Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 1 well let me post our conversation Carl..... you are just out to destroy people! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- you cry and whine like the worst person ever! you got your money back as I promised and agreed in the first place. did you not? c'mon tell the truth here.. as always there are 2 sides of the story... I even offered you a free laelia purpurata pink HCC/aos blooming size division for free for the trouble of not having it shipped to right away because of the crazy cold weather. I communicated with you to let you know what was going on but since you did not get it your way you are just out to destroy a person reputation just because you can... Such character on your part DOES THAT MAKE YOU A BETTER PERSON? IT MAKES YOU FEEL BETTER? hmm something is wrong here...we both know I did not steal anything from you.. you know that.. right. hassle.. yes but steal? I do not think so... as I said I sleep good at night because I do not steal and destroy people's reputation. oh yeah this was part of your threat... well I can counter act by telling the truth.. I do not have anything to hide... From: aiko31@comcast.net To: malibucarl@hotmail.com Subject: Re: You've received an answer to your question about item Cattleya Summer Spot BLOOM SIZE orchid plant 8" net POT Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 14:28:04 -0700 i emailed you monday getting ready to ship you did not reply. i simply wanted wanted to get an ok and if the plants are to your liking. I guess not.. Regarding the shipping... the thing of it is. they will sit outside of my house the carrier picks it up for me because i am not home and will be at work. that is how I ship my plants... the shipping label was going to be purchased through paypal so i do not go in the post office. MARIA KRON ----- Original Message ----- From: carl straub To: aiko31@comcast.net Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 12:54 PM Subject: RE: You've received an answer to your question about item Cattleya Summer Spot BLOOM SIZE orchid plant 8" net POT READ THE EMAIL STRING AGAIN. YOU PROMISED TO SHIP THE PLANTS WITH INSURANCE AND TRACKING, ON MONDAY. YOU DID NOT DO IT. It makes no difference re. Temp IF you deliver them to a facility. YOU email paypal to release the funds. THAT would end their investigation. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: aiko31@comcast.net To: malibucarl@hotmail.com Subject: Re: You've received an answer to your question about item Cattleya Summer Spot BLOOM SIZE orchid plant 8" net POT Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 08:21:59 -0700 i was waiting for your reply yesterday. we had snow falling and freezing temps. you can check my zip code 98684 but I guess not. i tried working out with you as much as possible. paypal will refund your money. as I said they are holding the funds and will release them to you when they are done with their investigation. MARIA KRON ----- Original Message ----- From: carl straub To: aiko31@comcast.net Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 7:01 AM Subject: RE: You've received an answer to your question about item Cattleya Summer Spot BLOOM SIZE orchid plant 8" net POT WTF, read your last message--"OK WILL SEND THEM OUT MONDAY" u r really unbelievable. IF you sent today they would not arrive before the weekend. I DO NOT want plants shipped in bloom. u screwed around for OVER a month now. THAT'S ENOUGH FOR ME. REFUND MY MONEY NOW !!! Carl Straub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: aiko31@comcast.net To: malibucarl@hotmail.com Subject: Re: You've received an answer to your question about item Cattleya Summer Spot BLOOM SIZE orchid plant 8" net POT Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2009 21:12:38 -0700 here are the plants.. please tell me if u still want them. I will pack them and get the shipping through paypal. BTW we have cold front our zip is 98684 you can check the weather it is pretty cold so you can tell me if it is ok to ship it but i will not be responsible if they freeze if you agree... MARIA KRON ----- Original Message ----- From: MARIA KRON To: carl straub Sent: Saturday, March 07, 2009 8:22 PM Subject: Re: You've received an answer to your question about item Cattleya Summer Spot BLOOM SIZE orchid plant 8" net POT ok will send them out Monday. do you want pics of the plant so you see them? MARIA KRON ----- Original Message ----- From: carl straub To: aiko31@comcast.net Sent: Saturday, March 07, 2009 4:28 PM Subject: RE: You've received an answer to your question about item Cattleya Summer Spot BLOOM SIZE orchid plant 8" net POT IF, I say IF, you intend to send the 4 plants Monday, insured, and with a tracking # that you'll send me MONDAY, as you said in the last email, then I will accept your offer. If not, tell paypal to release my money immediately. Carl Straub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: aiko31 To: malibucarl\ Subject: Re: You've received an answer to your question about item Cattleya Summer Spot BLOOM SIZE orchid plant 8" net POT Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2009 