colocasia 'Maui Magic' and 'Elena' this way. I got my aureo- variegated Alocasia frydek this way, a huge stuffed 3 gallon for $10. As opposed to $25-50 on the web for a 4" pot. I got two huge beautiful Siam Ruby bananas over 4 ft tall for $12.50 each locally. I got my first 4 ft tall Philodendron warzsescii (sp) for $12 that way when tiny plants were selling for $25-30 on the web. I got my lovely crinum Meneheune this way. And a ton of my hoyas....why pay big bucks for a single strand of a hoya that will take forever to make a nice full plant when I can pick up a lot of nice species at regional sales in stuffed full hanging baskets for about $12? The Buddah's Hand Citron I wanted had only ONE online source on the web, they wanted $40 for a tiny tree. I got a huge one at Lowes for $7.99.

Going Bananas is almost always at the sales I go to in Central and South FL, and there are other banana vendors around as well. I realize I am LUCKY. This is not possible for people in other parts of the country. But for me, its the rule I plan to strictly live by in the future: buy locally or regionally, or trade. No more mail order for me.
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I don't name a vendor because I do not wish to get into a flame war or have some legal jinglebob writing me cease and desist letters. It doesn't matter, obviously some people are happy or they would be out of business. You can only exist so long in business with bad service or being an a__hole.
But thank you for all your replies, I appreciate it. I'm going to Lares this weekend because I got a line on a guy who has some of which I seek.
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