Wayside
- To: s*@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
- Subject: Wayside
- From: M* D* C*
- Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2000 04:30:04 -0500
At 12:32 AM 1/11/00 -0500, you wrote:
> Mon, 10 Jan 2000 23:39:28 EST
>
>There is probably nothing more to be said here however I would call to
>attention the thorough pasting Wayside Gardens has taken on this list. I was
>the sole defender in that
What, my letters were invisible?
I have found that the large companies, like Wayside and Spring Hill, who
have the money to come up with great advertising and mailing lists, will
catch the eye of beginning gardeners, who then have many failures which
they blame on the company. If people were to accumulate a few years
gardening experience and then revisit these 'starter' companies, they might
find that they are not so bad. I have received puny plants whichwere
replaced when I compl.ained of the size. In one case, I received the wrong
species of Baptisia, and didn't get around to telling Wayside for three
years. They sent me the correct one.
I know this is not quite the 'libel' tangent, but perhaps it's relevent to
our group to discuss reliability, now that the ordering season is about to
commence.
Sheila Smith
mikecook@pipeline.com
Niles, MI USA, Z 5/6
