Re: Bulb prices

Remember Jesse's favorite expression "people are stupid"??  uh huh.

---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: kmrsy@comcast.net
Reply-To: gardenchat@hort.net
Date:  Wed, 24 Dec 2003 14:48:33 +0000

>Maybe, Gene, but wouldn't a semi-intelligent human being check around a
>bit before bidding? The Harmony Kingdom piece I wanted for my sister got
>pushed up to $36 + $6 shipping. A local dealer would sell it for $35-40
>- I know becuase I checked the HK site to find the SRP. Fortunately
>there's another of the same item offered and I'm currently high bidder
>at $19.
>
>
>Kitty
>> Hello Kitty,
>>     Perhaps, in all fairness, the ones bidding are simply not as
>> knowledgeable as you. You take your extensive gardening and garden-related
>> shopping for granted. you have quite a few years experience and focused
>> activity... does not sound like the bidders do. There is also that element
>> of a bidding war that someone has let themselves be sucked into and can not
>> let go.....
>>     Meanwhile... ho ho ho to all..
>>     Gene E. Bush
>> Munchkin Nursery & Gardens, llc
>> www.munchkinnursery.com
>> genebush@munchkinnursery.com
>> Zone 6/5  Southern Indiana
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> > I've been browsing ebay a bit, (the auction on my sister's birthday gift
>> > closes tomorow and I want to be ready to sneak in at the last minute
>> > with the winning bid!)and decided to see what bulbs were available. I
>> > saw something that really floored me. Oxalis adenophylla, a darling
>> > little hardy Oxalis that I've grown in the past and bought to sell at
>> > our recent MG bulb sale was being offered. This person was offering ONE
>> > bulb for $4.50 and 5 people had bid it up already to $8.01 with the
>> > possibility of going higher. Van Engelen sells these bulbs for 50 bulbs
>> > for $7.69. Maybe they are a bit smaller than the one being auctioned,
>> > but VE's are topsize, meaning flowering size. Don't these people
>> > research anything before bidding?
>> > Kitty
>> 
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Pam Evans
Kemp TX/zone 8A



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