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Old 03-02-2009, 04:39 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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On 3/2/09 16:27, in article ,
"Martin" wrote:

On Tue, 03 Feb 2009 14:26:48 +0000, Sacha wrote:

On 3/2/09 14:20, in article
, "Pam
Moore" wrote:

On looking at various sites selling snowdrops I came across this
"Offer"; Greenfingers.com offer 75 single snowdrops for ONLY £16.49 !

Pam in Bristol


GASP!


wait for it.

http://www.greenfingers.com/superstore/product.asp?dept_id=200458&pf_id=DD4875
D
"Sale price reduced from £25"
plus £4.95 p&p

swoon


Good grief - how do they DO that and get away with it? I suppose they have
big staffing overheads or something but I should think we charge about £3 or
£4 for 100 bulbs. I'll have to check I'm not missing something off here
because I'm really quite shocked at that!

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