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bulbs un asked for

philmoturtoniHMaCJm2philmoturtoniHMaCJm2 Posts: 4
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i keep receiving small bulbs in the post , i have not asked for these they come from aberdeen the last ones were packed in wet paper ,look like onions. what should i do with them..
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  • amancalledgeorgeamancalledgeorge Posts: 2,736
    Please destroy them if you don't know what they are and if they haven't come from a reputable source. You're risking introducing disease to your local ecosystem otherwise.
    To Plant a Garden is to Believe in Tomorrow
  • philmoturtoniHMaCJm2philmoturtoniHMaCJm2 Posts: 4
    is there any place to send them to be analised and find where they come from
  • amancalledgeorgeamancalledgeorge Posts: 2,736
    Here's the government advice on the current unsolicited seed packets: https://planthealthportal.defra.gov.uk/latest-news/unsolicited-seed-parcels/
    To Plant a Garden is to Believe in Tomorrow
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Well that's a new one @philmoturtoniHMaCJm2, most of them have come via amazon and China. 
    Is there a possibility that this is a genuine one, and someone simply has the wrong name and/or address? 
    Is there anything on the package to indicate the sender?
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • philmoturtoniHMaCJm2philmoturtoniHMaCJm2 Posts: 4
    there was a small peice of paper with an adress in aberdeen ,very hard to read as it was very wet, it also comes with a SWEET haribo type . iam going to burn the bulbs .
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Very odd @philmoturtoniHMaCJm2. I think it's best to dispose of them, but it does sound more genuine than the usual thing going on.
    Not a lot you can do other than maybe one of those local Facebook messages or similar. I've heard my sister talking about that sort of thing, or even a local gardening group - perhaps it's just been a wrong address after all. 

    Are you having the Haribo though?  :D
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    I'd rather risk the bulbs than the Haribo - do you know what's in them???

    If the address in Aberdeen is really undecipherable, best to destroy the bulbs too.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
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  • AnniDAnniD Posts: 12,585
    I agree that it does sound like a genuine error in this case,  there are people on Etsy and the like who put sweets in with the orders. If it's too illegible to make out the sender's address there's not much you can do. If they'd addressed it to "Mr J Bloggs" you could put out a mention on social media (if you're on that) to find out if anyone knows who J Bloggs is.
  • philmoturtoniHMaCJm2philmoturtoniHMaCJm2 Posts: 4
    NO the sweet is a no no ,i am diabetic, i will attempt to save the next one and try to decipher the address , but as you say its all going on the bonfire . regards p.
  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,385
    edited August 2020
    Some like ebay/amazon have rules against delivering certain items and by including the sweet, the seller can get around some of those rules by classifying the package in an allowed category.  A sure sign of rules being bent.  The OP sounds like it's part of the current 'brushing scams' where operators pretend to be you and get a worthless package delivered (which will come to your address, of course) and this then enables them to enter ratings and comments into these systems while impersonating a genuine buyer (you in this case.)  Having made a successful delivery, the operator is now considered genuine on these systems.  Please read this:

    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
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