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daylilly99 said:As a sometime seller on the Lily Auction and from my catalog, I will almost always try to give an OPTIONAL bonus. (I do not promise one). I try to take into consideration what the person has bought when I choose bonus fan(s) and or plants. I have given 100% bonus of my new or recent intros with purchase of one of my new intros because I really appreciate people wanting to buy one of them. I try to be generous with the percentage value of bonus plants vs. money spent on purchases.

That being said, I also have to take into consideration what it is that I have to spare from my backyard garden and I do not have rows and rows of stock plants lined out so it's difficult to let people make a wish list but I do appreciate suggestions of the type of things they might hope to receive. Many people are very gracious and say something to the effect that if you do give a bonus, I would like this type of plant. A few people even say please don't sent a bonus as I don't have room.

I imagine people are buying my daylilies because they want to grow those daylilies, not because they think I will send the perfect bonus plants (though one always hopes, of course).

You can't please all the people all the time, but I think a lot of sellers try to do their best. IT'S A GIFT!

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I appreciate that, and sure your customers do too! I should have been more clear in my post but I was trying not to name names.

This was a large daylily farm, with an extensive website and high online and in person sales, NOT a LA grower/seller with a backyard garden! I feel like now folks think I'm a...what were the words...ungrateful wretch!

I'm not. I actually don't expect bonuses from the two LA sellers I have orders with, but they'll be accepted with gracious thanks if I get them...no matter what they are.

I hope you will understand where I was coming from. I've only received one set of daylilies from an LA seller so far...and I loved all of them.