EBAY?

[Biscombe]

Just wondering if anyone out there has had a good experience from buying chilli seeds on ebay?

[Chiliac]

I bought one pack of seeds from an ebay seller once. They were okay, but the seller was a professional seeds dealer.

I'd be careful when buying seeds. You never know what you're gonna get and don't trust the feedback. People leave theirs when they receive the seeds. They maybe total crap, but the buyer cannot know at that point.

[rainbowberry]

I wouldn't risk buying off ebay.

[MiLK_MaN]

My first ever seed experience was off ebay, but it turned out alright.

Usually you'll find that a reputable ebay seed dealer will have their own website outside of ebay that has a more thorough listing and description of each chilli.

[talas]

Leave ebay well alone buddy..;)

[pepperfever]

ebay with caution, some sellers are very good some unfortunately are not. I've had good luck, bought from a couple of sellers and peppers came true to what was advertised. Look for favorable ratings and a high number of sales. That's the only advice I have, it's take your chances.

Jackie

[theHippySeedCo]

lol (oops was that a fee)

sorry , personal joke

[bjs2006]

As others have stated, be careful. Lots of bad advertising and people selling seed for one type but picturing another.

I saw an auction yesterday for tepin seed. They had piquin peppers pictured. They were advertising as the hottest and had over 20 bids, the bid was over $15 plus shipping. :shame:

[AlabamaJack]

As others have stated, be careful. Lots of bad advertising and people selling seed for one type but picturing another.

I saw an auction yesterday for tepin seed. They had piquin peppers pictured. They were advertising as the hottest and had over 20 bids, the bid was over $15 plus shipping. :shame:

Kinda like the Diablo Negro I bought last year as the worlds hottest pepper....pretty plants but there is absolutely no heat in them...I mean NONE...got a bell pepper taste all the way around...

bjs...don't know whether you are looking for tepins or not but I have a bagfull of wild Texas Tepins from a wild bush down around Waco...if you want a few, pm me your mailing address and I will send you a few pods....they have decent germination rates too...

[shayneyasinski]

I bought seeds from a guy on this forum that sells on ebay and they were fine.
just remember that this forum has members that know the facts so if a seller is selling 50 million scoville unit super peppers and we never heard of them... your gettin ripped

[okie joe]

Bought some naga from ebay turned out pretty good then I found out that he was a member here in THP. And have had good results

[moyboy]

I bought my first seeds from ebay last year. Was a package deal (10 lots of seeds x 10 seeds each).

It was a uk seller and it was tops, all seeds where true to description.

But my brother bought some white bullet hab seeds around the same time from another ebay seller and he planted 4 seeds.

One come out as a standard red sweet bell pepper, another was a Jalapeno, and 2 were similar to a Cayenne. And as Chiliac said once the plant is fruiting it is far to late to change your feedback.

So it really is the luck of the draw.

Better off giving your hard earned cash to a reputable dealer.

[hixs]

Ok well bought Choc habs,Red Savina and 2 others.Didn`t get the first plant.They all came from the same dealer so if you want PM me and i`ll give you the name.THINK what does pain do?

[rainbowberry]

I can recommend Tony from Nagaseeds though but I haven't seen his seeds on there lately.

[talas]

Coffee or Tea R.B and morning :)

[rainbowberry]

Morning, it's a cup of Tetley tea right now.

[talas]

Are a true brit tea here to tetley and 2 sugars must cut down :oops:

[AlabamaJack]

mornin talas and RB...good ol cup of coffee here...and its really early...yawn...

[talas]

Morning A.J it is REALLY early there be having coffee myself if it was that early ;)

[rainbowberry]

Morning AJ. What time is for you? You should be all cosy and tucked up in bed surely?

[AlabamaJack]

it's 4:07 am here now...I have to go into work early this morning so I to up at 2:30 or so...of course I went to bed about 7 last night...

[imaguitargod]

eBay=evil........EEEEEVIL I SAY!

[shayneyasinski]

eBay=evil........EEEEEVIL I SAY!

So is Electricity to the Amish ..... did you have a bad seller or just trying to get your posts up??

[imaguitargod]

So is Electricity to the Amish ..... did you have a bad seller
I had a bad buying experience where the person didn't pay and eBay still tried to charge me. I did every step they told me to do to "resolve it" with their "billing department" (notice the use of quotes). It's a load of shit with that company. Plus their fee's are outragous!!!!! Long story short, I don't deal with FleaBay and still "owe" them "money".

or just trying to get your posts up??
I don't know....at this point do I need to get my point's up? It's going to take until 2010 for AJ to catch me, that's well known know thanks to his graph.

[Mister_Al]

I've never bought any seeds off ebay, so I can't really justify any bad, or good, personal comments. I prefer getting my seeds from trades, or buying them from dealers.

Alan

[shayneyasinski]

I also feel that spending 3 bucks or maybe 20 on seeds that are new or hard to get is ok even if they turn out to be wrong..
who hasn't picked up a tranny by mistake....

[rainbowberry]

:shocked: never picked up a tranny by mistake but I have bought off ebay before with seeds, I found I had major germination problems with one of them, I could see the seeds were well past their sell by date by the state of them and others had just rotted in the bag from insufficient drying. If you use ebay you need to use companies that have a good reputation, I thought this company did so chose carefully if you get use ebay. I prefer not to, it can be hard to complain afterwards if you're unhappy.