Problem with bulb offer

Paul Licht plicht@berkeley.edu
Wed, 10 Aug 2011 14:53:49 PDT
Pity noone called this to the groups attention earlier.  
While I am reluctant to 'criticize', without out, little 
gets fixed.

Paul Licht, Director
University of California Botanical Garden
200 Centennial Drive
Berkeley, CA 94720
(510)-643-8999
http://botanicalgarden.berkeley.edu/



On 8/10/2011 2:15 PM, Richard wrote:
> This guy has screwed a lot of us. I have filed a case against
> him through the fraud department of the US Postal Service.
> Chances are it will never be pursued. Maybe if everyone did this
> it would become an issue.
>
> Richard Wagner
> Vista CA
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org
> [mailto:pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Paul Licht
> Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2011 1:27 PM
> To: Pacific Bulb Society
> Subject: [pbs] Problem with bulb offer
>
> Back in March, there was the following posting  from a
> Warren Keller offered some choice Haemanthus deformis bulbs
> *
> -------- Original Message -------- *
> *Subject: * 	*[pbs] Haemanthus deformis*
> *Date: * 	*Wed, 16 Mar 2011 12:10:20 -0700 (PDT)*
> *From: * 	*Warren Keller<warren_keller@yahoo.com>*
> *Reply-To: * 	*Pacific Bulb Society<pbs@lists.ibiblio.org>*
> *To: * 	*pbs@lists.ibiblio.org<pbs@lists.ibiblio.org>*
>
> *Hello there, i have about 25 bulbs of Haemanthus deformis i
> am selling from my collection, all are big mature sized
> bulbs, i was asking 30 a piece, so i was just wanting to let
> everyone know first on pbs, please email me for more info, i
> live in california. Warren *
>
> I called this to the attention of one of our Garden people
> who pursued the offer and after an active correspondence was
> told he would need to send a money order in advance. I just
> learned today that , unfortunately, after sending the money
> order, he has never heard back from Mr. Keller: no bulbs, no
> explanation and no response to monthly follow ups.
>
> BE WARNED!
>


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