Ive purchased probable 200+ crosses in the last three or so years this is what I look for... 1. Be a professional, doesnt matter you are not in full time business, try to send items out on a quick basis and be communicative as possible. If easier for you, do sales ending on 1-2 days and ship every tuesday or something. 2. PLEASE make sure you have no doubts about seed viabilty, dont send out seeds that our moldy, squishy to the touch. Make sure you allow all of your seed pods to ripen to maturity before you crop them. Dont try to cheet there, no matter what you do. It takes me one year to figure out who the better sellers are, I usually try a seller once or twice , I spent 50 bucks on one seller this year and none NONE of her crop of seeds she sent has been viable. Im not impressed, I use the same storage method on all of my seeds, directly into the fridge when I get them. She is the only seller with 0 percent viabily on multiple packs Ive recieved. 3. Wrinkled or raisend or plump or fat /small or large, USUALLY doesnt make much of a difference, its just in their genetic code of those parents to produce it that way. However, sometimes the smallest seeds are not viable, sometimes they are. 4. ACCEPT paypal. Some people dont like it, buts its soooo much easier for buyers, it takes them a few seconds and they are done. Now if its a primo cross, Ill write the check. 5. Make acceptable refunds/new ships, Ive recieved some moldy bad crosses this year, the sellers took care of it ASAP. Im willing to offer a digital pic of the bad seeds if need be of what they sent, thats just reasonable. 6. Be careful with your crosses, do a little bit of research, THERE is a pleathera of Stamile / kinnebrew crosses, I jump at the hanson, mason, carpenter , korth crosses when I seem them. Too many people selling the same thing, of course alot of those parents are nice, but its also nice to see different hybridizers being used. 7. dont be afraid to use your own seedlings, sometimes they are just as nice, just provide accurate descriptions and pictures of them. Try to stay away from blurry pics, it doesnt help the sale. 8. Follow this patteren and people will rebuy from you time and again, I make a list of the best sellers IMO every year. Every year 3-4 are usually the same near the top, top notch, professional and passionate sellers, who do not cheat people. RUBY, RICH, YARDMAN, ZJILDGEN, Scooter30 Ive never had a problem with them, with any of thier seeds, always VERY high germination rate. Ive had others who are very similiar and if I keep getting good results will get my business again. This is all JUST "IMO" Stuff , other buyers might have different experiences, but this is my honest opionion on sellers. Hope it helps. Silverkelt

Thanks to all who replied. I've also bought a lot of seed from the auction...which is how I now find myself in this predicament.(over 1000 daylilies, mostly seedlings from 2005 and 2006, but over 130 named) WAY WAY too many for my space not to mention my back! So I thought if I sell some of the ones I "love less", notice I'm deeply addicted and can't say "don't want".... oh for 10 acres and a young strong gardener!!!! THEN I can buy some of the newer ones I currently can't afford or fit in. I think this must be the way an alcoholic reasons.... instead of 12 beer a day I'll just drink this little bottle of whiskey. (: Are you all this crazy for D.L.'s too or am I the only one? Come on, fess up. P.S. okay okay I'm wrong there are Can. on the L.A So I guess I'll have to fight with my old brain and try to learn how to do the auction too. I'd go by snuffnpup,as I do here.

Ya'll are going to love my list! LOL! I went overboard on the LA, thanks to having discovered it on this forum! I have the beds already mostly made for probably half, but I'm going to be busy come spring digging up another large bed for the rest. Here they are: Alpine Snow, Avante Garde, Russian Easter, Daybreak Fantasy, Grape Velvet, Soft Summer Night, Take Heart, Breed Apart, Moonlight Orchid, Over The Top, Purple Pinwheel, Elizabeth's Dream, Creepy Crawler, Fire Breathing Dragon, Bloodline, Bloodspot, Midnight Magic, Patchwork Puzzle, Blueberry Frost, Romanian Rendezvous, Royal Celebration, Make Believe Magic, Celtic Princess, Strawberry Lace, Dewy Sweet, Whispering, Stormy Monday, Irish Melody, Little Red Dragon, Key To My Heart, Golden Compass, Red Peacemaker, Pocket Dragon, Ornamental Focus, Wes Kirby, Night Breeze, Royal Braid, Pagan Ritual, Heavy Metal, Bela Lugosi, Prickled Petals, Dream Machine, Beyond Riches, Jordan Verhaert, Awesome Blossom, Jerry Pate Williams, Tomorrow's Glory, Francis of Assisi, Cherry Valentine, Fortune's Dearest, Carpathian Queen, Moonlit Caress, Keltic Blush, Laughing Clown, Teller of Tales, Raspberry Pixie, Galaxy Explosion, Dark Mosaic, Bitsy, Bloodfire, Fairy's Palace, Quote the Raven, Green Jay, Blueberry Lemonade, Storm Chaser, Night Embers and finally....Catherine W. Jones Whew! But there are still a few more I would like to get for this spring, being Dracula, Creature of the Night and a few others. I have to stay off that LA! Karen

Well I've been reading all that's been posted about the problem. Believe it or not my very first auction win went alot like you folks problem. Even before I bid I asked if the plant could be sent asap as I wanted to get it into the ground in Sept. so it could settle in before winter. I was told as a MO would speed up the process, so I bid, won and sent out payment by Priority Mail. Check with the PO and it was delivered in 2 days. 2 weeks later I emailed to ask when plant would be shipped. No answer. 2 weeks later emailed again. Same response. 6 weeks after winning the plant recieved an email that plant was shipped. Plant never came. Emailed no plant showed after 1 week and get another that it was shipped again. No plant again. 2 months after win emailed that they may as well winter it over and I'd stop otw home from the South and get it. Still no answer. Heck even got their phone number and never got anything but a machine. Emailed Mike my sent emails and asked him to help see what was going on. Did the seller receive my emails and told him about the long delay, emails stating plant was shipped and no plant showed. Oh and the excuse I got was they were too busy planting seeds before the weather got too hot! Long story short this pissed off the seller (roflao)and I got a refund with a letter stating how I'd never be able to grow daylilies (heh I grew up farming LOL), I was a stupid new daylily person that didn't know anything about daylilies and he wouldn't ever ship any plants as it was too late in Nov. and I'd have a big hole in the Spring and want my plant replaced. (yea I wouldn't never of thought the plant could survive this. Then they ended the letter with don't bid on any more of my auctions. Oh yea...like I would do that! Was I upset...you bet. Did I let it eat on me for long. Heck no...life is too short. You just have to figure that you sow what you reap. They will get their just reward. *-) I'd suggest that you move on from all the negative and work with Mike. You'll be alot happier and less stressed out. *-) Well as it turns out I bid on more fans of the same plant for less money. See sometimes things happen for a reason! We've been all around this sellers garden visiting others and we spent thousands of dollars with other gardens, but they won't ever get a dime from us even if they are priced 1.00 for new intros! Now as a new seller on the LA we've had 3 auctions not paid for. See the shoe fits on both feet. Mad yes..but we just added them to the banned bidder list along with the problem seller as he does buy also on the LA. Bottom line...be patient and let Mike do his job. It worked for me and I have complete faith he will get your money refunded. There are so many good sellers on the LA. The best way is to know is by the amount of bids on ones plants, then look for feedback that reads great plants, extra fans, fast shipping...things like this. Add that together and you will get a pretty good idea. Unless it's a newer seller if there are many auctions for a seller up and very few/no bids on them...the red flag should go up. I like Carla's idea. Having only registered users from the LA to join would be great. We just don't have the time to help her though. 8-( Our 2 cents.