RE: Milaeger's
- To: "'perennials@mallorn.com'"
- Subject: RE: Milaeger's
- From: S* S*
- Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 09:13:08 -0700
I don't see this as a no-win battle if you hit 'em where it hurts: their
pocket book. If sales drop dramatically, that shouldn't be too hard of a
clue to catch. I may be one person, but we each have to do what we can
do...
Susan Saxton, zone 6b
For mine is a little old fashioned garden where the flowers come
together to praise the Lord and teach all who look upon them to do
likewise.
Celia Thaxter
I AM in shape. ROUND is a shape!
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeaa1224@aol.com [J*@aol.com]
> Sent: Thursday, May 27, 1999 6:09 AM
> To: perennials@mallorn.com
> Subject: Re: Milaeger's
>
>
> Susan:
>
> I concur also...last January I spoke to someone at Milaeger's
> about the
> difficulties of
> sitting at one's dining room table, surrounded by catalogs, reference
> material, desk
> pads of paper, pencils (with twice as many erasers) while the
> computer is in
> another room. I also pointed out that GardenNet doesn't offer a lean,
> no-frills, info-packed catalog-style list of available
> perennials to print
> out (and I also spoke to Garden.Net about this). My logic
> didn't make a dent.
> Perhaps this is a case of growing pains and with time it will
> resolve itself,
> but in the interim, e-mail to Milaeger's can't hurt and may
> hurry the process
> - after all, one would think they'd like the direct feedback
> on their new
> venue. If it were better to order over the internet, we'd be
> doing it, but
> everyone I've talked to has said it's a dismally long and
> frustrating process
> and they simply order from another grower with a catalog.
>
> Sorry to be so windy, but this hit a nerve. For 6 weeks starting each
> January, I plant
> myself at the d.r. table and plan revisions and additions to
> the garden beds.
> Thank goodness I had a previous Milaeger's catalog at hand,
> and boy, is it
> tattered now. What are some solutions others have beside a
> barrage of e-mail
> to Milaeger's, and to other growers following the same road?
>
> Does anyone think we're just fighting an uphill, no-win
> battle and resisting
> change which is inevitable?
>
> Joanie
>
>
>
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