Re: [GSAS-Member] Share shipping on plants?

[macker <macker@gmail.com>]

Im actually ordering from them in a couple days. The only thing I would
recommend (and you have to ask becuase i dont think they offer it) is for
insurance, it's about 3 bucks more but worth it. One time, the box leacked
(the plants just come in labled zipblock bags becuase he grows/breeds them).
Well one of the bags broke or got crushed by USPS, and so right before a
very hot, 3 day weekend they kept the box at their warehouse down in tacoma
or something. By the time I could get them they were all dead. I had to
purchase replacements, but he sent them huge. If I had insurance it would
have easily been worth the $3 more. Also, he is typically very busy and does
a good business. It might be 3 days before he can even get to your order.

If memory servers, he also only ships via USPS. I would typically have no
probs anyone jumping in my order but im leaving to costa mesa on business
monday and don't really have time to coordinate with anyone, this time
around.

On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 10:17 AM, Laurel Larsen <laurelthequeen@gmail.com>
wrote:

> They do look cheaper than aquarium plants.  I'd love to order from
> them, but it appears as though the only plant that I want, they're out
> of stock on.  I'll email them and see when they expect to have more
> in. :)  I won't be offended if anyone else wants to order from them
> instead.
>
> -Laurel
> On May 30, 2008, at 10:14 AM, Shango Los wrote:
>
> > Thanks Macker.  They look cheaper than AquairumPlants.com too.
> >
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com
> > [mailto:gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com] On Behalf Of macker
> > Sent: Friday, May 30, 2008 10:10 AM
> > To: Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member chat
> > Subject: Re: [GSAS-Member] Share shipping on plants?
> >
> > I have used several sites. I ordered once from aquariumplants.com
> > and the
> > plants came fine, but they are nothing special. They wholesale all
> > their
> > plants in from a big box place down in Florida, have them shipped
> > into their
> > site fully grown, and then they ship them off. So they typically
> > arrive
> > looking fine, but it seems to take them a lot longer to root and
> > grow, since
> > they are just plucked out of big warehouses. They put them all in
> > one big
> > bag, no matter how many varieties you ordered.
> >
> > If you would rather have plants that are grown by a dedicated
> > breeder and
> > who has higher quality plants, I would probably order from
> > http://www.freshwateraquariumplants.com/ . I have ordered from Don
> > Matakis
> > there about 5 times, typically $150 orders. Typically it takes them
> > a few
> > days to prepare the plants, as they put each variety in its own bag,
> > label
> > it, etc. They also cost a little bit more than a place like
> > aquariumplants.com that just sends you a big bunch of plants in one
> > bag. The
> > plants at Dons place are the best plants I have come across so far,
> > and the
> > variety packs are nice because you get a mix, and he talks with you
> > about
> > your type of tank, size, what you are trying to accomplish, and then
> > creates
> > a variety packs with you based on your goals.
> >
> > On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 9:13 PM, Tom Watson <onefish2fish@comcast.net>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> I just received some corkscrew val from them.  I ordered 10, got
> >> 17.  Good
> >> idea to combine orders.  The price was good but the 2nd day
> >> shipping was
> >> more than $15.
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com
> >> [mailto:gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com] On Behalf Of Laurel Larsen
> >> Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 2:57 PM
> >> To: Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member chat
> >> Subject: [GSAS-Member] Share shipping on plants?
> >>
> >> I found a website that's based out of Montana or somewhere fairly
> >> close
> >> that
> >> has pretty good deals on aquarium plants.  I know there's usually an
> >> abundance of them locally, but I'm sure there's sometimes something
> >> you
> >> just
> >> can't seem to track down within the club or at local retail
> >> places.  I'm
> >> going to be placing an order in the next several days.  They'll do
> >> 2-day
> >> shipping on plants which saves some money(compared to the 1-day
> >> that most
> >> places require), but if there's someone who lives anywhere between
> >> the
> >> U-District and South Everett who would like to share shipping
> >> costs, I'd
> > be
> >> willing to meet you somewhere or possibly deliver your portion of the
> > order
> >> to you, as I have a couple hours between school and work on tuesdays,
> >> thursdays and fridays.
> >>
> >> www.aquariumplants.com is the website.  If you are interested,
> >> shoot me an
> >> email by Sunday night and I'll make the order. :)
> >>
> >> -Laurel
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