Thanks for the info. and I will consider the other two mentioned, though I'm on a very tight budget and hence, trying to keep down the expenses. I'd have to admit though , that even those young palms I oedered over then years ago from a Florida Palm sepcialist, weren't cheap even then and I think I did pay a fair penny then. Adjusted for inflation I guess some may have cost over fifty dollars by todays standards, but I did lose two of them. One never knows when trying varieties not generally common in indoor settings if they'll adjust to the less than ideal indoor conditions, but I've had good luck in general. As mentioned , some do too well over time and always outgrow my house. I'd almost be tempted to buy a small Chinese fan palm locally and would divide the ones crowded into single containers, but my last, one once it got seven or eight years old had fronds over three feet across and spread a good ten feet from the trunk, so perhaps those aren't a wise choice for me to grow once again. I never even expected the Chamaedorea elegans to outgrow my home , but even they got higher than my ceilings would allow after 12 years or so.

Since contacting this nursery about a month ago. I received a prompt response email to my inquiry regarding katuk cuttings, okinawan spinach and miracle fruit. I then asked for a price quote.......No response. After a few phone calls spaced out over a couple of weeks I finally got someone on the phone. They gave me a quote for shipping. So I went on their website to find out how to pay them. They won't take paypal or debit or credit cards. Which leaves these options: money order, sending cash, sending checks. I'm definitely not comfortable with the latter two options, so I headed to my nearest moneygram kiosk and spent ten minutes on the phone talking to the representative about the only payment info provided by the Gaia Yoga Nursery website. The representative assured me that they had no info about this company. So, I also tried western union, but since this nursery doesn't provide the owner's name a money order cannot be completed with western union either. How on earth does this nursery expect to be paid?! Is it a scam? Does anyone have experience with them? Please share and enlighten.

If you don't use a credit card, you need to have the amount converted to pounds sterling. This is from Chiltern's site: 3. Payment methods You may order online using a credit / debit card (we accept MasterCard/Eurocard, Visa, American Express, Switch and Delta). You may order by fax, telephone or post using credit / debit card, cheque or postal order. All prices are in pounds sterling (£) and credit / debit card transactions for orders outside the UK will be converted by the card company at their current exchange rates. Cheques and postal orders should always be in pounds sterling made payable to Chiltern Seeds.

I had a car for sale two years ago on craig's list. I had a scammer of some sort contact me via email. At first they seemed to be making legitimate inquiries about the car. The person said they were representing someone in England, who wanted the car, and they were buying it for them here in the U.S. to be shipped back to England. Then they said they wanted to buy it with a cashier's check but the amount would be over the purchase price and I would need to send the difference before shipping etc, etc. Since this was April of 2005, the scam was new at the time but I still knew it was a scam of some sort. I researched it online on the FBI's website. Sure enough, there were big warnings about the new scam. I reported this person but never heard anything from the FBI. However, they didn't use an international address. They actually used the address of a bed and breakfast in michigan. But the phone number they gave me always went straight to voice mail. And when I called the B&B, they had no idea who that person was. Since the money was to be wired to them instead of sending it to the B&B, I think they just picked an address at random that seemed legitimate. They weren't planning on getting any mail or money at that address. But having a U.S. address made them seem more legitimate, I suppose. One of the things that made me curious at the very beginning was it made no sense for anyone in England to want to buy a used car in the U.S., especially a gas guzzling Ford Explorer. So big for a country with such narrow streets and sky high gas prices. How much is the equivalent of a gallon of gas there? Isn't it around $6? And plus, the steering wheel would be on the wrong side of the car! Anyway, I never did tell the guy that I'd busted him. I wanted to see if the FBI would catch him. But they didn't do anything. No one ever contacted me. I did find an article at the time in the Chicago Sun Times on this then new scam. So I emailed the reporter to give him the details on how they'd tried to scam me. He emailed me back and I forwarded him the emails. I thought at least a reporter could make use of the info to get the news out.