Plants on Ebay

[Beth777]

Do ya'll ever get live plants from there? They have amazing prices.

[troy tucker]

No. all my plants came from members here.

[Beth777]

I might try ordering some in the near future and see what happens.

No. all my plants came from members here.

[sfasu]

I get 80-90% of my plants from ebay. Make sure whoever you buy from includes an ice pack. With the way our temps are rising, even with a short delay you could end up with melted plants.

[Beth777]

Thank you! One of the sellers I was looking at seems to have an excellent reputation. I'll be sure and ask for the ice pack when I do order. Great tip! Just can't believe the prices! Petsmart has the moss balls for almost $9 each, LFS has them for about $6 each but, ebay has them for .99 each. Java fern for about $4...and on and on with great prices.

Thank you again. I'm going to have to get another job! LOLOL

I get 80-90% of my plants from ebay. Make sure whoever you buy from includes an ice pack. With the way our temps are rising, even with a short delay you could end up with melted plants.

[kaytlu]

I've window shopped on ebay for plants, & it seems to me that most of those really fantastic bargains are from overseas. When you add the shipping $ required to the ebay listed price it's not so fantastic after all. Not to mention the fact that overseas shipping at this time of year would probably result in finding a box of "goop" delivered to your doorstep.

I'm not trying to rain on anyone's parade, here, I was disappointed myself when I realized the total cost, shipping time etc.

All that said, I have ordered ebay plants, and from US dealers that pack with cool/ice packs and bubblewrap (extra insulation). If you are within reasonable distance of your local UPS, FEDEX or USPS terminal, a good idea during hot times is to ask to have the package held there for you to pick up instead of letting your box of plants tour the area inside a hot delivery truck.

Sometimes it seems that you just have to order at least out of state to get particular types of plants.

[sfasu]

last batch I got was held at the post office overnight. Damn near lost em. Still getting them to recover.

[ptran]

Good idea about picking up at the terminal.


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[kaytlu]

I guess it's always a gamble of sorts... the odds against you just increase with high/low temps.

[sfasu]

I guess it's always a gamble of sorts... the odds against you just increase with high/low temps.

Yeah. Thats why I only order plants in the cooler months. Otherwise a shot in the dark

[troy tucker]

sfasu> did I get Plants from you? All the plants I have are from other members here. I'm not even sure what all the plants I have are. I have killed lots of plants in the past. Now I do pretty well. I haven't killed a plant in a few years. It was important to me not to spend to much as I was learning on a low budget. I could never afford E-bay.
Now as some nice people here helped me with plants. I give back to other learning. By giving plants.

[sfasu]

troy - Ive givensome away a long time ago, but nothing within the past 3 years or so. Most of my plants are slow growing, or the trimmings get replanted in my tanks or my moms.

Bety777 - Just thought of something. Check out ADG some time. They have a bunch of different and rarer plants that come over from Europe. Some really nice stuff. May cost a lil more, but high quality and no shipping disasters to worry about.

[Beth777]

Thank you so much! I hadn't even thought of that. If I order any I'll definitely stick with US. You probably just saved me some hard earned money.

I've window shopped on ebay for plants, & it seems to me that most of those really fantastic bargains are from overseas. When you add the shipping $ required to the ebay listed price it's not so fantastic after all. Not to mention the fact that overseas shipping at this time of year would probably result in finding a box of "goop" delivered to your doorstep.

I'm not trying to rain on anyone's parade, here, I was disappointed myself when I realized the total cost, shipping time etc.

All that said, I have ordered ebay plants, and from US dealers that pack with cool/ice packs and bubblewrap (extra insulation). If you are within reasonable distance of your local UPS, FEDEX or USPS terminal, a good idea during hot times is to ask to have the package held there for you to pick up instead of letting your box of plants tour the area inside a hot delivery truck.

Sometimes it seems that you just have to order at least out of state to get particular types of plants.

[Beth777]

Killing them is why I want them cheap. I also want plants that don't need anything but light. Do I have to wait awhile before I add plants to the newly set up 10gal?

sfasu> did I get Plants from you? All the plants I have are from other members here. I'm not even sure what all the plants I have are. I have killed lots of plants in the past. Now I do pretty well. I haven't killed a plant in a few years. It was important to me not to spend to much as I was learning on a low budget. I could never afford E-bay.
Now as some nice people here helped me with plants. I give back to other learning. By giving plants.

[Beth777]

What's ADG?

Bety777 - Just thought of something. Check out ADG some time. They have a bunch of different and rarer plants that come over from Europe. Some really nice stuff. May cost a lil more, but high quality and no shipping disasters to worry about.[/QUOTE]