Re: CAT: TB Wild Frontier
- Subject: Re: CAT: TB Wild Frontier
- From: "pinkirises" p*@whidbey.net
- Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2002 01:46:38 -0000
Fishy indeed, Tom. I've been wondering if we could do anything about
this and have decided to write Schreiner's about it. Surely they
have the bucks to follow up and sue if necessary. What a brazen
thing for anyone to do. And as you say, it's gotta be a phony.
Patricia Brooks
Whidbey Island, WA
--- In iris-talk@y..., tomd@c... wrote:
> Patricia,
>
> If Van B. is not offering the real WILD FRONTIER, then Schreiner's
does not
> have to supply them. Something is pretty fishy with this...a
company such
> as Van B. is not going to buy a new iris and sell it for 1/10 of
it's
> retail price. Also, they are not in the business of selling new
cultivars.
>
> That's my opinion, based on more than one unfortunate experience
with Van
> B. [Yes, I admit, I was a slow learner when it came to Van
> Bourgondien...maybe it was the appeal of their slick catalog. But,
the
> plants shipped bore little or no resemblance to the items pictured
in their
> catalogs. Upon complaining, they apologized and promised
> replacements...which arrived promptly...and which were also
mislabeled!]
>
> Tom
>
> Patricia wrote:
>
> It was my order, Tom. And I'm not regretting the order, and in fact
> would never order irises from that sort of source; I'm only
wondering
> how Scheiner's can supply these other houses in adequate quantities
> on a cv they so recently introduced that they're chargin $30.
>
> Tom W. Dillard, Curator
> Butler Center for Arkansas Studies
> Central Arkansas Library System
> 100 Rock Street
> Little Rock, Arkansas 72201
> (501) 918-3054
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