It makes me a little nervous when I win something at an unusually low price on the LA. The last two times it happened, the sellers "mysteriously" couldn't fill the order due to problems beyond their control. Weirdly, one of them was auctioning the same plant a couple of months later, but at a much higher starting bid.
MrKGDickie said:What does a buyer do if that happens? I've only dealt with three sellers thus far (I'm pooling shipping expenses on my bids). So far, so good.
I may be alone in this, but paying for things months in advance and only being able to hope for delivery of high quality product is NOT my modus operandi outside of LA.
Hazelcrestmikeb said:James I agree with you. I bought a seedling for $20 where no one challenged me in the bidding. The seller put up the same seedling within a few days with a starting price of $79.99.
I believe that this is why most of the buyers gravitate towards certain sellers. Rich, Steve, Gramps among others are highly respected and honest sellers that have been doing this for years.
Hazelcrestmikeb said:James it is a bloomed seedling to be shipped this spring.
Add Morning_star, JWWC, Markarmand, Emery ( just got mine from her), Runningfox Durango, DWM, Justsue, Breeze and the list goes on and on.
The seedling in question.
Hazelcrestmikeb said:James he named it ?
Karen this was the LA info that was posted with the listing.
"You are bidding on a blooming size single fan of SdlgLA-VOG-127-3(Lavishly Adorned X Sdlg VOG-127-3)
Sdlg VOG-127-3: (Vision of Glory X Kaskel's "Best Edge") tet 22" M. Sev. 6" bloom; 3-way branching; 12-15 buds. This gorgeous 6" "
Hazelcrestmikeb said:I went back and check the actual price. It was $25.00
Hazelcrestmikeb said:It started at $20 then a buyer bump it to $25. That's my final story as written in my close auction page.