I do check feedback, before I ever consider spending a penny. This woman had great feedback, which really made me wonder. For that many people to get plants wrapped in loose fiberglass insulation and nobody to know the danger in that... thats a scary thought to me and why I posted a negative feedback to let others know. She claimed she had been packing that way for years and never had a complaint before mine, and even told me she got the insulation from left overs from her husband's construction business. He apparently left scrap laying around the garage regularly.
I also have other issues to worry about with my mailman. I have ordered plants from reliable sources online and when I finally get them all it turns out to be is a foul smelling bag of green mush. More than once my mailman has given my packages to someone else, and more than once people have brought the stuff to me... weeks later. The post office claims no responsibility for it, says "have them file the insurance claim" and its over. Each time the money was refunded when the claim was filed, so I didn't lose any money... but I still never got my plants.
I have just recently decided its time to try again because I noticed we have a new mail carrier and thought the group would be a good place to start.
I thank you and all the others for the suggestions. It has given me a lot to consider already.
Dawn Moneyhan
Aquatics Specialist/Nutritionist
To learn more about me go to
http://www.helium.com/users/449334
--- On Sun, 8/29/10, William M <dreammaker2623@yahoo.com> wrote:
From: William M <dreammaker2623@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [tropical fish club] Aponogetons
To: tropicalfishclub@yahoogroups.com
Date: Sunday, August 29, 2010, 4:52 PM
I have had good luck ordering from aquabid . I make sure that the sellers are from the United States of America and most of them will wrap the plants in damp news paper. If you ask for damp newspaper then you will probably have good luck nd it is not expensive to ship that way. also look at the feedback to see if they have very few problems (some people will complain about anything and you do not need to count them) so if they have lots of good feedback and very few bad feedback they they should be safe to buy from.
--- In tropicalfishclub@yahoogroups.com, Dawn Moneyhan <dawnshungryeyes4u2c@...> wrote:
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> I have searched aquabid, but thanks for the suggestion. I ordered plants there once, doubt if I will ever do it again. The person sent me the plants, which were in great condition... but they were packed in loose fiberglass insulation that I proceeded to get all over my floor when I opened the box, and I'm sure I likely inhaled some too. When I complained to her about that being hazardous she was shocked, told me nobody had ever complained before, and she didn't want or expect me to leave her a bad rating for it...  Not sure how someone can argue and justify doing something like that, but it really made a mess of my first experience with aquabid, literally. I have also noticed that most of the things I see that I want on aquabid are from sellers in Thailand... so those things are just not an option for me.Â
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