Re: Buyer Beware

Dan and others:

>Mr. Freese has been paid and claims the plants were sent. The plants 
>never arrived and Mr. Freese won't say who the carrier was.

I have a general question.  What is the attraction about buying 
hostas, or for that matter just about any plant, from someone on an 
auction when they have no idea of who is selling the plants and have 
no idea of the quality?  I suspect that most of the people who sell 
plants on the various auctions are honest, but it sure is easy for 
unscrupulous people to make some quick money.  Maybe my philosophy is 
overly cautious, but I have yet to find a hosta, daylily, lily or just 
about any other plant that I just had to have at any cost - life is 
going to go on whether or not I have the plant.  If there is something 
I do want I'll look for it from an established business or from 
someone I know.  Most of these auctions are not really auctions in my 
view because the starting prices are set so high or a high reserve is 
set.  There doesn't appear to be any shortage of hosta nurseries, so 
what attracts people to the auctions?

Joe Halinar

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