"Spider" wrote in message
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Oh dear, Frank, how disappointing! I'm very sorry to be proven right in
this case, but I've had similar experience so I'm not that surprised.
If I were you, I'd cut my losses and ask for my money back rather than
replacements. Hope you can make a go of the better ones.

As I said before, Parkers bulbs are not bad, especially if you order
early. I still use them for bulbs because their prices are reasonable,
but I would understand if you wanted no more to do with them.

Actually I don't think Parker's prices for bulbs (Tulips and Narcissi) are
that good at all. I looked at their bulb prices 3 months ago before the
roses and thought...nah. The roses seemed good value but we all know the
story about those now.

The nursery where I get most of my bulbs from were half the price of
Parkers, like £2.00 for 10 Tulips or Narcissi and in certain cases with the
more popular varieties, £2.99 for 50 Tete A Tete or £1.69 for 10 Emperor
Tulips. I find Lidl are also very good value for bulbs if you get in early
(early Sept) before their bulbs are snapped up, eg £1.69 for 12 Red Riding
Hood Tulips. (I'm looking at some of my dockets here).