Re: Anthurium seeds

Dan,
 
It is my believe the majority of us were more outraged by the theft of private copyrighted property in order to sell a product than anything else.  And the fact those photos came from the IAS website made it even worse.  A lot of people don't consider taking someone else's photo a crime.  I do.  And so does U.S. law.  But when the stories that came back in email from the seller didn't add up, that added to the belief this was not an honest transaction.  Several of us were sharing email privately about this entire situation.  One IAS member was told the seeds were coming from South Africa and I was told they were coming from the United States.  But the kicker for me was the use of a photo of a plant very similar to Dorothy Henkle's unusual Anthurium which appeared on Aroideana in 1989.  A bunch of people on this forum have been looking for that plant for a long time including Dr. Croat.  I found it extremely hard to believe someone would offer 5 seeds of that rare plant for $1.99 plus $1 postage.  And if you noticed, the seller was using the same species name with different photos of plants, some of which were not the plant advertised.  The photo in question was not Dorothy's, it was (I believe) Neil's.  But few actually have that specimen.  So far, I've found two people on this board who very likely have one.  Since others have been selling seeds on eBay, I haven't heard much of anything about whether or not they were honest.  But this one just did not add up.
 
Steve Lucas
 
----- Original Message -----
From: p*@zoominternet.net
To: aroid-l@gizmoworks.com
Sent: Monday, October 22, 2007 5:50 PM
Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] Anthurium seeds

Hi Steve and others,
 
Unfortunately, you can not expect ebay to take any action.  No one, and I mean no one has any proof of wrong-doing as of yet.....besides stealing pics and I hope that this has been dealt with by ebay.....there is no proof the seed are not genuine at all.  There is only supposition and suspicion based on the fact that no one knows who this person is, and until you get them, germinate them, and grow them to maturity you have no proof of that.  I can also say from personal experience that this summer I started selling seed of a rare plant......no one had a clue who I was as I had never even grown one of these before.....still no one doubted the fact that the seed were genuine and I dare say you can ask some of the membership here and they will agree that they were as advertised.....I can only hope that I was not initially vilified behind the scenes because people had no clue who I was and just popped on the scene offering more seed than had ever been available previously by anyone in the world!!
 
The fact that the seed will not germinate is also blanket covered by the basic addage that the seller can not be responsible for the incompetence of the buyer as far as germination.   I can tell you that of the perhaps 4,000 seed that I sold this summer I heard from people getting 90% and above success rate and others with the same seed got 0%......what does that mean.....I do not know.....I did my best to replace the seed for those people that did not have success the first time around, but you can not expect that from every seller on or off ebay.
 
I have no idea about these seed and I doubt their validity as much as the next person, but we are all making accusations with zero evidence.
 
Sorry, but I just felt like that needed to be pointed out even though I agree with everything everyone has said.  I just hope that 4 months ago they were not saying it about me :o)
 
Good growing all,
 
Dan
 
Dan Devor
Gibsonia, PA
 
 
----- Original Message -----
From: S*@ExoticRainforest.com
To: aroid-l@gizmoworks.com
Sent: Monday, October 22, 2007 2:57 PM
Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] Anthurium seeds

At least in my case, trying to call eBay is worse than calling the bank!  All you get is "press 4, press 6, press 2, please visit our website".  They won't take a report!  I've filed my report (twice) and I hope most of you have done likewise.  But it appears ladybotany is going to get away with her first bunch of scam auctions.  Some have already ended and others will end shortly.  The auctions for Anthruium superbum will exceed $150 each for 5 seeds!
 
Personally, I now have zero faith in eBay.  It appears, at least on the surface, they care more about the money they make off listings and commissions plus their percentage of PayPal than they do about theft of copyright materials and fraudulent offerings. Don't know about the rest of you, but I made my report on Thursday and repeated it on Friday.  So far, I've not heard a single word.  And I really don't expect to ever hear a word!
 
Steve Lucas
 
----- Original Message -----
From: e*@bellsouth.net
To: aroid-l@gizmoworks.com
Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2007 9:16 AM
Subject: [Aroid-l] Anthurium seeds

Hi All,
Actually the complaint phone number to Ebay is (866)515-3229..... Ahem!
There is an email address too, but that rarely gets much in the way of results.
It is unfortunate that sellers insist on making quick cash at others expense.
There are a great of great buyers on Ebay that I have come to know as friends over the years and I hate to see them fall prey to a scam.
Enid

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