JamesT said:
...if the bonus was on my (carefully crafted) list at all, I'm pleased to get it. If I really have my heart set on one of them, I've learned to add it to the order.
...that's one thing, but, properly digging, dividing, cleaning, and packing four sub-$15 daylilies and driving them to the post office is almost not worth the trouble, from a labor vs. return viewpoint. (Factor in water, fertilizer, nursery certification and inspections, as well as PayPal, bank card and auction fees etc.)
When someone orders even more sub-$15 daylilies, that doesn't really help them shake the feeling that they're working for far less than minimum wage.
I get your point, I really do. However, some of us aren't in a position to afford more than...as you put it...sub-$15 plants. If an online merchant of any kind...huge farm or backyard seller...is too financially put out by selling low-cost cultivars to make a profit, then he or she should pack it in and just stop. Or, even better, compost those sub-$15 cultivars that so eat into their profit and stop selling them.
As far as carefully crafted lists go, if my order is only a certain amount and I'm told the bonus is for a certain percentage of that order, I'm not going to ask for a hundred dollar daylily. I'm going to scour the list of offerings until I find a few that fit that price range. I'm going to ask for daylilies that meet or are below that percentage. And...if one is not spending a lot to begin with, the options are limited.
I'm sorry for reacting so strongly. I was hurt, but now I'm angry. I express a negative opinion one time, and I get pig-piled. I work really hard for the pittance I make. I choose to spend quite a bit of it on these plants, because they're beautiful and my neighbors and I enjoy seeing them every day for months.
Sheesh. I even made a point of saying I'd learned my lesson...key word LEARNED. I'm new to this, and I'm not psychic about how things work.
So...I'm out, and for a while. Have fun, peeps.
