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What will they think of next....

harley_babes_hoard — Tue, 23 Jun 2015 12:03:42 GMT

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/10x-Rare-Baby-Ginseng-Fruit-Pear-Tree-Seeds-Garden-Home-Fruit-Tree-Plant-/391180480460?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_15&hash=item5b142c6fcc

amazing!!!

Re: What will they think of next....

foxette-in-sox — Tue, 23 Jun 2015 12:11:35 GMT

2, Professional o'clock law: first, wet seed with blisters with gauze wrap, placed in the appropriate place in a few days the temperature issued bud

Hmmmmm

Re: What will they think of next....

mbselections00 — Tue, 23 Jun 2015 12:17:47 GMT

Unbelievable eh !! When are they going to put a stop to this carp I wonder ?

Re: What will they think of next....

padi*0409 — Tue, 23 Jun 2015 12:31:04 GMT

@mbselections00 wrote:
Unbelievable eh !! When are they going to put a stop to this carp I wonder ?

Hopefully not until I get enough to plant an orchard full of them..................

Wonder if they do apples and peaches in the shape of little Buddhas as well....................Aummmmmm.

with seams so you know where to slice them..................

Re: What will they think of next....

wendshees-rocks — Tue, 23 Jun 2015 12:34:06 GMT

It got the better of me so I googled the image. Yes, they are real, BUT, they don't grow that way.

They use a plastic mold, which gets clamped onto the fruit while it's still small enough to fit. When the fruit has filled the mold it is removed and the fruit continues to grow in the shape of the mold.

Sadly though, like the rainbow roses, buyers will assume they grow that way.

Apparently in China you can get heart shaped cucumbers, square watermelons and a whole assortment of different shaped foods from using molds.

Re: What will they think of next....

padi*0409 — Tue, 23 Jun 2015 12:38:03 GMT

Oh poo, there goes my get-rich-quick idea - unless I get thousands of the moulds......................

"grizzles..........."

Re: What will they think of next....

harley_babes_hoard — Tue, 23 Jun 2015 12:41:41 GMT

yes buyers will believe they grow like that, just like the
roses and other exotic fruits and flowers listed on ebay.

Re: What will they think of next....

kopenhagen5 — Tue, 23 Jun 2015 12:43:42 GMT

Ooooo, foxette is back.

Re: What will they think of next....

mbselections00 — Tue, 23 Jun 2015 12:52:00 GMT

Clever little vegemites aren't they, the Chinese And clever you for googling them

And shame on me for just assuming it was a con - well it kinda is really, unless they supply a mould with the seeds.

Re: What will they think of next....

davewil1964 — Tue, 23 Jun 2015 13:10:45 GMT

@kopenhagen5 wrote:
Ooooo, foxette is back.

Foxy's been back, intermittently, for weeks.

Re: What will they think of next....

kopenhagen5 — Tue, 23 Jun 2015 13:14:13 GMT

Your thoughts are well founded MB.

As honest individuals we assume others are of the same.

That is the nature of the clever deceptions, praying on the naive, and those that give credit to honesty.

Re: What will they think of next....

go-tazz — Tue, 23 Jun 2015 23:55:41 GMT

More dishonest money for eBay,

You do have to wonder how a company can have no regard for their members when they keep allowing this and

other carp listing just so they can make some dishonest money,

This seed seller has sold other fake seeds in the past : 131230222422 they have already sold 246 of them.

There is a variety of different ones: http://www.fruitmould.com/

Online sites are a laughing stock on gardening forums as they all allow fake seeds to be sold on their sites,

Re: What will they think of next....

joethenuts — Wed, 24 Jun 2015 00:25:47 GMT

to mc , a con its $1.00 for 10 seeds delivered to your house, including ebay and paypal fees.mmmm

but you could be right mc, it would prob take 5 years to grow and fruit ,and when they realise they dont come that shape ,its too late for a not as discribed case to open lol.

Re: What will they think of next....

phorum_junkie* — Wed, 24 Jun 2015 10:24:30 GMT

With those instructions, a feedback score of only 98.5% and over 4,000 neg, neut and revised feedback I can't believe anyone would be daft enough to buy from them unless they thought they would get some more of the inventive instructions which are cheaper to get a laugh from than buying a book of jokes.

Re: What will they think of next....

donnashuggy — Wed, 24 Jun 2015 11:10:33 GMT

@phorum_junkie* wrote:
With those instructions, a feedback score of only 98.5% and over 4,000 neg, neut and revised feedback I can't believe anyone would be daft enough to buy from them unless they thought they would get some more of the inventive instructions which are cheaper to get a laugh from than buying a book of jokes.

People are still buying from Dick Smith

Re: What will they think of next....

lyndal1838 — Wed, 24 Jun 2015 11:25:01 GMT

Well I am still buying from The Good Guys but not through ebay. That is one experience I would rather forget.

Re: What will they think of next....

saarzi — Wed, 24 Jun 2015 11:49:04 GMT

The ol' "Baby buddha pears" with pictures of moulded pears have been on Ebay for yearsssss...

And Ebay has been supporting their unethical advertising / listings / pictures for years by doing nothing.

The pears were actually in the news once, long ago, when someone was discussing Ebays dodgy ways. Ebay didnt even lift an eyebrow let alone remove the listings.

Blue melon too.

Re: What will they think of next....

donnashuggy — Wed, 24 Jun 2015 11:51:35 GMT

@lyndal1838 wrote:
Well I am still buying from The Good Guys but not through ebay. That is one experience I would rather forget.

That is interesting, I had a bad experience too, they have not been trained to manage eBay sales/problems.

Re: What will they think of next....

joethenuts — Thu, 25 Jun 2015 01:17:40 GMT

whats so dishonest they are selling pear seeds ,that wil look like budas ,if you read instructions and add other things later.

no different selling egg plant seeds , they wont turn into eggplants unless you kraft them and so on.

do you all think that buyers would think pear shape budas will grow like that, then would they plant bird seed , or egg plant seeds to grow birds or eggs.mmmmmmmmm if you think this is a con what about the other day here when someone was selling for a lot of money a plastic bag full of [air] from a backstage of a concert.

Re: What will they think of next....

mbselections00 — Thu, 25 Jun 2015 01:41:08 GMT

The problem joe is that the listings do not make it clear the seeds WILL NOT grow & produce shaped fruit - you need to have the moulds and there is no mention of them. Buyers will not understand that. Did you look at the link tazz posted - quite interesting actually.

To be perfectly honest, I thought the whole entire thing was a scam until someone pointed out that you can actually grow fruit that way, that's how naive I am . However, I do still believe the listing is misleading and therefore should not be allowed - unless the seeds are supplied with the moulds. And anyway - I don't believe the seeds would be allowed into the country (assuming they are duly declared as seeds) - who knows what diseases they might be carrying that could harm our agriculture.

It's a bit like the coloured flowers - they are only coloured if you sit the cut flower in dyed water. Lol I actually knew about that trick as I had blue carnations & other blue flowers in my wedding bouquets over 35 years ago !! That trick has been around a long time.

Hahahaha, yes I saw the bag of air and couldn't help but think, we've all got a lot of hot air - we could all be making a motza !!!!