WARNING!!
 

On Jan 15, 9:17*pm, "Reel McKoi" wrote:
"Tynk" wrote in message

...

Brevity snip

......I can honestly say I have spent a heap of money
online buying not only livestock like fish *and corals and plants but
lots of other items from A to Z and I have yet to ever get screwed
even inthe slightest..............but I do my homework first, *before
any credit card transactions take place....even for a $5 item I check
em out.
===============================
I wasn't online very long when that happened. As *I recall someone from this
NG or the plant group recommended the place. Apparently it was a young
couple with a back-yard business. But I got the impression they were having
difficulty keeping the plants alive and healthy until sold. *They were
shipping them in from Fla. growers.

One plant I ordered was riccia for example. I was $5 for a "handful." *This
was 10 years ago at least. Not cheap. I received terrestrial lichen complete
with pine needles and a few tiny twigs. *I was really ticked off and felt
ripped off. *The water sprite was rotting and about dead. *:-(

I do business with F&Smith but never bought plants from them.
--

RM....
Frugal ponding since 1995.
rec.ponder since late 1996.
Zone 6. *Middle TN USA
~~~~ *}((((* *~~~ * }{{{{(ö

Your right, there are just way too many "backyard" pretend business
out there to deal with who certainly cann ot give the proper care or
detail to their accounts. Just like our spam buddy Carls, who is
peddling a heap of aquatic crap made in china that is of the same
catagory and grade of JEBO products out of the truck of his car or his
utility shed and calling himself a business................. Buy from
a bona fide reputable dealer like Foster & Smith and donpt give
satisfaction a second thought as they will take care of the customer
even if customer is wrong.............to themthe customer always is
right..

F & S plants are just fine, as are a couple of other places I buy from
online in regards to aquarium plants.......I do not buy my corals
(most of them abyhow) online unless they show a good pic and scale
reference of that coral, as descriptions of corals can be quite
different to different folks but thats neither here or there since
were talking fish and FW stuff here..........http://
freshwateraquariumplants.com is yet another good place to order
plants from online......

.
 

..