BX rate change
Dennis Kramb (Mon, 02 May 2011 08:10:48 PDT)

I only remember one loss in all my years of purchasing from the BX. It was
just 4 months ago. I bought a Griffinia bulb in the midst of a hard freeze
in January. I decided it was my fault for ordering a tender bulb at a time
of year I would have NEVER bought it from a normal mail order source, for
obvious reasons.

For a PBS policy on perishables my recommendation is simply not to transact
them during killer cold weather. And if you can't resist the gamble when
something like a Griffinia comes up? Well, then it really is caveat emptor.

Even in the dead of winter there is occasionally a week or two with temps in
the 40s & 50s. I should have had the foresight to ask Dell to hold my
shipment until warmer weather moved in. Next time, I will.

Just my two cents...