"You mad bro? Attitude has always been very polite to me and replaced any seeds that were lost or crushed. I have always noticed that people who say they were rude either sent an email with an attitude or they complain about germing issues (which Attitude has no control over)."
I disagree. I have grown just enough to be able to spot a weaker and stronger seed. If I am getting seeds that look visibly unhealthy and then they don't grow, seems pretty reasonable to expect some recognition of failure: the product I purchased did not function. The frailties of nature notwithstanding, the germ fail rate was pretty bad.
Your point about being polite is a good one. More flied with honey, right? I was not rude in letting them know about the poor germ rate of the seeds I rec'd. There response? Some law prevents them from responding to order issues other than package not rec'd due to customs.
I'll reproduce my fuller review of Attitude below. As I mention at the end of my review, seems like a clear, functional and centralized place for the RIU community to review bank experiences would be helpful . . . something more than a list of confused assertions and off-point flame wars that follow crowd the good info. Any place for dry adult reviews of seed order experiences?
Ever-polite,
Kinch
Herer Today Gone Tomorrow: A Review of the Attitude
seed bank
Quick overview of my first order experience:
1. Shipment was fast and unproblematic. Mug added to order for the stealth option.
2.
seeds were haphazardly packaged. It was effective in that individual strains were separated and identified but it did not have a very professional look. Labels were literally cut from the breeders' packaging and inserted with the
seeds in individual bags.
seeds themselves were in plastic vials that looked to be ripped from the breeders' shipment. It makes banks seem like incompetent middle men btwn breeder and consumer.
3. I ordered eight
seeds: five Herer and three Barney. Attitude offered three free
seeds: Green Poison, Sweet Tooth and an extra Herer. Eleven total. Seven survived the first stage (see next point).
4. Four of the six Herer were obviously weak
seeds: smaller, slight deformation, color issues, etc. I gave them some extra attention but they are clearly non-germinating
seeds. This is a problem for me. Two-thirds of the strain being dead on arrival is prohibitively poor in terms of seed quality. It has hurt my otherwise good impression of Attitude. I have followed up with Attitude staff but don't expect much sympathy.
5. Other
seeds, including the free promotional
seeds and Herer survivor are healthy and happy.
I might write up a more detailed review that includes Attitude's customer service response and my first impression of the industry at large on a dedicated thread if I can find a suitable place on RIU. If anyone knows of such a thread, let me know. Seems like a clear, functional and centralized place for the RIU community to review banks would be helpful . . . something more than a list of confused assertions and off-point flame wars that follow.
The Kinch