Scumbag Alert! : Homegrown Organic Seeds
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Out of a small handful of scammy people I've done business with online regarding seeds, this guy is one of the worst. I've dealt with over 50 different banks and private breeders and so that is saying something.
My experience? I have had no other negative experiences on STRAINLY out of about 10-15 breeders and purchases.
Homegrown Organic Seeds had G13 listed, a 10 pack for 65$ shipped. He mentioned the growing specs being from Dr Greenthumb and so I messaged him and asked him, "Are these Dr Greenthumb G13 s1s?" Yes, he said. They were. This would make them fems, not a bad deal.
For those of you that know Greenthumb - 5 seeds of G13 are $200!
I know you often get what you pay for but certainly not always and I thought I had found a genuinely good deal. So I transferred the funds via paypal, which is rare, especially with overseas breeders' ands this was another perk..
He mailed the seeds quickly. They came in less than 7 days from overseas.
When I popped them I started with one. It was one of five seeds from five different strains from five different breeders. Four of them popped, not the G13. So I tried another. No go. This is when I contacted him and I said "Hey I usually get good germ rates with my method about 90%. Might there be something wrong with these?"
It took a while for a response and he obviously lied, telling me he was away. I told him I'd pop one more, that's 3 out of 11 seeds. Same thing, no go. Meanwhile the first 2 were moved to a glass of water. I did sacrifice one of them and smash it - the inside had real guts, there should have been no reason for them not to pop. Waited a few more days and I asked him what I should do and he ignored me. I then asked if he could send some more to make up for it..
His response blew me out of the water. "You want Kumaoni," he said. Like he was telling me. Like fucking Borat. Like some kind of mafia bully who thought I was just going to let him do whatever without consequence. If the guy were telling me to my face I'd probably smack him.
"No," I said. "I have Kumaoni from somebody else. I'm pretty sure I paid for Greenthumb G13 and pretty sure that's what I want."
He ignored me. I messaged him and said, look, send me another pack to make up for it, I'll pay for shipping. I also asked him if he had popped any to make sure I was correct. All the while I knew he was lying. He told me $17 for shipping. That was well over a week ago and that's the last we've spoken. A few days ago I messaged and told him to at least refund the shipping. Nothing.
So here I am letting everyone know about it. A total scumbag. Beware of
Homegrown Organic Seeds.
