BEWARE GORILLA SEEDBANK

[sunni]

free members are 2nd to the paid sponsors that keep your lights one.

This comment isnt true though, its baseless we are community first we dont remove bad reviews, we dont allow the advertisers to run all over the forum, we keep a hopefully happy medium between advertising sections and community areas.

Im sorry I cant go purchasing and testing out everything single company who advertises with us I just dont have the funds for that, and I fully know no other website who has advertising does that either, Ive been working in this industry for a bit now and know that much


I cant just take one bad review and axe someone's advertising, I have to look at it in-depth and I need to do so privately off the forum without everyone elses opinions involved which is why I asked the OP to email me the issue.


There is always going to be a problem somewhere with some companies thats how business is but you have to allow me to work on it and fix it, I cant just wave a magic wand and have it done instantly because you deem so already by reading something

this was posted yesterday my time 3pm, its been less than 24 hours and ive already responded asking for information so a little grace would be nice.

 

[Grojak]

Please don’t take it personal, my “gripe”
, if you will, is not with you or towards you as an individual. in the various forum interactions over the years you’ve always proven to be good people, but you also represent RIU and are actively on here so I’m sure it’s hard to separate people sometimes whether someone is mad at RIU or taking personal jabs. I didn’t mean to insinuate that YOU don’t care about us and for that I am sorry.

In an industry riddled with good natured folks who will freely give away meds to patients and crooks who just want to make money, I no longer have any patience for the ugly underbelly of the industry. I see a lot of people making mountains out of mole hills when they are completely in the wrong but sadly in this case, I see no reason why the OP would make this up. In a grey market people just aren’t held to the same standards.

I also think paid sponsor or not we need to freely be allowed to air out the good and the bad, no one gets crap for praising a good experience with a vendor, but if we can’t air out the bad here, where can we? Who will protect the consumer if we have no place to post our misfortunes?


Again Sunni, I apologize for any bad vibes that you felt were directed at you.

 

[Antidote Man]

To wrap this all up.. I got an email from GSB saying I've been refunded, likely meaning some cash is headed my way in an envelope. I'm going to donate it to the blind.

 

[sunni]

I also think paid sponsor or not we need to freely be allowed to air out the good and the bad, no one gets crap for praising a good experience with a vendor, but if we can’t air out the bad here, where can we? Who will protect the consumer if we have no place to post our misfortunes?


Again Sunni, I apologize for any bad vibes that you felt were directed at you.

I just want to clarify there should never be any concern about leaving a bad review Regardless of the company

we have always allowed good and bad reviews on the site

Not sure if I misinterpreted concern or why it seems to be concerned we’ve never silenced that Except when users get out of hand and start name calling and screaming and throwing fits
But than that’s no longer about the review it’s the tos

 

[sunni]

Ah forgot to mention when you speak of rollitup advertising as a whole
It is personal because it’s just me here doing it


My office parties aren’t fun

 

[Herb & Suds]

Ah forgot to mention when you speak of rollitup advertising as a whole
It is personal because it’s just me here doing it


My office parties aren’t fun

But you can do it nekid without recourse

 

[Xepshunall]

I have never, ever had the kind of problem I have had with this seed bank. If I could get more into the specifics it would take a long time, but in my recent experience, these people are rip off artists that don’t update their listings and trick customer into updating their known breeder packs with generic fems and autos.

In short, I saw Delta 9 Labs Super Star, a rare strain for sale on their site. Getting them money was a real hassle. Sending cash by mail to Europe with an Extra $20 for tracking after their own shipping fee of $20.

My order was 30$ for seeds + $20 for shipping + $20 for tracking at post office. That’s $70+ tax and everything it was $80. I told them this was outrageous and he said he would make it up to me. I told him if he did, I would write a good review on the forums I’m a member of.

Waiting, waiting, waiting. Finally I got an email asking if I’d like to ditch the Super Star and upgrade to one of these below:

Advanced Female Seeds - Automatic AK Female
Feminised Seeds - Blue Treacle Auto
Feminised Seeds - Blackberry Auto
Feminised Seeds - Sugar Mama Auto
Feminised Seeds - Critical Auto
Feminised Seeds - Auto Gelato
Feminised Seeds - British Auto Outdoor Mix

*Photoperiod & Feminized Seeds (NOT AUTOFLOWERING!!!!)
Advanced Female Seeds - Blueberry Twist
Advanced Female Seeds - Knockout
Advanced Female Seeds - Ice Breaker
Advanced Female Seeds - Pineapple Chunk
Advanced Female Seeds - Northern High Lights
Advanced Female Seeds - Honeysuckle
Feminised Seeds - Chronic
Feminised Seeds - Dos Si Dos
Feminised Seeds - Double Berry
Feminised Seeds - Girl Scout Cookies
Feminised Seeds - Swiss Skunk (Formerly Super Chees

Why would I upgrade from something I specifically sought out from a known breeder for some generic crap?

