Please to explain. Not talking about little mis photoshop are we?

I assume you mean for the "strike"? I'm kinda glad that they got rid of the buyer feedback option, coming from a buyer that is. Now buyers can be more honest without fear of retaliation feedback. I do see why sellers would be upset however; I'm sure there are some terrible buyers lurking out there.

Biggest issue is the final price percent being raised again in less than 18 months...Buyers pay that in the end
Now sellers must wit 21 days to receive payments from PayPal.
If Ebay wanted to fix something boot off sellers like Mrs Photoshop and many others.
Feedback will only be archived 1 year so bad sellers and buyers will have clean records for a few months..leaving both sides with no information...SCAREY huh?
The only reason a seller should post a negative is on a non paying bidder

Maybe you guys should start using Craig's List or something. Ebay would be a complete ripoff except for their huge audience. I guess I should start BromBroker.com for all you bromeliad sellers and buyers.

Craigs list belongs to Ebay

"Q: Is there a connection between craigslist and eBay?
A: eBay acquired 25% of the equity in craigslist from a former shareholder in august of 2004."

Actually my favorite seller on the bay is Ken2na who on March 3rd is taking over Paul Isley's stock of Tillandsias. 63,000 sq. feet of plants. The guy sells top quality (and lives close by).

Do they grow many of the soil loving Tilly's?

I think it will be a long time before I every consider buying a plant via a web auction. I don't have the time to play those kind of games. The one thing that I do like is that he presumably, has the plants ready to ship. If you order from other sites it's hard to know what is ready to go.

If anyone would be interested, I can set up a web site for selling bromes. It wouldn't be an auction site since I hate that, but I think I could do it at 25 cents a listing or something like that. If it's too cheap, then people will put their junk on there.

That might not be a bad idea winter. The only draw back is how will they pay for plants? I WILL NOT USE PAYPAL

Speaking of eBay, how do you like this bit of fakery?

Here is a link that might be useful: Neo. spectabilis x Callistemon citrinus?????

HDD do you have a link about the Paypal policy and the 21 days, I did not see that.

Wow Lisa! I cannot believe that.

I'll talk with my partners and see if we want to make a real proposal. It will have to be mostly for fun since the market is too small to generate much return. However, if there is no incredible push for profit we can have high standards and boot any vendors we don't like.

That picture of the spectabilis with the callistemon flower looks kind of cute, doesn't it? But NOT for a Brom-nut! Have you read the description of the picture? It says that the plant is also known as the Fingernail polish plant but has the characteristics of a salad bowl as well. And it is also known as a Living Vase. And they suggest you can fill up the center of the plant with water and put in flowers of your choice to impress your guests! We Bromeliad addicts would NEVER dream of doing something like that but I can see how the uninitiated can do something like that!

Japie

that Ebay listing while mis-leading if you just look at the picture ..does explain the flower in the plant LOL

I didn't even see the black and white text at the top! My eyes went straight to the information that they have with their fancy background. I mean they even have a short description there as well, minus the cut flower part. Pretty crazy.

Yes, I missed the fine print at the top too, and looked at the description below the photo like Mike did. I'll bet if you asked the average uninitiated viewer, they would assume that was its flower.

Yep - I missed it too. Very misleading!

Hdd, my last visit to Paul's place there were no terra-firma tills for sale, sorry. I don't actually bid on the plants, I use 'buy it now' if the price is reasonable.
When perusing an e-bay listing make sure you carefully read everything, all the way to the bottom of the page. Avoid any and all that trumpet "L@@K", "RARE" or "Estate Sale". Notice the shipping too since this is where the shysters'll get ya every time. Excess S/H charges are the most overlooked feature of most bad deals.

gonzer I talked to Paul, he had all 3 I wanted including somnians

I'll give you somnians, they grow like a weed. What are the other two?

Somnians is a weed? Why is that maroon plant so expensive?
Secunda and fraseri are teh other two.
Are you growing any of the stolon type?..I think cereicola and espinosa ..still listed as Vriesea

I never could understand why somnians is expensive. The pic below shows about 10 plants in a 4 square foot area. Fraseri is classified as Racineae now. It's a pretty boring plant, what I call a space-taker. I've got some small plants of secunda too, you can have one also.

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Ah, but if T. somnians is grown in bright light and full view as seen in the below picture, you can understand why it attracts attention and bigger dollars.

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Andrew Steens also grows his stapled up trees to great effect. And as Gonzer showed, it also makes a great groundcover.

Cheers,
Kerry

I see what you mean Kerry. You do grow 'em bigger Down Under.

Ok I like this weed..and it grows on stolens too.thanks for the photo's gonzer and Kerry
I will take you up on your kind offer gonzer.