Seed Bank Review: Highgrade-seeds.com

northernvagrows

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hi, ill be posting a review for Highgrade-seeds.com or better known as HGS. I ordered 5 seeds of Next gen's Dynamite(supposed to be same as grapefruit???).lets get to the review now....

Shipping(stealth, fast, etc..)8/10
I was told it would take 6-10 business days. please note that this was ordered during the Christmas season and that definitely affects the arrival time. I received it in 6 business days I think so, basically the should reach here(Northern VA/DC area of USA)in earlier than 2 weeks. The seeds were shipped from Canada in a padded envelope. inside the padded envelope was what seemed to be a letter. inside the letter there was a crushproof, sealed plastic tube with my seeds. it might not be the stealthiest method, but it did make it over the border.

Helpfulness(staff, support, and ordering)9/10
The staff at HGS were very helpful and nice. They will answer any question you ask them . Although the order form isn't that nice, but you select your strain and quantity and wait for an email from HGS staff. I didn't receive my email for 1 day, so I thought I did something wrong. I contacted them and I received my confirmation soon. I think this happened because theyre probably closed on weekends. So, if you don't receive a response till Monday, don't worry.

Website & payment 7/10
the website for HGS can be found at www.highgrade-seeds.com. so, theyre website is a little bit crude, to be honest. it looks suspicious like a scam, but its not. Although the site is not the best, they have their own forum on the site. now on to payment. Once you receive your confirmation email from them, you have to send them payment. They accept Debit,credit,bank transfer, visa, mc, amex and paypal. The transactions are done through paypal so its secure and safe. I paid through paypal.

Genetics(don't know but its probably real nice)
I planted my seeds 4 days ago. no sprouts yet. But ill do a grow journal so well see how the genetics are. they sell seeds from breeders such as ngs so hopefully my plants will grow good. The seeds themselves looked very viable. they were dark brown with dots and stripes and all the signs of viability.

Conclusion.
All in all I would give hgs a 8.5/10 rating. I definetly recommend HGS to all my fellow rollitup users.if anyone wants to know something , just ask.
 
I was going to order from them but did a lot of reading about their reputation and seems to be a lot of horror stories,prices seem ok, not sure on genetics though,
 
I was going to order from them but did a lot of reading about their reputation and seems to be a lot of horror stories,prices seem ok, not sure on genetics though,
Years ago HGS had a pretty good reputation. I ordered from them multiple times and they had some pretty fire strains. Then they started selling other people's strains as well, which seemed to be going fine.

At some point, things went bad. I heard HGS had some medical issues. Seems like an alt site started up (if I remember correctly) that was a scam site. At that point I no longer used them, no reason to take a chance.

A month or two ago I saw a Highgrade seeds forum pop up over on IC, but no one from HGS has posted in it from what I have seen. Weird.
 
althor thanks for info, I have read a couple other reviews that seemed shady, think im gonna steer clear of them,
good u.s. banks anyone would recommend??
looking at cannaventure, great lakes genetics, and greenpoint
 
althor thanks for info, I have read a couple other reviews that seemed shady, think im gonna steer clear of them,
good u.s. banks anyone would recommend??
looking at cannaventure, great lakes genetics, and greenpoint

Jbcseeds is another one to check out.
 
althor thanks for info, I have read a couple other reviews that seemed shady, think im gonna steer clear of them,
good u.s. banks anyone would recommend??
looking at cannaventure, great lakes genetics, and greenpoint
I have used great lake genetics multiple times and have had great results, including great freebies.
I used James Bean for the first time Thursday but I expect things to be great from there as well (also can use debit card).

Those are the only two state-side banks I have used. Attitude (in the UK) is the place I have used most often for many years.
 
Warning to people outside of the US/Canada that HGS will rip you for your money and not send anything. I had $200 worth of seeds never sent. HGS stated some bullshit policy about not insuring orders going into Australia. He never sent them at all. I'd had over 50 orders in 20 years from different places and never lost one, funny how he has the 'policy' to cover his arse for not sending them! So beware if you are in Australia!
 
Warning to people outside of the US/Canada that HGS will rip you for your money and not send anything. I had $200 worth of seeds never sent. HGS stated some bullshit policy about not insuring orders going into Australia. He never sent them at all. I'd had over 50 orders in 20 years from different places and never lost one, funny how he has the 'policy' to cover his arse for not sending them! So beware if you are in Australia!
Thanks for the heads up. Enough for me to know that I still will not do any business with them. I actually wouldn't mind a couple of runs again of Black Pearl and Purple Cindy, but not enough to take a chance and especially seeing someone getting a loophole of why they aren't getting their seeds they paid for.
 
Thanks for the heads up. Enough for me to know that I still will not do any business with them. I actually wouldn't mind a couple of runs again of Black Pearl and Purple Cindy, but not enough to take a chance and especially seeing someone getting a loophole of why they aren't getting their seeds they paid for.
No worries at all mate, glad to help! I agree about it not enticing me to go back again hey, won't make that mistake again!
 
This guy scammed people for years...how quickly you forget...what a piece of shit...I don't care if he is delivering now...he wasn't then so fuck him.
 
Total scammer. Seeds were old and never popped. Hgs said it was because I stored them improperly. Planted them two weeks after I received them. Stored in frig. Lost out on $110.00.:cuss:
that happened to me with them & they sent more to me. i think i had ordered black pearl & electric fruit punch, & malawi. would i order from them today... no.
 
I ordered from them years ago when it was a viable site. The growing forum was very impressive. Then they started too go downhill. He ripped off so many people that they closed down forum because of all the complaints. I figured after several years he changed but shit only got worst. Never again.
 
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