I said no, waited, waited, waited. A week later he then tells me that that they’re out of stock! I was like, why would he wait that long?

I emailed him saying I wanted Paradise Opium, or G13 Labs Superskunk.

I waited a few more days. He again told me to upgrade to the bulk fems/autos.

I said look, you didn’t remove the old Super Star listing, just swap it out. He said G13 labs and Opium were $45 and $50. He told me to post the extra 15$!

I sent him a link proving the G13 labs was $35 on his site and then he sent me some kind of link where it says they are $79 of five seeds! He said my link was dated, but I found it on their website going through the proper channels and site loops – and nope - they're still $35. And if not, why isn’t it updated? Strange, strange.

I have never ever had a seed bank do this. Most seed vendors go a long way to fix a mistake. Last week, Reboman on Strainly, for instance, sent me 4 extra packs of 16 seeds for delayed shipping problems.

Most vendors seem to want to protect their reputations as upstanding businesses, and I have found this to be mostly true.

So I said I wanted my money back. Andy @ Gorilla Seeds got mad when I said I was going to tell my story online, and said he was blocking my email. Not even a refund.

I’ve dealt with 50-60 different seedbanks and online vendors and this is by far the worst, out of many sellers. There are many reputable sellers who have integrity, I would beware of this one.

This is coming as a bit of a shock. When I first started buying cannabis seeds, it was with Gorilla. The strains were nothing like they are now. I bought THC Bomb regular as my first strain and paid with Bitcoin. Learning to pay this way was the only real hassle for me. A lot has changed. There used to be a good discount for paying with Bitcoin or with cash. I was surprised to see that they gave me change from an overpayment on my first order. I didn't pay extra for discreet shipping but they sent the seeds in a DVD case with some old (probably bootleg) copy of a movie. Back then, Steven and Sherry handled PR issues caused by mistakes. I became suspicious when I learned of how similar their site and that of Rhino Seeds were. I learned that one was the Owner of Advanced Female Seeds and was one of the members of a Man and Wife couple. The other was owned by the other spouse and owned Feminised Seeds as well. I kinda wondered if these were Steven and Sherry. They handled problems well and promptly. The only reason I stopped buying from them was that they got more and more expensive and their offerings remained the same but were more unavailable than usual. I figured they were falling apart so I bailed. I never thought they'd mistreat a paying customer. I guess all companies do these days. Ethics and morals have gone down the tubes. It's hard to find anyone who still carries great strains at fair prices. A seed isn't worth more because it produces a superior product. It's still only a seed. The increase in revenue should come from having displaced the strains of your competition with your own very popular strains. I hope to get back to growing soon but I'll have to research so I don't end up getting cheated or outright robbed by some fly-by-night or some company that is riding on their reputation while selling counterfeit versions of quality strains.

 

[Star Dog]

Gorilla seed bank has taken my order then said they're not in stock and offered me a list with advanced female seeds strains.

A while back they claimed to be doing an offer on blueberry twist costing £100 for £20 with an order.

The seeds were never £100 you can buy them today for £32 posted.

For the offer you had make an order, i can't recall what I picked but wasn't in stock and they offered a list of advanced female seeds to choose a replacement.

Me being me I just picked the most expensive allegedly £40 a seed, I found it odd that they sent me 10 of them lol.
If you check the website star doggie isn't £40 a seed that's just more lies

 

[originalphenohunters]

that's what you get for ordering from white label distro euro seed suppliers... the shaft. Or, not what you ordered.

 

[conor c]

Gorilla seed bank has taken my order then said they're not in stock and offered me a list with advanced female seeds strains.

A while back they claimed to be doing an offer on blueberry twist costing £100 for £20 with an order.

The seeds were never £100 you can buy them today for £32 posted.

For the offer you had make an order, i can't recall what I picked but wasn't in stock and they offered a list of advanced female seeds to choose a replacement.

