Re: [aroid-l] Let the buyers beware.

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>From: elizabeth@begoniac.com >Reply-To: aroid-l@lists.ncsu.edu >To: aroid-l@lists.ncsu.edu >Subject: Re: [aroid-l] Let the buyers beware. >Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2004 12:50:39 -0400 (EDT) >

Thanks, Elizabeth, but the main seller who offers these 'rare'/misidentified plants has put me on his 'off list' for obvious reasons!

Again, LET THE BUYER BEWARE!

Julius

>Julius,

> >eBay does allow you to send emails to a seller.  Just go to the individual >listing and click on Ask seller a question.  Checking the seller's feedback >is a good practice, but isn't foolproof. > >Elizabeth > >On Mon, 26 Jul 2004 09:31:15 +0000, "Julius Boos" wrote: > > >Dear All, >Just a note to friends on this list who patronize the 'auction' sites on >the web to purchase plants, let the buyer beware!   > Recently there have been some offerings of aroids that are in reality not >what they are advertized to be, seemingly deliberately misidentified >species, and plants advertised as being 'exceedingly rare', etc. that are >in fact readily available from many sources at 1/4 the starting price put >on them on these sites.    That is not to say that there are some good and >rare offerings of seeds and some rare collected plants that are being >offered, my warning is about those others, I guess 'know your source' would >be a good way to put it.    If anyone has doubts about a pending or a >purchase being considered, I guess you can ask about the quality on this >and other lists, maybe you will save yourself a lot of wasted $$. >I have tried to contact these sites directly (with assistance other friends >on these lists) to inform them of this form of what I percieve as a fraud, >but the sites do not allow comment from anyone who does or has not bought >plants or items from these sites.   Amazing! >Good Luck! >Julius Boos >WPB, >Florida