Does this vendor provide a phyto certificate? Sounds like a great selection. Thanks, Jude On Wed, Feb 15, 2017 at 10:30 AM, Thomas Masinter <thomasmasinter@gmail.com> wrote: > I have received beautiful healthy bulbs twice from Special African Bulbs > on eBay. I never had to make a complaint to them so I can not vouch for > their service in this area. > > Tom Masinter > San Antonio, Texas > > > On Feb 15, 2017, at 8:39 AM, Chad Cox <clcox@ucdavis.edu> wrote: > > > > Hello all, > > > > I just wanted to pass on a negative experience I had with a seller > called "special African bulbs" who was recently selling bulbs on eBay in > the hopes that others will not have the same experience that I did. > > > > By the way, I would not be posting this if I had not tried everything > imaginable to contact this seller and get them to make it right with no > results. > > > > I ordered 4 bulbs; brunsvigia grandiflora, cyrtanthus obliquus, > cyrtanthus flanaganii, and Haemanthus Crispus in late November. I paid a > significant amount of money for them ($160 total). After not receiving them > for two weeks I contacted the seller to voice my concerns. They assured me > that the bulbs would be fine but could take up to 4 weeks to arrive. After > five weeks the bulbs finally arrived, but they were in questionable shape. > The Haemanthus bulb was rotten and soft on arrival. The others seemed OK > but I was skeptical. I informed the seller about the rotten bulb and they > did offer to send me a replacement( which arrived much more quickly and in > good condition) but when a week later I found both of the cyrtanthus bulbs > rotten and informed them of this I never received a reply. I have sent four > messages none of which have been returned. All I did with the bulbs was put > them in a medium of mostly pumice and sand and I did not water them as I > was waiting for spring befor > e > > doing this. I am currently growing 4 other species of cyrtanthus without > any such issues so I find it difficult to see how I could've done something > to cause this. > > > > Of course I already left positive feedback on eBay so I basically have > no way to voice my dissatisfaction other than to warn others and hope they > don't fare the same. > > > > Also I am a new member and I'm not sure if this is an appropriate kind > of thing to post but I couldn't think of what else to do. So if for some > reason it's not please accept my apologies and I will refrain from posting > such things in the future. > > > > Chad Cox in Elverta CA > > > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > Chad L. Cox, Ph.D. > > _______________________________________________ > > pbs mailing list > > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > -- The Silent Seed Rare and Unusual plants from around the world. thesilentseed.com