19:14:13 -0800 Carl, I think the problem was i am sending you email through my phone and not getting through. But as far as the funds Paypal will hold the funds as they are right now and will releases it to you once they are done with their investigation. I work in the morning 8 till pm and use my phone a lot for emails. I noticed that when email is coming through ebay and i reply using my phone it does not go through. ( just found that out) I will not send you ugliest plant as you can see in the auctions I just listed they are blooming size plants and purpurata pink is a mature division and all of them are in sheath. I sold lots of orchids and expensive ones and awarded divisions and not here to ruin my reputation at all for 180. I am not here to rip you off or i would not make this effort at all to right the hassle or your wasted time of waiting for the plants and even offer you a nice plant that easily sells for more than 75.00 and not commonly available? either way you will get your funds through paypal once they are thru... ----- Original Message ----- From: eBay Member: arthurs.310 To: aiko Sent: Friday, March 06, 2009 6:40 PM Subject: You've received an answer to your question about item Cattleya Summer Spot BLOOM SIZE orchid plant 8" net POT eBay sent this message to(jellybeanaiko). Your registered name is included to show this message originated from eBay. Learn more. Buyer has responded to your question about this item Do not respond to the sender if this message requests that you complete the transaction outside of eBay. This type of offer is against eBay policy, may be fraudulent, and is not covered by buyer protection programs. Learn More. Dear jellybeanaiko, I did not receive your proposal. I want NO store credit You told me that "paypal would refund my money" AND "they have the funds". Both untrue. If I accepted your offer of my original 3 plus laelia Purpurata 'pink' you would just send me the worst plants you have. PLEASE just refund the $180 as you said you would. Carl Straub Refund (Unique Transaction ID #526215496V6608736) In reference to: 0S952411RV2884504 Original Transaction Date Type Status Details Gross Fee Net Feb. 9, 2009 Payment From Carl Straub Refunded Details $180.00 USD -$5.52 USD $174.48 USD Related Transactions Date Type Status Details Gross Fee Net Mar. 2, 2009 The funds that were placed on temporary hold have been reversed Removed Details -$180.00 USD $5.52 USD -$174.48 USD Mar. 12, 2009 Update to Reversal Canceled Details $174.48 USD $0.00 USD $174.48 USD Mar. 12, 2009 Refund Completed ... -$180.00 USD $5.52 USD -$174.48 USD Carl Straub Email: carlstraub@charter.net -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total Amount: -$180.00 USD Fee: $5.52 USD Total: -$174.48 USD -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mar. 12, 2009 Time: 16:12:51 PDT Status: Completed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: You have sent $174.48 USD to Carl Straub with PayPal Note: Ok Carl, I had a talk with paypal and we are now closing the dispute and your money as promised is being sent back to you. paypal held the funds. I was going to send the orchids even though the funds are being held by paypal until done with their part. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Feedback can be decieving, some people just don't know what to expect. I have also adopted a policy. When I sell something I post the seller feedback just before I send the item out. If I purchase something I WILL NOT post feedback until I have mine. I have actually had sellers tell me they will post my feedback after they receive theirs. Since I think buyer feedback is pretty much useless anyway I send them a nice little form e-mail that states how I feel about it. Its like they are holding back the buyers feedback so if the buyer isn't happy and leaves negative or even neutral feedback they can retaliate, which is wrong. Thanks for the tip on toolhaus.org, I'll have to check that out. My box showed up, and everything is nice, exactly as stated, I am pleased. Actually there is a another box coming tomorrow with elfin and mo pepper please another bonus plant and some more seedling pups. he sent Neo princess lea, and a pup of a seedling as a bonus. I have to load the pics to photobucket and resize them. I'll post them later. One of the pups of cheers is getting ready to bloom, I'll bring home pollen from Alexes house on Monday if I can find any I want to use. I looked today, and the seller that burned me on the white feather hostas put in the disclaimer. I decided I'm going to put mine in my e-bay store with the title WHITE FEATHER HOSTA Buyer Beware at $50.00, and it will come up in any searches. I'll post photos of the green plants, won't tell anyone who sold them to me, but that most of what is out there is Tissue Cultured junk from Holland that is unstable and unreliable. There is one seller that actually grows the plant, and his photos are probably are what the plant really looks like. It'll cost me 6 cents a month to keep it in the store with a gallery photo. People have been paying $20.00 and more for a 1 eye division. I saw one sell for $36.00. I feel sorry for them.

