Just thought I'd share this experience with everyone.
A couple of months ago, I e-mailed Gary Meyer of Colombian Orchid imports about the availability of some species. I'd heard that he's got a good track record, and I figured I'd ask him about prices and availability, so I could get in an order in the future (I've been saving my money all summer so I could make a large haul this fall).
I think he misunderstood my price request for an actual order. I checked my e-mail a while back, and he e-mailed me a receipt and instructions on how to pay him, along with a list of the plants that he had imported on my behalf. I e-mailed him back to tell him that I just wanted to know about prices earlier, and that I hadn't intended to order at the time.
Well, it's too late now. The plants came as a part of his spring importation, and now that he has them, I don't want him to be stuck with them. I also don't want him to think that I made an order and then chose to back out at the last possible moment. I just e-mailed him and told him that I'll take responsibility for the mistake, since my first e-mail was rather ambiguous about my intentions. That said, I'm going to mail him a money order in about two weeks, and claim the plants.
...Whoops. I just hope he can forgive me for not responding earlier, and for not being clearer about my intentions. I realize that the importation process is difficult and expensive, and I feel bad about accidentally making him import plants I didn't intend to buy at the moment.
Carl made a booboo!
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