Re: price and quality/Best deal??
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: price and quality/Best deal??
- From: C* P* L*
- Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1999 11:25:01 -0600 (CST)
> As a beginning gardener, I am just starting to order from catalogs so have
> been listening hard to what you all say.
>
> I have a question: If all things re: quality are equal, do you typically
> get better prices when purchasing from a catalog versus a garden center?
I've found that I usually spend less because I have a chance to shop
around and plan what I'm going to buy. It also means that I have a
greater chance of finding what I was looking for instead of having to
make substitutions.
Of course, there are always exceptions to the rule. But usually
mail-order places don't have to worry about keeping up appearances
and could even run their business out of the basement in their
undergarments. We would never know the difference and would probably
keep buying so long as the plants were of good quality.
So I think mail order places have a greater opportunity to cut costs
than regular nurseries, so these savings can sometimes be passed on to
us. The only gotcha is shipping, so make sure that it's still cost
effective and that your order is large enough to offset it...
Of course, I'll never find any mail order sources as cheap as Lowes,
Wal-Mart, etc. That's why I only buy less common plants mail order.
Chris (who's typing too fast and rambling)
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