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and my response...I have bought a few times in the past snowdrops on ebay.from forum members,or now-forummembers or known nurseries.always got the real thing and for a good price.and the reason?some specialist nurseries do not sell to Holland,some nurseries have ridiculous sending costs,some nurseries want a large order which I dont always want and some snowdrops are not sold at the online nurseries.My purchases were to my satisfaction but I did not bid on very expensive/rare drops.This year however I only bought one drop and when it came I had my doubts for the correct name.I told the seller and got ,all,my money back.(I suggested to share the costs but got it all).so,I had one misnamed drop but that also happened with a very well known and respectable nursery.ebay can be fun and you can buy a nice drop but you have to be carefull and wise.
Hi Eric,yes I was!
Proves that honesty is the best policy Eric. I have never used EBay for buying or selling and I doubt if I ever will. Really it's the anonimity of the process that puts me off. I like to know who I'm dealing with and I like who I am dealing with to know me.
Once or twice, I have had a 'You have a second chance to buy this item'. ebay indicates that this might be because the buyer has failed to cough up.
I do sell to the Netherlands/Holland
Quote from: GoodGrief on March 26, 2010, 08:28:14 AMOnce or twice, I have had a 'You have a second chance to buy this item'. ebay indicates that this might be because the buyer has failed to cough up. I've been offered a "second chance" several times when I haven't won an item. On the whole, it's seems like a dodgy practice, it could be due to someone pushing the price up, or just that the seller has more than one and is trying to get the best price rather than relisting and risking it not going so high. On the whole I don't go along with this as I wouldn't want to encourage the practice. However, I did succumb to a second chance recently, and actually ended up with 5 bulbs when I thought I was getting one. I do judge the seller from the feedback and also from the quality of the photograph and text in the listing (don't trust people who can't get a picture in focus and certainly not if they can't spell!!) I've noticed an increasing trend (or maybe it's the same person several times) putting a link in to a picture on Mark's site which I think is dodgy as this is not the plant for sale, just what they think it might be. Are you OK with this practice Mark?