Thanks for the link; I'll check it out later. How are the free e-journals progressing? Are the editorial standards as vigorous as for the top-flight print journals? Springer also offers a sort of "best of..." service, in my case I chose Crop Science, articles garnered from an array of their journals. Unfortunately, the notification is monthly and fewer than a dozen articles are posted to me with each email. I had better response from BioMedNet and other similar sites. At one point I received email notifications of a half dozen journals from Springer and could access abstracts. Too often abstracts were not available so I could only access the first line or two of the papers at best. Not very useful or enlightening.

I think we are in the same situation! I have a house 1800 miles away that I have been very slowly cleaning out for the past year (needless to say, it has been a very painful and sentimental task). Since I can only go out at a week's time, I have spaced out my trips every 4 months. There are items I want to keep, but most is good furniture that I want to sell at a fair price. Here is what I have done and my experiences: 1. Yard sales. Can be good, but very, very time consuming. Especially if you are going it alone. Good way to get rid of the small stuff. Promise yourself that whatever doesn't sell, DO NOT box it back up, but instead truck it over to a local charity. 2. Ebay. I have found that you really need to be on-site for at least 2 weeks: lots of stuff to do prior to auction end (writing the listings, taking initial photos and extra photos as requested by potential buyers, answering emails) and after auction end (waiting for payment, boxing and shipping items, followup emails). An example: I sold parts from a collector truck that my late husband dismantled. Listed as a 3 day auction, started most bids at 9.99 with a buy-it-now price, and (very important!) required payment within 3 days via Paypal (no checks - takes too long). I boxed/shipped small items and left large items (such as doors, windshields, engine parts, etc) to a professional shipping service to box and ship. Whew! It was a 2 week whirlwind of dirty truck parts that I knew nothing about, but it was a success: got most of the truck sold within my tight timeframe. An alternative is to use a Ebay agent: they will list, pack, and ship. I believe they charge around 30%. 3. Consignment Shops: good for big ticket items such as furniture. Most will pick up item for a fee, but if not sold within a specified timeframe, either you need to pick up yourself or they will donate it. Usually a 60/40 split, with most going to you. However, the longer it is in the store, the ratio may change. 4. Donate, donate, donate: Some items are just better to give away and get a tax beni than to deal with selling it. 5. I haven't used it, but am looking into it: renting a POD. They drop one off, you pack it at your leisure, then they move it to whatever state you want. Another similar option is ABF moving (you pack, they drive) - we used them to initially to move out west. Once I get most of the stuff cleared out that I don't want, large pieces I cannot move myself I will have POD or ABF handle. For the valuable, sentimental,breakable, etc things, I will take with me on a "cross-country adventure move" (have to play it up somehow). Since you will be out in September, use that short time to take photos of items for Ebay, maybe get stuff into consignment stores (you can pick up the stuff in November if it doesn't sell), call for quotes on movers (starting in October is usually their slow time so rates will be cheaper than the summer), check out the local ebay agents (in phone directory). Prior to your November trip, get your Ebay listings written with photos so you can list them on your first day (I have found people will email you throughout the auction asking for more info including aditional photos, so I have found that I really need to be where the item is during the auction.) Good luck to you. It can be very overwhelming, so try to break things up into manageable tasks.