Me being me I just picked the most expensive allegedly £40 a seed, I found it odd that they sent me 10 of them lol.
If you check the website star doggie isn't £40 a seed that's just more lies

Reckon there doing a bait and switch bud ? Or just bad luck in your case

 

[Dboybudz]

For what its worth ive used them once im in the uk i expected it to come from the uk it was sent from spain instead didnt take long to arrive so in my case they were ok i was just a bit suprised they came from spain lol

Yea I won the giveaway from them and emailed me back in few hours said my package would ship out in month got it in mail couple weeks later. The company that gave them seeds for giveaway screwed them and wouldn't make right. So I got some different than giveaway but something I really wanted to try so worked out either way. I emailed about it and contacted next day.

 

[Star Dog]

Reckon there doing a bait and switch bud ? Or just bad luck in your case

It could've been an honest mistake mate but all else surrounding it pointed towards getting the order then trying to off load their own seeds?

I remember a bit of a fracas here with them ignoring a guy because he wanted his money back when they didn't have whatever he'd ordered, that's fair enough that should be the end of it, it was only admin getting involved that shamed them into refunding him.

There's warning signs there?

 

[Star Dog]

Yea I won the giveaway from them and emailed me back in few hours said my package would ship out in month got it in mail couple weeks later. The company that gave them seeds for giveaway screwed them and wouldn't make right. So I got some different than giveaway but something I really wanted to try so worked out either way. I emailed about it and contacted next day.

Similar situation for me, I wanted the blueberry, the other part of my order was only bought to qualify for a discount in them...that didn't exist haha!

Was your replacement advanced female seeds?

 

[Antidote Man]

Well, over a year later, have dealt with even more breeders and banks, only had great experiences. This one sticks out and leaves a foul taste in my memories.

Worst is Mom Seeds, used to be Canadian Hemp Co. They send fake stuff for outrageous prices.

Some guy I dealt with on Strainly outright ripped me off but he was eventually banned.

These guys are terrible, like my review. I don't understand why they are RIU sponsors, I cant be the only one they did this to.

Those are really the only bad experiences I've had online with over 100 orders from various places.

Take from it what you will.

 

[sunni]

These guys are terrible, like my review. I don't understand why they are RIU sponsors, I cant be the only one they did this to.

I might need to refresh your memory, i asked you to dm me and you told me you didnt want to say anything further and your complaint would be here in this thread and this only I cant exactly do much with that ... its unfair youre pitting Rollitup into this when I try to investigate for you and help you and you shut me down.

Again my comment still stands 2 years later.

I feel honestly youre being pretty unfair you want me to terminate a business relationship on something i have no proof of, because you wont go further into it with me when i tried reaching out to you via personal message.

it does feel slightly like youre putting blame on rollitup not sure if you understand how advertising works, but its not as simple as youre making it out ot be

Im sorry I cant go purchasing and testing out everything single company who advertises with us I just dont have the funds for that, and I fully know no other website who has advertising does that either, Ive been working in this industry for a bit now and know that much


I cant just take one bad review and axe someone's advertising, I have to look at it in-depth and I need to do so privately off the forum without everyone elses opinions involved which is why I asked the OP to email me the issue.


There is always going to be a problem somewhere with some companies thats how business is but you have to allow me to work on it and fix it, I cant just wave a magic wand and have it done instantly because you deem so already by reading something

As per other people i dont know there is an issue with giveaways unless someone tells me and no ones telling me than complaining about it

Im more than willing to work with anyone and anybody but i need to know things privately, i cant read minds.

 

[Antidote Man]

I might need to refresh your memory, i asked you to dm me and you told me you didnt want to say anything further and your complaint would be here in this thread and this only I cant exactly do much with that ... its unfair youre pitting Rollitup into this when I try to investigate for you and help you and you shut me down.

Again my comment still stands 2 years later.

I feel honestly youre being pretty unfair you want me to terminate a business relationship on something i have no proof of, because you wont go further into it with me when i tried reaching out to you via personal message.

it does feel slightly like youre putting blame on rollitup not sure if you understand how advertising works, but its not as simple as youre making it out ot be





As per other people i dont know there is an issue with giveaways unless someone tells me and no ones telling me than complaining about it

Im more than willing to work with anyone and anybody but i need to know things privately, i cant read minds.

The alert came up from 2022 and I missed the last reply I left, which was where i made the comment about the blind. I honestly forgot about this entire topic, my mistake, and I am in no way implying that RIU is to blame, only hoping to remind you/anybody on here what they did to me. I guess we spoke about this already, but its been a while and it slipped my mind..