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! >