Nothing to do with fish - Gurney Nursery

[Ron]

I thought it was a reputable company. It seemed like a well known name among gardeners.

If anyone else is planting trees/shrubs/gardens this spring I'd suggest taking your business elsewhere!

They put certain apples trees on special for $5ea, so I ordered a 1/2 dozen. Then charged me the full price of $30ea for the trees after the CC confirmation went through at checkout. $200 vs $40 is a heck of a price jump! 

So I called to get them to straighten out the order and refund $160.

A week later (today) I get an email that they oversold and want everyone who ordered to get one, so they're limiting the trees to 1 per order and refunding the remainder (shipping charge remained the same regardless). Talk about some shady business practices! 

On the bright side they did agree to cancel my order without any surcharges.

I've joked with friends about the idea of a "business" that sells a "product", holds the customers money and uses it for investments to make interest, then refunds the purchase price after a long period of delay (interest = profit), but I didn't think that they so readily existed already. 

[mightieskeeper]

That is to bad Ron that nursery was very reputable years ago.  On a different note are you raising meat chickens this year?

[Ron]

That is to bad Ron that nursery was very reputable years ago.

That's what I'd thought. Never again though...

On a different note are you raising meat chickens this year?

I was planning to, but first I need to take inventory of what I still have in the freezer. I was hoping to avoid the mid-summer heat that I had problems with last year. If I don't do them this spring I'll have some in the fall. I'm also aiming to redo the wheel mechanism this spring before I put anything out in the tractor.

I've also been thinking about getting a few layers (probably only 3), but first need to either redo my old coop setup or build them a small tractor.

[Steve]

Wow that really is shady to say the least Ron. I do a good deal of outdoor gardening, plants flowers and Bonsai trees, but I can't say I have heard of that particular nursery (I usually go to Telly's nursery in Troy myself).

Places that do that sort of thing where they sell a product without it even being in hand IMO should not even legally able to do that, just way to sketchy to me. Glad they cancelled without charge for ya.

[tugboat]

Its been done already( Your company idea), Its called a Ponzi scheme. Look up Bernie Madoff..