Re: Bad News Gardens are back?[xwall-bcc][xwall-faked-from][xwall-mx]

**Pat Meadows p*@meadows.pair.com**

On Tue, 31 Jan 2006 10:55:40 -0500, you wrote:

>Sad to say, Michigan Bulb Company is alive and well, operating out of a
>new location by new owners who bought the name for a dime when the
>company's owners put MBC and all of the 12+ tradestyles operating under
>the Foster & Gallagher parent company out of business in 2001. I doubt
>Gardener's Choice is one and the same. Its most likely a spin-off by
>some hort folks who lost their job in this dreaded economy and are
>spiraling to great lengths to feed their families and keep their
>mortgages intact at any cost.
>
They (Gardener's Choice) certainly have a bad rating at The
Garden WatchDog.  They are said to be affiliated with
'Spring River Nurseries, Inc.'.  

Anyway, their ratings are:

16 positives
21 neutrals
150 negatives

http://davesgarden.com/gwd/c/928/

Pat
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since it is the merger of state and corporate power." 
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