Galanthus - Ebay digression 2012

[Anthony Darby]

Ian - and the Harrisons - are guaranteed at least £705.10 from the second bidder  

...and so on. I sold 5 plants this way a year or so ago, as even the fifth highest bidder was beyond my expectations.

[Brian Ellis]

I am really pleased for Elizabeth Harrison, it will help an awful lot in the garden.

I am also pleasantly amused by the vast amount of mis-information given in the Mail, Telegraph and Express online.  It makes you wonder what they are going to come up with next!

[Alan_b]

Martin I keep forgetting to contact the lab so I can go down for a look

Go on Mark, we would all be interested to hear about it. 

[Anthony Darby]

Hello everyone, I am like your selves gobsmacked with this incredible price just could hardly believe it and within an hour of the final bid the payment was sent to me astonishing will have to have several large drams to calm down, thank you all, cheers Ian the Christie kind ( I am still not retiring)

Then make that £725.10 - £100 (for the bottle +deposit) = £625.10

johnw

Deposit?

[mark smyth]

Alan an email has been sent.

[emma T]

Well done to everyone involved with the ebay sale of 'Elizabeth Harrison'   

[ashley]

... But imagine things had gone differently and you could buy Wendy's Gold in your local garden centre now.  I cannot imagine it selling for more than £2 per bulb.  You would buy a little pot of three and, being still relatively rare, it would cost a few times the price of a pot of tête-a-tête daffodils.  

WG was for sale early last year in a well-known nursery in England, 3-5 bulbs in a pot for £3.

[Mavers]

Did you buy any Ashley?

[ashley]

I did indeed Mike, and other things too.

[David Nicholson]

John Grimshaw seems to have been struck almost speechless....

'Elizabeth Harrison' was sold for £725.10, by a vendor in Scotland. This is more than twice the previous record of £369

His maths is a bit dodgy as well

 

[Mavers]

That was an amazing bargain Ashley, well done for spotting it.

[mark smyth]

What nursery Ashley?

[ashley]

Unfortunately no longer in business Mark.  Not due to fair pricing though; the owner has retired.

[Alan_b]

So it was a closing down sale, eh Ashley?

[ashley]

Maybe a bit cynical Alan
No I don't think so.  I was there 8-10 months before it closed, and the owner was clearly more interested in plants than big profits.