Sorry, more haste less speed .....
""The price is set buy what the customer will pay"".
Of course that should be ....................
"The price is set by what the customer will pay".
but then I am not perfect as everybody else is in uk.rec.gardening
Kindest regards
Mike
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"'Mike'" wrote in message
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"Sacha" wrote in message
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On 2012-05-16 18:44:06 +0100, Rod said:
On Tuesday, 15 May 2012 23:10:34 UTC+1, Bob Hobden wrote:
"Dave Hill" wrote ...
Was at one of the "Sheds" on Sat. and they had 6 packs of Tomatoes
well labeled "Red tomatoes" and "Yelow tomatoes" Duh!!!!!!!!!!!!1
It's become standard practice with Water Lilies over the last few
years,
went to a large (small chain) GC yesterday and they sold Red, Pink,
Yellow
and White hardy water lilies. Absolutely disgusting, they wouldn't do
it
with roses so why water lilies. Labelled like that you have no idea
what
variety you getting, how it will grow, and if the flower colour and
shape is
what you want. The man that inspired Monet to paint his lilies, Joseph
Bory
Latour-Marliac, must be spinning in his grave.
Better to get them from a proper nursery...
http://www.lilieswatergardens.co.uk/...56c2f245e3cc66
http://www.latour-marliac.com/index....mentidlangue=1
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Regards.
Bob Hobden.
Posted to this Newsgroup from the W of London, UK
Not just waterlilies Bob, Rhododendrons as well. Roses - well most of
the varieties on sale I've never heard of.
Tall bearded Iris - 3 varieties in our local not bad GC compared with
hundreds in a proper nursery list.
Paeonies 2 varieties, Day Lilies 2 varieties etc....................
Rod
Is this the bit where I say support your Nurserymen?! ;-) Seriously,
there's good and bad in both areas but usually, Nurseries are run by
people who love the whole subject and know something about it. Some -
not all - gcs are just supermarkets for plants and what is annoying is
that they are not necessarily cheaper. On top of that, I get out the
blood pressure monitor when Ray sees those "X plants for £15" adverts in
newspapers & magazines. Too often, those plants are either plugs or so
small that they need a lot of cosseting before they can be planted out
but unhappily, not too many people pick up on that beforehand.
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Sacha
The price is set buy what the customer will pay.
If the customer is quite happy to pay £X x 10 and the cost is £X x .5,
then that is what business is all about.
When I was in business my main competitor was charging 3 times what I was
charging and I was making a nice profit thank you very much.
Kindest regards
Mike
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