I looked into the store items and saw bids, or what looked like bids. Do I need
to look for 'instant buy' or something like that when one can buy outright without
going through the auction process?

I bought 7 from Mark last night. He sent an email that he will ship these Monday. Pam, I like the store for the same reason as you. We don't have to go through the bidding process and wait. We can buy what we want and be done with it. He did say he will be on the "regular" auction in a few weeks listing his spring offerings.

What your seeing is not bids, but the number of plants he has already sold of that item. When you click on the item it will be like an instant buy.

Im afraid I bought some yesterday too Doris, Im guessing he will be glad its a tad cooler digging.

ohhh, I had better not look.....

He is so good to work with, I have bought from hime before and he holds my plants for spring shipment since I am so far north and no time for the plants to establish.

I love this way also as no bidding and I get what I want. Love It.

I just recently became aware of the store on the auction. I am thinking about trying to list some there myself if I can figure out how it works and how it is different from regular listings. I have been busy dividing and lining out and have over 400 "clumps" that need to get out of my veggie garden next spring. It is interesting that so many of you Iike paying the set price and not having to go through the auction process. I also like it and sometimes pay the buy-it-now price so that I don't have to worry about getting outbid.

Hi Ann! I don't mind paying a fair price for a daylily that I want. Many of us here know the price that certain daylilies go for. When I see a daylily that is selling for the "going rate" and I want it, I will take it at that price instead of playing the bidding game. I may get it cheaper if I play the game, but I also may not get it at all if the price goes higher than I am willing to pay. I like the Daylily Store and will check there often to see what's being offered.

Doris

Yeppers, that place is dangerous to my pocket book!

Well, the auction is, too ~Jan

I have my favorite sellers on the Lily Auction, and when I get in I always search on their usernames and select "Seller" rather than going through the listings of everything that's available. I feel I've gotten stung a couple of times in buying from someone for the first time, so I'm more reluctant now to try someone I haven't purchased from before. I've gotten at least two single fans in the past that I paid a high price for that weren't even the thickness of a pencil, and both of the two I'm thinking of died within a couple of months. Bummer!

So I learned that Mark was putting all of his on through the Store early on and followed his offerings as he added them page by page by selecting "Abundantydaylilies" and "Seller" whenever I got into the Lily Auction, and I was able to get everything I wanted for what I considered to be very reasonable prices. I received my order yesterday, and they are all at least double fans, many of them three or more -- great daylilies!

Betty, it has been a while since I read the rules for sellers on the Lily Auction, but I think I remember that they have to guarantee what they sell for sixty days. If those plants died within that time, you should ask for replacements or your money back.

I too have been the recipient of some of those tiny, tiny fans and some of them are from people who sell a lot on the auction. One of those tiny fans arrived in the spring of 2011. It didn't bloom that summer or this summer. I have decided never to order from him again. Since mine never died, I didn't say anything to the seller, but I should have. I sell on the auction too and if people are not happy with the plants I send, I WANT them to let me know so I can resolve the issue.

Thanks Ann -- I haven't done anything so far because I just hate to get into all that, but I guess that if it happens again I really should. I just do not like controversy, and rather than deal with these things as they happen I just have preferred to not purchase from those two again and consider it a lesson learned. One of the plants was in terrible shape from the beginning, but the other one was OK when it arrived and it only succumbed later when things heated up here in the summer.

If no guarantee is stated in the auction or "about me" page then the rule is 60 days, but whatever is stated by the seller takes presedence.

I haven't had that many, but I've never asked for replacements or refunds just because I don't know if it may be something I have done or when it rotted if the rot bacteria/fungus was in my soil and not the sellers fault. The only time I have said something to the seller (it wasn't on the auction) was when I paid $150 for a daylily that was no bigger round than a drinking straw (and not the big fat ones from McDonald's) maybe smaller. I emailed the seller and sent a photo and said I was highly disappointed in the size. I do know that not all fans are large and some are small/thin and that's just in the daylilies genetics, but I would expect more than a 6 weeks seedling size plant that may not make it and more than likely would take a couple years to bloom. His reply was that he was sorry that I was disappointed but I did get 3 fans and not 1, but he should have waited another month. Another month in his climate wouldn't have mattered one bit IMHO. He did say if I was still unhappy in about a month to let him know and he would replace it or refund my money. I didn't email him back a month later. The daylily is growing ok in a pot, but it's still small and will probably not bloom next season.


Like Ann I want people to let me know when they are not happy so I can resolve the issue. I am more than happy to do what I can when the customer isn't happy with something they bought from me. Because what I may think is a good plant may not be what the customer feels is a good plant or I forgot to mention in the description that the plant makes small fans for me or post a photo of the fan size like I did recently I actually said LG FAN but I should have said "makes small fans for me but this is a LG FAN for this daylily". The issue is being resolved and I'm glad the customer told me about the problem so we could work it out and them not feel like I cheated them.

I don't ask for replacements either. Our summer was particularly hard on the new plants this year. I lost 3 and I believe they were all from the same seller.

Me neither. I lost 2 last year from the same seller, but the others I got from that seller were great.

I am still nursing Tusk along, it will probably be years before it blooms. I almost lost it last year (a small single fan)
but it's still alive, and seedling size now.

But now that I am more aware? I probably would contact the seller. ~Jan

TUSK has been a very slow grower for me, but I think I have it in a spot where it's finally happy and I'm hopeful I'll get blooms next year. I didn't get any this year, but the year before I got a couple and I love 'em!, so it's definitely a keeper for me if I can get it to bloom again. I have had a few daylilies that just never ever bloomed for me in the 3-4 years I had them, so it makes it easier to part with those!

I think sometimes it does not matter how you plant them or where, they just don't like a particular climate. It is so odd too as they can settle in great in a harsher climate as I have seen posted by different ones. Just never know.

Glad to hear tusk is also a slow grower. After it's near death experience after I got it last summer, knowing that it is slow growing means I will be much more patient with it.

I had trouble when I got it last summer, it may have had rot. I transplanted it several times trying to save it, finally popped it into my Diploid only daylily bed, where it has survived, if not actually thriving. If I remember correctly, it's an EV, and I never planned to put it in that bed, I wanted it in a much more protected area. But, as long as it continues to (slowly) grow, it is fine where it is, with all those dips. Perhaps someday ( in 5 or 6 years! Perhaps it will bloom ~Jan

TUSK seems to be an annual for me. Darned if I dont keep buying another one every year. They are so stunning when they bloom. I have one TUSK seedling left...tusk x lunatic fringe. It will be my greatest accomplishment if I can get that thing to bloom. I did order some crosses of seeds with tusk this year. Speed things along I hope.
TUSK is actually the plant that I bid on and won at my very first daylily meeting. I didnt know I was bidding against long time members, and I WAS going home with that plant. Four years later, one member still avoids me like the plague. I do feel bad, but it was an auction.

Well it survived last winters mild weather, and now looks like a small seedling. No increase. If it survives this winter (after what you have said) then I will be very happy.

That is so funny about you winning it at your first meeting!!! ~Jan

Well, I took the plunge and listed some older daylilies in the Lily Auction Store. It really is rather neat. It is almost like having your own website with a list of daylilies for sale, except in this case the LA emails me when someone buys one. I can use the LA invoicing system, etc. to make it easier to keep up with record keeping and things. The seller must have at least three of a particular variety to list them in the store and the longest time for which one can list is 180 days and it costs no more to list in the store than it does a regular auction. Really a nice feature on the auction.