Blossoms, Birds and Butterflies

I have had 3 transactions with this seller on Ebay. One was VERY good; one was terrible and this most recent one was sadly disappointing. As a result of my total experience, I will not be shopping with this seller again. In particular, I would like to point out that her packaging skills definitely need improvement. You cannot tape tender plant leaves to the pot and/or to each other and not expect them to be damaged. Nor can you pack two tender plants in nothing but cotton batting and not expect them to tumble around in the box and crush and break each other. Her communication skills could also use some work as they are not up to the level I am used to with the many trusted sellers I've been a happy customer with on Ebay. I sincerely hope she will work on these things and that this feedback will help her to become a better seller.

Posted on September 25, 2011, updated October 9, 2011 I won a Sinningia Tauras and S. Amizade from this company (ebay listings) and received two plants that looked good when I opened the box. However, I quickly discovered the Amizade had NO ROOTS at all. The top of the plant was fine. But the plant literally FELL out of its pot when I lifted it out of the box! I contacted the seller about the lack of roots, and she said it had a "bulb" and would grow roots from it. And that she'd set aside another one in case my plant didn't do well. Well, within days, the plant wilted and keeled over. It was dead in 4-5 days, despite being domed and kept humid. The Tauras started to decline in the same time frame, and it also died. Seller now would not respond to my emails, so I opened a case with ebay. Seller told me thru ebay that I must send the dead plants back to her before I'd get a refund. By this time, I had discarded the plants, so there was nothing I could do to get a refund, even though I offered to send her a picture of the plants shortly before they died. You would think a seller would just reimburse me or offer to send new plants. But she obviously was not concerned about her reputation. I will not ever buy from this seller again, and would never recommend her to my many plant loving friends. Beware!

Of course my hometown garden center gets four Stars!

I received 6 violets (and one free violet) from BBB (Ebay) on the 11th and all were in good condition except for one had many broken leaves, but I have hopes that it will make it with what's left. The packing was very good and the shipping was quick. They were smaller than I thought they would be, but I really didn't know what to expect as I had never ordered from her before.

I ordered from Karin for the first time in January '09. I sent her a "wish list" first because I wanted plants and not just leaves. She was very good about answering my e-mail messages. My order arrived in a timely manner even though I live a long way from her and the weather was being unusually unpredictable. She had packed it well and although a couple of the smaller plants were a little worse for wear from the heat pack included they are doing okay two weeks later. She has a very nice selection of plants, some that are very hard to come by. There was one mix up in labeling but we worked together to make sure that the plant was actually what I had ordered. I had also ordered two sets of leaves along with my plant order and they were very nice too. She included one gift plant and two sets of gift leaves in my order. I will definitely order from her again - in fact we are already in communication about my next order!

Karin Dean works hard to make things right. I have several of her African Violets (and have more on order) and I've been very pleased. I am a repeat customer. Patti Jacko Parmatown AV Club member Ohio State AV Society member African Violet Society of America member

Have made several purchases from Karin...small pots but always ready to move up a size, and bursting with good health. VERY reasonable prices and shipping rates. Excellent communication, as well. I highly recommend!