In article , Martin Sykes
writes
I've just been out and bought my vegetable seeds for this year and am
wondering why seeds such as lettuce come in packs of 2000. I'm never going
to use that many. Is it just a consipiracy to force us to pay more?

My guess would be that with lettuce seeds the main cost is the packaging
not the seed, and that fewer seed would not enable a lowering of price.
--
Kay Easton

Edward's earthworm page:
http://www.scarboro.demon.co.uk/garden/