Comments regarding Pase Greenhouses

Cabbage seeds were ordered and received timely. I made three plantings in a temp-controlled greenhouse. NOT ONE OF THE SEEDS GERMINATED. I’ve started all kinds of seeds (including CABBAGE) from other companies over 4+decades and have never had an issue. The cabbage SEEDS WERE BAD. I contacted the company via email asking for a reimbursement of $6.50, saying I would rather not have to go through PayPal with a dispute claim. After sending a second email to the company within the twenty day resolution period, I’ve still not received a refund or even an acknowledgement of the issue. I will make it a priority to tell everyone who will listen to NEVER deal with this company. I have never had to file a dispute claim, but gardening is hard enough without having to deal with a company knowingly selling bad seeds. DO NOT BUY FROM PASE GREENHOUSES!

This seed supplier has taken copyrighted photos and descriptions from other websites. Then they post photos to compete with the websites they have taken from. Clearly a lack of integrity in management here.

"On Sep 8, 2012 5:48 PM, Pase Greenhouses responded with:

We most certainly have not done what you have accused us of. We buy from a large reputable wholesaler of seeds who in turns gives us a disc with pics and descriptions. We also have written permission to use the pics and descriptions."

First, be aware I haven't bought any seeds from Pase Seeds.

I just wanted to warn that the site uses pictures that are used on other sites for different cultivars, and that the descriptions to their seeds are written like this:

"Sweet Pea - Old Spice - Rose-White Seeds... Sweet Pea - Old Spice - Rose-White SeedsAnnualApprox. 10 seeds per package... Delicious rose and white bicolor, Highly fragrant, for old fashioned look or cutting, now in separate colors, long blooming in summer... Height: 10". "

There is no more detail once you click on it so the "..." is incomplete on each item. This screams of stolen descriptions from another website where you'd click on the item and the rest of the description would show. First words are categories copied and pasted.

If they're willing to do this, it says something about the kind of business they're running. With the incorrect pictures, I wouldn't trust that the seeds I got would be the exact cultivar I ordered.

Posted on April 10, 2010, updated September 12, 2010
I ordered several packets of seeds from Pase. One packet had zero germination so I was told a fresher packet would be sent. When it arrived, it has the same lot # on it but I tried it anyway. As expected, zero germination so I asked for a refund. The response I received to a second email request for a refund was apologetic because the recipient had been recovering from surgery. I wished them a quick recovery but was puzzled a large company such as this would not have sufficient coverage for these situations. I did receive a refund but wasted allot of time and starter pots on bad seeds. Would I order again? Probably.

I've just finished the 2nd of two purchases of seeds with Pase Seeds, thru their eBay site. BOTH transactions were not pleasant, and I won't be doing business with them again.

- The first order was for 18 pkgs of seeds. Approx 3 weeks later I still didn't have the order, and they filed "Non-Payment" claims against me. I had paid *immediately*, and they never even contacted me before filing the claims. I was outraged that they would try to ruin my eBay records & wrote them a nasty note with proof of the payment. They apologized profusely and sent the seeds within a week.

- The second order was for 3 pkgs of seeds this last week. When I opened one of the pkgs, then opened the interior waxed-paper pkg of seeds, the bottom of the interior one was not sealed. The *tiny* black seeds fell out and I lost them. I wrote them, told them what happened and asked them to replace them. Their response was very derogatory and told me it was my fault I lost them, not theirs; and if I wanted to buy another pack, that was fine. Needless to say, I wrote them back a very nasty email & will NEVER buy from again.

I had emailed Pase Greenhouses several times in regards to paying for some strawberry plants. I got no response for a very long time. Finally I got an email from "Ramona" stating she was out of town and for me to send her my phone number and she would call me about the 14th of August. Well, here we are almost at the end of September and there has been no word from Ramona and no reply to any of the emails I have sent to her and through ebay as well. She was very polite and assured me that we could resolve the issue and obviously it was never resolved. I am extremely dissapointed with the whole mess.

I was ripped off on ebay by these people. Took my money over a month before they said they'd ship, but never sent my wisterias. You name it... "they did not do so well this season, my brother died, we are behind in shipping...". I filed a complaint with ebay and Paypal, who could do nothing about it because between excuse and excuse, these people kept my money over the time limitations, and I was the one giving them time to ship. Ultimately, I confirmed to "Ramona", I guess, that I wanted my money refunded. To this day, almost four months later, I got nothing but cold shoulder. Bottomline: They ripped me off, kept my money and act like nothing happened. Beware.

Oh yeah, and if the business reads this, just SEND MY REFUND to wtorres1962 on ebay!