I, too, have had zero problems with Yenok.
I was asked to remove him from the list because he has been banned from LA, but that is not my personal experience. If he has made mistakes (again, not on my orders) it may simply be confusion on his part, as English is clearly not his native language. And I see folks stating that, when contacted, he immediately corrected the problem.
It seems unfortunate that, when he was banned, no reason was given.
I also distrust the glowing positive feedback for some sellers... at one point, I intended to leave negative feedback on one seller... and, basically, the setup with LA does not really permit that. If the seller has corrected the mistake (which took him nearly 2 months) and I have not gone through LA 'arbitration' then the system does not allow you to post a negative comment.
Instead, I blocked the seller's auctions. But wouldn't it have been nicer (for other folks) to just leave a negative...? - Wouldn't it also be nice if the LA showed a rating on those who have been blocked by other members...? (The more times you get blocked, there should be a way of keeping score.)
And, for one reason or another, I have blocked several sellers... one was pricing at premium and shipping undersized plants; another lists all his crosses 'backwards' .... pollen parent first, then pod parent... which is super-misleading. Sure, same parents... but I think he should follow the standard format, we should not need to 'translate' everything in reverse. To top it off, his communication was extremely poor ... I would send a question, he would quickly reply "I'll have to get back to you on that...' (which shows prompt response for any LA system record), but ... in fact... still had not answered the question more than a month later.
And, may I add: 'read' carefully before you bid! One seller listed a cross as the auction listing, but when I reviewed it, the description below listed a different cross! And two sets of photos, one for the listing, a different set for the description. Sure - he likely mixed up his data and it was likely accidental, but which seeds are you actually bidding on / going to receive?
Sadly, when you can't leave a negative note in feedback... and you really can't leave a positive note... I just don't give feedback at all. But that doesn't help other buyers.
I even had one seller who posted positive feedback for me (yes, I always pay virtually instantly), then insisted I should return the favour and give positive feedback for him... sent me several messages to that effect. I finally told him I would not post feedback until I actually received the seeds! The seeds arrived (weeks after he had said he had shipped... which he told me (3) different times...) and I did receive an extra seed or two in some of the packets. But he was a pain to deal with and I blocked him anyway.
I wish LA would just let us give 'stars' for feedback, 1-5 (or 0 to 10) from poor to outstanding. It would reflect a more accurate rating, I believe.
