ebay seller: omi1011 (2218 ) 99.6% Positive feedback - Orchid Board

PaphMadMan · #2 10-16-2016, 11:28 AM

Usually a reliable seller, but shipping that plant was careless at best. Have you let them know about the scale problem?

charlesf6 · #3 10-16-2016, 03:11 PM

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Originally Posted by jkofferdahl

You're on a roll with less than perfect eBay buys. Wow.

That's some nasty scale. It's removable enough, but can be a pain, and best done when you repot so you can get to all of it. I use alcohol pads to very gently scrub it away.

Have you notified the seller? Hopefully the seller would want to know of the problem (though I am not sure how it could be missed) and would want to make things right with you. If not, make sure to leave feedback indicative of the experience.

O-2 e-buys,

Do you really think I can cure this plant? It's in the garbage can out front as most advised me to do here.

I am very new and do not want press my luck with the others in my small collection.

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Originally Posted by PaphMadMan

Usually a reliable seller, but shipping that plant was careless at best. Have you let them know about the scale problem?

Yes, they know.

Ryan Young · #4 10-17-2016, 12:22 AM

Scale takes some effort to get rid of, it can be done. You gotta be vigilant every 3 days spray with original Listerine and castile soap water. Manually remove any scale you see, get into the nooks and crannies. Takes about 2 weeks of this to get rid of them.

Leafmite · #5 10-17-2016, 12:27 AM

Whether you trash the plant or not depends on how much you value it. I have other plants which would be expensive and inane to replace (i.e. Cinnamon, citrus, Manikara zapota, figs, etc.) as well as the outdoor fruit trees. I keep a few things on hand to treat my plants...Bayer 3 in 1 systemic (for non-edibles only), Sevin, Malathion, neem oil, and, the newest addition, diatomaceous earth.

I do throw out plants that I do not value or that are very cheap and easy to replace (and that I won't need to wait a few years for flowers/fruit).

gngrhill · #6 10-17-2016, 12:42 AM

I did have an issue with this seller a short time ago and when I emailed him he immediately refunded all the cost of the plant and shipping.

estación seca · #7 10-17-2016, 01:20 AM

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Originally Posted by gngrhill

I did have an issue with this seller a short time ago and when I emailed him he immediately refunded all the cost of the plant and shipping.

If this seller regards scale refunds as just another cost of doing business... I don't want to do business.

Whimgrinder · #8 10-17-2016, 11:58 AM

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Originally Posted by estación seca

If this seller regards scale refunds as just another cost of doing business... I don't want to do business.

If someone ships me a plant in that condition, they immediately go on my blacklist (merchants I will never buy from again).

gngrhill · #9 10-17-2016, 06:40 PM

Mine was not a scale problem.....The plant was very healthy looking, it just had not very many good roots. It was the walkeriana that I mounted on the rock I posted a while back. Plant is doing well now.

AnonYMouse · #10 10-17-2016, 06:59 PM

To be fair, you need to let people know the rest.

They sent you an obviously infested plant (why they sent it or how they missed it is only speculation on our part). They know that you know that they sent an infested plant.

So, did they refund you? Did they hassle you? Are they responding promptly?