Has anyone heard of them? they have a lot of positive ratings and several historic irises but I want to hear from someone that has heard of them before I order.

No knowledge

You're wise to be cautious, Lori. One year I ordered sixty dollars worth of Irises from an Ebayer that had hundreds of positive ratings. When I got nice, healthy Iris rhizomes from her -- I too gave her positive feedback. Two years later the Irises bloomed and they were crappy ditch Iris that weren't worth the money to ship, much less pay for. Later found out that she had been running this scam on Ebay for years. They couldn't stop her because by the time her customers found out that they had been cheated, Ebay had already purged the records of the transactions and therefore couldn't act on it. Irises, and other plants that can take up to two years to bloom, are the perfect product to run a scam on.

I'm going to go look at their ads on Ebay to see if anything rings a bell.

I spent the last 10 years working for an eBay seller with better than 150,000 transactions in that time frame. While there is never a guarantee, particularly with live plants, there are some areas you can check to see if a seller is reliable overall.

black*ridge has been selling on eBay since March, 2000 and has 12K+ feedback at 100% positive. A good sign.

Of 676 items currently listed for sale, 180 are Iris. Which means the seller's feedback is a more solid indicator of integrity than might be the case with a seller that ONLY sells live plants.

Of 1,256 feedbacks received in the last 12 months, two were negatives. One related to a fabric, the other related to a citronella soap that didn't repel Texas mosquitoes (I kid you not).

So, while it is always a buyer beware situation, in this case, the seller looks to be okay.
Hope this helps.

Thanks Debra, I am still going to soak on it a bit.

Didn't repel TX mosquitoes? What does? Besides a shotgun?

I looked and couldn't find any of their listings.

here you go, mary ann. the user name is black*ridge

http://www.ebay.com/sch/black*...

Ah -- thank you, Debra. I didn't know about the asterisk and that makes all the difference.

Lori -- she certainly looks legitimate. Why don't you order one of her Irises and cool your jets on the others until you see if it blooms true?

That's a good idea, there is only one I want really badly anyway. Thanks Mary Ann

i remember her as I bought soap from her and not problem

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I just found this same thing located within 10 miles of me did a y one do business with them

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