Unfortunately, a seller's rating for bulbs and other biological materials can be misleading. In many cases involving long shipping times, the ability to rate the vendor expires before the shipment is received and in other cases, there is hidden rot or infection. Also, one time I bought hippeastrum calyptratum bulbs that took a year to bloom and were a mediocre orange striped hybrid. You have to leave feedback on the basis of trust and supposition, which can be very problematic. Tim Eck > -----Original Message----- > From: pbs [mailto:pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Dennis Kramb > Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2017 11:10 AM > To: Pacific Bulb Society > Subject: Re: [pbs] Seller of rotten bulbs > > It's winter time. I wonder if they froze somewhere along their journey? > I've purchased bulbs from the PBS BX in winter with the same mushy result. > That doesn't make PBS BX a bad vendor or source, nor was it their > responsibility to replace my loss. That eBay seller's rating seems pretty good. > I wonder if the better warning here might be to be careful of buying bulbs in > winter? > > Dennis in Cincinnati > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/