Re: Anthurium seeds

**K* M* <k*@spatulacity.com>**

Don,

It's possible that her feedback will never turn negative. She's selling 
seeds. They have to be grown at *least* to partial maturity before an ID 
can be made, and often to full maturity and flowering. I know very 
little about Anthurium.

Feedback can only be left for a short while. By the time people realize 
she's ripping them off, the positive "fast shipping" ratings will be 
piled up - assuming she ships promptly.

It's only if she ships other items that are known to be incorrect upon 
arrival that her ratings will go down.

I've seen people reply on this list that eBay doesn't care if their 
sellers are fraudulent. That's not true. Their entire business model 
will crumble and they'll go out of business if they get a reputation for 
allowing fraudulent sellers to get away with it. The procedure for 
getting those sellers banned might be tedious, I don't know the 
procedure, but if it doesn't work then eBay is doomed. eBay's management 
might have been stupid enough to buy Skype (and lose a fortune) but 
they're not stupid enough to go out of business for allowing fraudulent 
sellers.

-Ken

Don Martinson wrote:
> There’s certainly plenty to be leery of regarding this seller:
> 
> No good history to go on. Only 3 feedback ratings and those were all 
> from her as a buyer
> Snitches photos from other sites.
> Sells seeds of very rare species (I’m assuming)
> Based in Turkey (but says she gets the seeds from South America – I 
> suppose that could happen)
> Cheap postage (however most Anthurium seeds are pretty light and I can 
> ship a  1 oz envelope first class TO Turkey for $.90
> 
> However, unless someone knows more than I have been able to glean from 
> the threads of the past week, she has yet to be proven a total fraud. 
>  Yes, yes, I know,
> she snitched the photos, but that, in itself doesn’t mean the buyer 
> won’t get what she’s selling.  
> 
> Not to worry, though, it won’t be long before those feedback results 
> start to come in, and we should know more, at least if she can deliver 
> viable seeds of something.  Too bad it can take
> quite some time before the identity of any seeds which sprout can be 
> confirmed.
> 
> And I sure wouldn’t pay what some of those are paying for A. superbum 
> without being pretty sure I’d be getting the right thing.
> 
> Stay tuned, this story ain’t over yet.
> 
> 
> Don Martinson
> Milwaukee, Wisconsin
> Mailto:llmen@wi.rr.com
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