I haven't yet but she has solid feedback from many sources, she is on several Rose FB pages and there are some youtube or FB videos of unboxing her roses. I think she is well respected.

Oh, so now we're totally fine with not knowing where her roses come from, how they magically appeared in the U.S., or if anyone bothered paying royalties? How convenient! Remind me again, what exactly makes this seller different from average Etsy shop?

I'm perfectly fine with good feedback.

I am NOT perfectly fine with a seller who has multiple reports of hundreds to thousands of dollars in fraud.

Why are you acting like this is a personal attack Elena?

Personal attack? It was just a rhetorical question about double standards. The actual personal attack happened in the Etsy sellers discussion, where a fellow member suggested reporting Etsy rose buyers.

I have no idea what you're referring to, but even if that occurred, why do you feel the need to be nasty to me by "defending Etsy sellers"?

Do you see it as a black or white situation and they are all good or all bad? I'm not allowed to ask whether or not people had experiences because I'm required to be on Team All Bad? 

https://www.houzz.com/discussions/6421437/etsy-roses-sellers-we-can-trust

Carla, I think the problem with Etsy sellers is that they don't pay royalties (or whatever they're called) to the breeders of the roses; they obtain their plants from questionable sources. A forum member actually wrote to one of the Japanese breeders, asking if his roses were for sale legitimately in the USA, and he reponded that, no, they were only legally for sale in Japan. David Austin is sueing some Etsy sellers for selling their roses without permission, but they are a huge, wealthy company and can afford to do so; other breeders can't. (I think that the Etsy sellers all dropped their illegal Austins from their catalogues after this).

Another serious problem with Etsy sellers is that there is no guarentee that their plants are inspected by phytosanitary experts,so you have no way to be sure that you are not inadvertantly introducing some foreign pest or disease into the country. Let us remember that the mites that spread Rose Rosette Disease are invisible.