I ordered 2 Musa Basjoo about 3 months ago; they don't ship until spring, this was fine. I ordered so early for a reason- these were a very important part of the design and harder to get this plant in the busy season. It is now April and I received the order of the wrong plants, still ok...emailed customer service and they sent me another confirmation with tracking # and will send the correct plants. I was happy that it was easily resolved, so I placed another order with them. 3 days later I receive an email that "I" cancelled my order. So now I have to call them to find out what's going on. This company outsources thier customer service that cancelled my order (after) they already gave me a confirmation that they would replace and correct -saying sorry, sorry and more blah blah blah sorries but thats now out of stock. Super annoying to repeat the order number 3 times and explain the issue with them, was transferred to a "supervisor" and again repeated the order number 3 more times, after explain now several times what the problem is; after that (hes filling out some check list) asks me the reason for my cancellation- ugggh, seriously? I dont order from companies that I cant rely on to make things right, its just not worth wasting so much of my time with thier incompetence and lack of commitment. My confirmation of my order and the payment given 3 months ago was a waste. Now its too late to get the most important and expected items that I waited 3 months for, and all I got was some careless response. I don't want to write emails, talk on the phone and make sure I got money back. I want them to do their job. There are plenty of companies that will do what they have to do to honor their commitments, this company is not one of them and I will never order from them again and have cancelled all my outstanding orders. So disappointed to be treated this carelessly

Greg, Isn't Agave Girl wonderful? How nice to think of us on Garden web when she saw all those Agaves cut up there in the sun to die. Mine are doing great. The one without roots has already started to form roots. I'll post a picture of it on C&S site as soon as it warms up here again. I thought of buying that black sans and sending it out to anyone who wanted it, but the p&H would be more than the plant cost. Their were some in January on a rack marked clearance for about $1 (I think). I wanted the yellow stripes instead. Solid black (dark green)with no marks that I could notice just didn't do it for me. It is possible they were 'Black Jade', a birdnest type. They were already 6 inches high so it may not be. Didn't see them again so some one else must be on look-out here.

Annie, spoon spatula sounds interesting but I am looking for a flat solid or slotted spatula that is soft enough to be used when flipping on nonstick kitchenware. I have an EKco solid flexible stainless steel spatula that has to be 50 years old, I use it for many things, cutting, serving, cleaning stuck on food on pans. It's begining to show wear. It has a composit handle that is holding up surprisingly well. These were sold everywhere in those days, when things used to be made in the good old USA.Sounds like what Mimsic is looking for. I'll check out the Lamson Sharp. And, I agree, it's impossible to depend on brands any longer.

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