What’s in your next haul?

[camille1585]

I'll confess that I was planning another order elsewhere for a Phal, Neofinetia and maybe a couple others. But I'm telling myself to be reasonable so using all my willpower to avoid going through with it. The problem is all 3 nurseries are in Germany (I'm inthe Netherlands) , so the shipping costs are about 20€. A total of 60€ on shipping alone is pretty hard to stomach.

[BrassavolaStars]

Originally Posted by camille1585

I'll confess that I was planning another order elsewhere for a Phal, Neofinetia and maybe a couple others. But I'm telling myself to be reasonable so using all my willpower to avoid going through with it. The problem is all 3 nurseries are in Germany (I'm inthe Netherlands) , so the shipping costs are about 20€. A total of 60€ on shipping alone is pretty hard to stomach.

I wouldn’t be able to stomach that shipping cost either.

Hopefully your mail system is better than mine for that price though. I pay $18 shipping to have plants get lost in the USPS mail on a regular basis.

Once I had an Angraecum go back and forth between D.C. and Stamford 6 times before finally coming back to Jersey city (which it had been in before they shipped it around for no reason). It was AWOL for 10 days.

Another time, a Zygo was lost without scans at Newark for 3 weeks. The USPS essentially told me the seller lied and never shipped the plant. They were wrong. I had given up on it as it had no tracking when it suddenly shows up postmarked from 3 weeks ago. I still have it but it was in bad shape. Other plants were supposed to be in the box that weren’t when I got it.

Every time a package goes through either the Jersey City or the White Plains distribution centers, I get anxiety as they both lose package so often. In Jersey they “lose” stuff.

In White Plains they ship it halfway across the country for no reason even though it’s 8 miles from my house. That is especially annoying.

[camille1585]

Originally Posted by BrassavolaStars

I wouldn’t be able to stomach that shipping cost either.

Hopefully your mail system is better than mine for that price though. I pay $18 shipping to have plants get lost in the USPS mail on a regular basis.

Once I had an Angraecum go back and forth between D.C. and Stamford 6 times before finally coming back to Jersey city (which it had been in before they shipped it around for no reason). It was AWOL for 10 days.

Another time, a Zygo was lost without scans at Newark for 3 weeks. The USPS essentially told me the seller lied and never shipped the plant. They were wrong. I had given up on it as it had no tracking when it suddenly shows up postmarked from 3 weeks ago. I still have it but it was in bad shape. Other plants were supposed to be in the box that weren’t when I got it.

Every time a package goes through either the Jersey City or the White Plains distribution centers, I get anxiety as they both lose package so often. In Jersey the “Lose” stuff.

In White Plains they ship it halfway across the country for no reason even though it’s 8 miles from my house. That is especially annoying.

That sounds horrific! No wonder a lot of people avoid ordering when it's too hot or too cold, the chances that the plants will sit somewhere for a long time seem rather high.

I have to say that we're pretty spoiled here. Within the Netherlands next day delivery is standard (but the country is only twice the size of Massachusetts) and from neighboring countries it's 2-5 days and generally there are no problems.