I think its a selfless & unrewarded job that our volunteers do, those of us who know the system understand how tough that effort is. Thanks guys I wouldn't have a cool flower bulb collection with out your contribution, efforts & advise. Perhaps the solution is to start a NO ORDER CONFIRMATION POLICY on the BXs & we order & get what we given if we are lucky. It would give back valuable time to Dell & others that is consumed by their selfless work. I for one would be happy to order & see what the lucky dip brings.. I don't need any replies, I just pay for what im lucky enough to receive. Steven On 30 October 2015 at 11:08, Mary Sue Ittner <msittner@mcn.org> wrote: > I really appreciate that Steve is slow to close the SX and that he > continues to list old seed still available when he posts a new list instead > of waiting for an end of the year sale. I know that has to be more work for > him, having all that seed on hand, but it means an opportunity to plant > seeds closer to the right time and if you missed one seed exchange you may > still be in luck and find seeds from the previous offering. > > It must be very hard for Dell with so many people wanting the limited > supply of bulbs that he receives. I'm amazed he is still willing to be in > charge. By my record he started volunteering to do this job in 1999 for > IBS. I doubt there has ever been anyone in charge of seed/bulb exchanges > for so many years. > > Mary Sue > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > -- Steven : ) Esk Queensland Australia Summer Zone 5 Winter Zone 10