I must have been spoiled by my previous online purchases and from some great purchases here on ATP. I have to look for a deal or the price is outta my league. I don't think I have been overly lucky, I think I am just more selective about what I spend my limited budget on. If the shipping costs more than the plants, then that is a deal breaker for me.
I did win 2 different seedling auctions from Rich. And of course, he sends two seedlings of the same cross. The shipping was equal to the plants. I almost didn't go for it, but both crosses had some neat genetics in them, so I really wanted them. They also had no other bidders (much to my surprise!). I have not been disappointed in the blooms of those seedlings as they were unexpectedly beautiful, but the foliage on one of the crosses leaves a lot to be desired. So I will be using the genes of that particular cross with some better foliage daylilies in a future cross.
But my best purchased deals came from some folks here and a little known daylily garden seller who sells her fans for an amazingly low price. On that deal, I REALLY did get LUCKY and got several bonus fans of other cultivars (which was a fluke as she was packing two orders and had the extra fans from the other order she had dug). So I can thank my lucky stars! I have also had another really generous member here send me a couple of daylilies that I am excited about. I owe her big time!
After this year's acquired daylilies, I would probably balked at high shipping and handling charges. You can always find the plants cheaper somewhere else if you look hard enough and another seller might be more reasonable with the shipping too. That has been my case this year. The LA doesn't always have the best deals, IMHO. I typically buy seeds from the LA and keep my maximum bid pretty low. If I don't feel I am getting a deal, I don't bid. And I have gotten seeds here on ATP from Cindy for postage (and I have purchased seeds from her on the LA, too). You can't beat that! I could honestly list 5 members here on the daylily forum who I got a great deal from. Check the classifieds here on ATP. You might be very surprised at the daylily sales going on!
