Oh, Linda - you are SO RIGHT - Helen thinks of others before herself - wonderful person/trader!

A super generous trader! Thanks for the extra seeds and cutting. Unfortunately with shipping my trade took too long to get to her, I don't know why but she was a good communicator and the cd for her showed up eventually. She was very understanding. Sorry about that Helen. Hope to trade with you again soon!
:) Firegurl
Danielle

Not so good on this end. I traded with her for Pink Pussy Willow Cuttings. I sent her Rose of Sharon seedlings in exchange for them. The willow cuttings showed up all dried out and was shipped in a paper envie. Will not respond to e-mails. :-(

Her SASBE offers are very generous, however.

So, I guess this is kind of a mixed review.

Tina

Not good for me. I sent $ to cover postage for a plant. Sent a couple emails asking if the money was received and got no response. I happened across a thread in the plant exchange forum where she hadn't fulfilled her end of a couple trades and figured the same thing was happening to me. I posted on that thread (has since been removed) and sent another email to Helen and made reference to the posts that I had read. I finally got a reply saying that the plant had been mailed on 1/12 and to give it more time because her postal service was rural and slow. I waited almost two more weeks and still no plant. That was 1/25. I've since sent a few emails and have yet to receive a reply.
Karyn

I just had a good trade with Helen. the plants arrived in good condition, were a good size and were sent promptly. Some bonus seeds were included which was a nice, unexpected surprise. My experience showed Helen to be not very communicative and the only contact I received from her was mailing instructions. Being the chatty person that I am, thats a little disturbing for me, but thats just a personal problem of mine, I guess. The trade went well for me and I'll trade again with her.

hello
I was not too happy with my last trade with her,
I receved lots of seed, but some were just chaf, very small quantity ( only 2 or 3 seeds ), and some very old, as old as 1999, I will not trade or bother planting seeds this old.
I had a good trade with her last fall for some sedum cuttings, the plants are doing well and were nice size.
but she seems a very nice person, I just don't know if I want to trade for any more seeds.
sorry helen
michelle

Nope. Bad trade with jessie who has a second account here as well. I sent her a large package which was never reciprocated. She even replies from multiple email addresses. I have kept all her emails if anyone is interested in reading them. Not a reliable trader and definitely a rip-off artist.

I did a trade last year with Jessie. I sent my end and was to receive a sago palm pup. I never received it and she stopped answering my emails. I've only had this happen twice out of lots and lots of trades here.
Most here are very good. But I cannot recommend Jessie.

Joy (pnwjoy)

she requested 4 stamps, then all I received was 4 small trades of chaff, that's too bad for her.I would like to know her other member/account names, vickie

I neglected to read this forum before trading with this person. My plants came in a paper envelope and were dry and broken.

Traded with Jessie. I guess I didn't send enough stamps, so I got 1 seed. But, the ziploc baggie was torn and the seed was smashed flat and the paper envelope wasn't at all blemished. ??? What can you do but throw it away?Eventhough she agreed to a SASE, she wrote me a letter asking where her trade was. ???

Guess Her 'name' is also Helen. Has mulitple e-mail addresses. Wouldn't do this again.

i would like to thank all those who do appreciate me and my trades, the negative thoughts people love to share try to ruin ones character most of these posts are trades from:
people who said they had made a trade and then they continue to question where their trades are when we never even had a trade, one in particular is the person who said they sent me rose of sharon, maybe they sent those to the MOON! this is how badly someone just treated me they sent a package with trash in it and a note and said that they read a rate and review after recieving my plants so they wanted to fix me. i hope all you unhappy campers can sleep at night. these people they really need to vent on someone me! what can i say? thanks again to all my friends jessie.

Well, I had a good experience with Helen. She posted an offer for a Double Purple Datura for postage. Maybe a couple of weeks (probably less - didn't seem like long) after mailing off the money for postage, a plant arrived in the mail from her. It was a little limp, but that is to be expected when shipping certain things. And I have read that Datura is especially prone to transplant shock. Anyway - I potted it up, and sat it out to get some rain water. It has perked right back up! So, as long as it turns out to be what it's supposed to be (too young/small to tell right now), then my experience with Helen has been great. :)