BEWARE Markbleg the dishonest.

[palm521]

ok, here is a quick story, about this fraud and dishonest person under the nickname Markbleg on ebay

the story goes as this, i saw a plant that looked like to be a mislabelled cattleya percivaliana, it was posted as c.gaskeliana coerulea so i decided to offer 65 for it , as it look as it could use some TLC. he replied back with 70 or 75 USD offer that i accepted.

he mentioned that the plant was out of bloom, and i replied that there was no issue as long as the plant was the same.

when i opened the box here, i notice the plant was not the same, i contacted the seller, and he keeps claiming the plant was the the same pictured.

So in this funny experiment i would like to post the pictures of the plant i got , and compare it with the plants i bought ( they are not the same for me) please look and provide your input.

the plant i bought :





plant i recieved :







Please look to the pictures above and let me know if it is the same plant pictured here : AWESOME Cattleya gaskelliana var. coerulea 'Big Blue' FLOWERS 4" SPECIES (pictures in this link shows the original plant sold)

i spent time with him sending pictures to prove him he sent the wrong plant. but he kept the same lame excuse that the plant i got was the same as pictured, as you can see from his replied to my negative feedback , : eBay Feedback Profile for marblekg ,

i provided negative after 24 hours of me sending him emails and provide window of opportunity for him to do the right thing ,.

that was : 1. send the right plant. or 2, provide a full refund,. considering that he sent the wrong plant.

he now said that i shipped out of the country and then i complaint, well i saw the plant when it arrived here , i did not saw the plant in the US, people that got the plant only consolidate and proceed with bring the plants here, they simply dont know more other than pack plants , and provide Paperwork to the authorities here. also i do not posses permits to send Plants to the US, hence can ship it back to the person.

just a word of advice to keep yourself away from markbleg the dishonest.

draw your own conclusions.