Re: [aroid-l] Ebay titanum

From: Rand Nicholson <writserv at nbnet.nb.ca> on 2004.02.05 at 14:46:35(11085) The seller on Ebay ended the listing "early" because of an "error in the listing". Susan, and perhaps others, may have done a good thing in persuading the seller to reconsider his/her offering. Rand +More >You did the right thing since the buyer may find out too late and give >the seller a bad rating. So if you like the seller you did the right >thing. I don't think there is a way of stopping the seller from doing >anything. The worse thing they get is a bad ebay rating. If they don't >change the name, it is buyer beware isn't it. Ebay is not your most >reliable source of plant experts. I actually did what you did with >someone else selling variegated African violets as "chimeras" which they >are not and got the most abusive email back I have ever read, so be >prepared. > >_______________________________ > >Michael Marcotrigiano, Ph.D >Director of the Botanic Garden and Professor of Biological Sciences >Smith College >Lyman Conservatory, 15 College Lane >Northampton, MA 01063 >email: mmarcotr@smith.edu >voice: 413-585-2741; fax: 413-585-2744 >www.smith.edu/garden >www.science.smith.edu/~mmarcotr >----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >"Art is the unceasing effort to compete with > the beauty of flowers and never succeeding." > Marc Chagall > >>>> SLBryant@scj.com 02/04/04 01:16PM >>> >There is an Amorphophallus titanum for sale on ebay- >http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item#77058533&categoryB207 > >&sspagename=STRK%3AMEBWA%3AIT&rd=1 > >It sure looks like a konjac to me. I contacted the seller but no >reply.... >am I off-base?? > >Susan

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