Hi all-
I thought you might get a kick out of this one. A seller has listed an
"Easy to Grow Orchid Plant" on eBay. He (she/it) describes the plant as a
cymbidium orchid, but pictures a cattleya (or a Bc, Sc, Slc) in the
description! I was especially impressed with the seller listing themselves
as "a GROWER we are NOT a drop shipper or someone that buys to resell as a
lot of sellers do." If you would like to view this, it is item #4358735828.
ARRRGGGGHHH!!!

Bill Landers

Maybe they just uploaded the wrong picture file,simple mistake to make.I
wouldn't right someone off just for that,if I emailed then & they didn't
have a clue I would be worried!

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Thanks Keith,England,UK.
"Bill Landers" wrote in message
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Hi all-
I thought you might get a kick out of this one. A seller has listed an
"Easy to Grow Orchid Plant" on eBay. He (she/it) describes the plant as a
cymbidium orchid, but pictures a cattleya (or a Bc, Sc, Slc) in the
description! I was especially impressed with the seller listing
themselves
as "a GROWER we are NOT a drop shipper or someone that buys to resell as a
lot of sellers do." If you would like to view this, it is item
#4358735828.
ARRRGGGGHHH!!!

Bill Landers

On Sat, 26 Feb 2005 18:34:46 GMT, "keith ;-\)"
wrote:

Maybe they just uploaded the wrong picture file,simple mistake to make.I
wouldn't right someone off just for that,if I emailed then & they didn't
have a clue I would be worried!

I've seen auctions from this seller before that were identical to this
one. I certainly wouldn't order from him. His other auctions are for
a wide variety of plants. Anybody need a sago palm bonsai or a
cranberry plant?

deg

"Dewitt" wrote in message
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On Sat, 26 Feb 2005 18:34:46 GMT, "keith ;-\)"
wrote:

Maybe they just uploaded the wrong picture file,simple mistake to make.I
wouldn't right someone off just for that,if I emailed then & they didn't
have a clue I would be worried!

I've seen auctions from this seller before that were identical to this
one. I certainly wouldn't order from him. His other auctions are for
a wide variety of plants. Anybody need a sago palm bonsai or a
cranberry plant?

deg

I have also seen items listed by this seller before. Today, he had an oak
leaf hydrangea listed with a picture of a PG hydrangea. Unfortunately, this
isn't a one-time error in uploading. Is it really that difficult to submit
an error-free listing? I happen to hold "professional" nurserymen to a
higher standard than this.
Bill Landers

On Sat, 26 Feb 2005 20:58:14 GMT, "Bill Landers"
wrote:

I have also seen items listed by this seller before. Today, he had an oak
leaf hydrangea listed with a picture of a PG hydrangea. Unfortunately, this
isn't a one-time error in uploading. Is it really that difficult to submit
an error-free listing? I happen to hold "professional" nurserymen to a
higher standard than this.
Bill Landers


You are upgrading a scam artist. And doing all nurserymen a
disservice. Is it possible to gripe to Ebay? Or to post a
notice there that he is misrepresenting material?

SuE
http://orchids.legolas.org/gallery/albums.php

"Susan Erickson" wrote in message
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On Sat, 26 Feb 2005 20:58:14 GMT, "Bill Landers"
wrote:

I have also seen items listed by this seller before. Today, he had an oak
leaf hydrangea listed with a picture of a PG hydrangea. Unfortunately,
this
isn't a one-time error in uploading. Is it really that difficult to
submit
an error-free listing? I happen to hold "professional" nurserymen to a
higher standard than this.
Bill Landers


You are upgrading a scam artist. And doing all nurserymen a
disservice. Is it possible to gripe to Ebay? Or to post a
notice there that he is misrepresenting material?

SuE
http://orchids.legolas.org/gallery/albums.php

Hi Susan-
It would probably be a waste of time to complain to eBay. The seller could
easily claim a "mistake" in uploading the correct image for the particular
item. I guess the the old CAVEAT EMPTOR applies here. I truly believe that
the average person shopping for plants on eBay is generally not all that
well-informed on what they are bidding on. For example, sellers are listing
seeds of named hostas, when we all know that they will not come
true-to-name, and if you spend any amount of time perusing the listings, you
can find many more instances of this. Is it deceptive? Some sellers may
not know any better, but I suppose that others do and don't really care. I
posted the original item this morning because this seemed more careless than
usual, and the seller in question has a history of sloppy listings. But
then again, his feedback rating is 99% plus, so what do I know?!?
Bill Landers

"Susan Erickson" wrote in message
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On Sat, 26 Feb 2005 20:58:14 GMT, "Bill Landers"
wrote:

I have also seen items listed by this seller before. Today, he had an oak
leaf hydrangea listed with a picture of a PG hydrangea. Unfortunately,
this
isn't a one-time error in uploading. Is it really that difficult to
submit
an error-free listing? I happen to hold "professional" nurserymen to a
higher standard than this.
Bill Landers


You are upgrading a scam artist. And doing all nurserymen a
disservice. Is it possible to gripe to Ebay? Or to post a
notice there that he is misrepresenting material?

SuE
http://orchids.legolas.org/gallery/albums.php

Hi Susan-
It would probably be a waste of time to complain to eBay. The seller could
easily claim a "mistake" in uploading the correct image for the particular
item. I guess the the old CAVEAT EMPTOR applies here. I truly believe that
the average person shopping for plants on eBay is generally not all that
well-informed on what they are bidding on. For example, sellers are listing
seeds of named hostas, when we all know that they will not come
true-to-name, and if you spend any amount of time perusing the listings, you
can find many more instances of this. Is it deceptive? Some sellers may
not know any better, but I suppose that others do and don't really care. I
posted the original item this morning because this seemed more careless than
usual, and the seller in question has a history of sloppy listings. But
then again, his feedback rating is 99% plus, so what do I know?!?
Bill Landers

keith ;-) wrote:
Maybe they just uploaded the wrong picture file,simple mistake to make.I
wouldn't right someone off just for that,if I emailed then & they didn't
have a clue I would be worried!

No, I don't think so. I emailed them 2 days ago using my eBay ID. No
reply at all, which leads me to believe they are a deliberate scam
artist. An honest mistake would more probably have received a reply
something like, "oh my gosh, I can't believe i did that! I have
corrected it and replaced it with a pic of the correct cymbidium.).

Nope, no reply. At all.