"Tynk" wrote in message
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.......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.
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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.
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RM....
Frugal ponding since 1995.
rec.ponder since late 1996.
Zone 6. Middle TN USA
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