I fell foul of these last year, I ordered some plants £34.00 worth through Ideal World, after 3 weeks from dispatch the plant turned up in dreadful state so I took photo's of them all and sent the to Ideal World and they actually refunded my money in total including the p+p, so I would give them a very very wide berth.
I manage to find a lot of the more unusual plants I need for wildlife gardening on Ebay, there are some good honest fellow gardener's selling good quality plants and seeds. Just make sure you read the review ratings before you buy.
I ordered off these guys a good few years back, out of a magazine - the mini orchard collection, apple tree, pear tree, plum tree with free cherry tree. All went through a couple of harsh scottish winters in pots outside, but the only one to survive was the pear, which is now planted in my garden, is very healthy at 6ft tall, with lots of leaves but no flowers or fruit this year. However, I did e-mail the company a couple of months back to ask for replacement for the trees that didn't grow, as I swear when I ordered they offered a lifetime guarantee on the trees. As with poor Kevin above, absolutely no response from the company, so I shan't bother ordering from them again. We live and learn. At least the pear tree's growing well, but at £29.99 (a few years back) - a tad dear me thinks
I bought from them once it was a special offer on strawberrys. I have useualy avoided them because of the high postal charges usualy around £9. the strawberrys arrived after 4 weeks in an awful state managed to save most of them but i agree withGracie go on ebay i have a few sellers saved that have always suplied briliant plants ,sometimes in smaller quantities and allways for less money .but be careful read descriptions and stick to sellers with good feedback.
Hi christopher2 i paid by debit card and they took the money out the day after.
Hi harrogate garden designs i am too currently unemployed due to heart attack so i took on an allotment to try and keep myself healthy im only 39 lol ,i wish you well in your new venture and thank you to everyone for your advice and kind comments
Can't we have a name n shame campaign? It can't be illegal if it's truthful a d it will forewarn us all when we consider buying from these companies
Mmm-not sure about that -I would be happier if people could make recommendations when things go right as you did in an earlier posting- the trouble is you will hear about bad experiences but not good ones
The problem is with companies like this is that if they don't respond to e-mails etc they will not respond to an opportunity to reply to complaints on an open forum like this which perhaps would help to redress the balance-didn't posters have similar complaints about Parkers a few weeks back and then about a T&M offer.
It is more a case of buyer aware and if something looks like a bargain it probably isn't -I think paying by credit card only gives you protection if the purchase totals over £100-so in most cases you are stuck if you can't get a refund direct.
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I fell foul of these last year, I ordered some plants £34.00 worth through Ideal World, after 3 weeks from dispatch the plant turned up in dreadful state so I took photo's of them all and sent the to Ideal World and they actually refunded my money in total including the p+p, so I would give them a very very wide berth.
To be honest i cant beleive they are still in business
I totally agree with threads like this being started to expose these companies. Bad publicity is the only thing that will eradicate them.
I manage to find a lot of the more unusual plants I need for wildlife gardening on Ebay, there are some good honest fellow gardener's selling good quality plants and seeds. Just make sure you read the review ratings before you buy.
I ordered off these guys a good few years back, out of a magazine - the mini orchard collection, apple tree, pear tree, plum tree with free cherry tree. All went through a couple of harsh scottish winters in pots outside, but the only one to survive was the pear, which is now planted in my garden, is very healthy at 6ft tall, with lots of leaves but no flowers or fruit this year. However, I did e-mail the company a couple of months back to ask for replacement for the trees that didn't grow, as I swear when I ordered they offered a lifetime guarantee on the trees. As with poor Kevin above, absolutely no response from the company, so I shan't bother ordering from them again. We live and learn. At least the pear tree's growing well, but at £29.99 (a few years back) - a tad dear me thinks
I bought from them once it was a special offer on strawberrys. I have useualy avoided them because of the high postal charges usualy around £9. the strawberrys arrived after 4 weeks in an awful state managed to save most of them but i agree withGracie go on ebay i have a few sellers saved that have always suplied briliant plants ,sometimes in smaller quantities and allways for less money .but be careful read descriptions and stick to sellers with good feedback.
Hi christopher2 i paid by debit card and they took the money out the day after.
Hi harrogate garden designs i am too currently unemployed due to heart attack so i took on an allotment to try and keep myself healthy im only 39 lol ,i wish you well in your new venture and thank you to everyone for your advice and kind comments
Mmm-not sure about that -I would be happier if people could make recommendations when things go right as you did in an earlier posting- the trouble is you will hear about bad experiences but not good ones
The problem is with companies like this is that if they don't respond to e-mails etc they will not respond to an opportunity to reply to complaints on an open forum like this which perhaps would help to redress the balance-didn't posters have similar complaints about Parkers a few weeks back and then about a T&M offer.
It is more a case of buyer aware and if something looks like a bargain it probably isn't -I think paying by credit card only gives you protection if the purchase totals over £100-so in most cases you are stuck if you can't get a refund direct.