Comments regarding Wormman's Worm Farm

Posted on October 20, 2009, updated October 20, 2009
I have not received my shipment. I paid for my crickets in full and did not receive them. There is no phone number. I have sent an e-mail requesting a full refund but have not received a response.

Since i am a high school teacher and on a tight budget the students are now unable to complete an experiment on cricket behavior.

I find it insulting that this person, Ken Chiarella is scamming people out of money and is also serving on the Monroe Township Board of Education (see link below). I can only imagine how is running a school district if this is how he runs his own business.

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I ordered the 5-pound Garden Culture mix of worms from Wormman because, by including free shipping, they had the best price. I paid through PayPal; the payment cleared November 8, and I received an email from the company telling me that my order was now in process and I could track it. So far I was happy. For the next ten days, the tracking page still said my order was in process. Now I wasn't happy. On November 19 I sent an email asking when the order would be shipped. I received an answer in two hours, telling me that the order was being shipped that day. Now I was happy again, and even happier when the shipment arrived on Wednesday. I had mixed feelings when I opened the package, because I've opened bags of one pound of red wrigglers that looked like more worms than that. Amateur eyeballs are a totally unscientific measurement, however, and I did not sit down and count the worms. I turned them loose in the garden. They were all healthy and dug themselves in right away.

Next spring I'll try a different company's 5-pound Garden Culture and see what it looks like. For now, I'm positive-with-reservations on Wormman. In comparison with other suppliers, I have to make my rating Neutral.