List of seed and bulb vendors
Lee Poulsen (Tue, 24 Aug 2010 23:08:14 PDT)
The eBay thing is an interesting challenge for our sources list. Several
people have sent me notes nominating eBay vendors who offer species bulbs.
Unfortunately, all of those people list themselves on eBay only when they
have bulbs available. So if you look for them today, they can't be found.
As a result, there is no contact info or URL for us to link to from the
sources list.
I guess we could add a note to the list saying something like "look for
these vendors on eBay," but that feels very untidy. On the other hand, I
feel like we shouldn't ignore it if it's becoming a major source for bulbs.
Any thoughts?
Mike
Mike, I know there is a way to list an eBay URL for eBay vendors because
I use them to get to Saved Sellers that I've saved to check and see if
they're offering anything.
For example, Osmani Baullosa's URL is
<http://shop.ebay.com/horosto/m.html> although very unfortunately he is
no longer selling seeds.
I just checked another one, and he happens to currently have some items
for sale as of this email, and that is the one for Dylan Hannon:
<http://shop.ebay.com/dylansbulbs/m.html>. (Maybe I shouldn't have given
that one out, because it will just mean that there will be more
competition for his very rare and unusual items that often no one else
offers!!) ;-)
(But then again, maybe he'll thank me for advertising his offerings to a
wider audience.)
If the vendor isn't offering anything at the time you look, you'll still
be taken to the vendor's page; but it will just state that "Your search
returned 0 items."
--Lee Poulsen
Pasadena, California, USA - USDA Zone 10a