Paramount Orchids order disappointment

[eggshells]

Originally Posted by stefpix

Why PM the name of a good vendor when the info could be useful to many? Is it ok to share bad experiences but not good ones?

Hi, Sorry I am not familiar with the rules in this forum and I got a warning posting something like that on another forum lol. So I am reluctant on posting it.

I am not really fond of reading manual, policies and rules. But give me a book about orchids and I will read it from cover to cover. I guess I should start reading them! Someday!

[FairyInTheFlowers]

Originally Posted by eggshells

Hi, Sorry I am not familiar with the rules in this forum and I got a warning posting something like that on another forum lol. So I am reluctant on posting it.

I am not really fond of reading manual, policies and rules. But give me a book about orchids and I will read it from cover to cover. I guess I should start reading them! Someday!

Are you talking about Orchid Geeks, or Orchid Talk, as I am a member of both! I do know that one of those sights has ridiculously oppressive rules when it comes to other vendors, but unless it is scathing, you are free to post about other vendors.

[eggshells]

Originally Posted by TheBlazingAugust

Are you talking about Orchid Geeks, or Orchid Talk, as I am a member of both! I do know that one of those sights has ridiculously oppressive rules when it comes to other vendors, but unless it is scathing, you are free to post about other vendors.

I don't want to mention any names but let's just say "some forum"

[FairyInTheFlowers]

Originally Posted by eggshells

I don't want to mention any names but let's just say "some forum"

Are you afraid of the 'some forum' police?

[RosieC]

Originally Posted by eggshells

Hi, Sorry I am not familiar with the rules in this forum and I got a warning posting something like that on another forum lol. So I am reluctant on posting it.

I am not really fond of reading manual, policies and rules. But give me a book about orchids and I will read it from cover to cover. I guess I should start reading them! Someday!

As one of this sites's moderators I can say we have absolutly no problem about you saying nice things about vendors. In fact we encorage it. If you've had a good experience tell everyone who it was. While we don't like spam and are very strict on that, positive orchid vendor feedback from someone who isn't obviously closely related to the vendor is not counted as spam and is perfectly welcome.

We generally try and keep rules as easy to follow as possible here (and as few rules as possible) so that everyone feels relaxed about posting

If you have negative feedback we have a rule that you should have 100 posts before you start a negative thread. To be honest I'm not sure if there is a rule about replying with a 'me to' type post if someone else started a negative one about a vendor. I should know as a moderator I guess but personally I think it's fine because you are just backing up what someone else has found.

The reason for the 100 posts rule is because bad feedback can be damaging to companies and we don't want someone with a personal reason to flame them to come and post unjustified negative feedback. 100 previous posts represents a user who is here to take part in our forum, not just here to flame a vendor.

It's a real shame about Paramount who previously had a good reputation

[silken]

Why don't you buy a cute little Miltoniopsis instead? They take similar culture. Then when you get your Masdies you can give me the milt!

[FairyInTheFlowers]

Originally Posted by silken

Why don't you buy a cute little Miltoniopsis instead? They take similar culture. Then when you get your Masdies you can give me the milt!

I think I will stick with Masdies for now, as I need all the money I can get.

[FairyInTheFlowers]

Oh yeah, sorry for the

[silken]

Originally Posted by TheBlazingAugust

Oh yeah, sorry for the

Me too

[eggshells]

No. Just trying to be nice.