There are a lot of incorrect statements and claims about the Royalorchidclub made in this thread. A one sided story is never a good source of information to make good judgments on. Here are some facts: Royalorchidclub is an American corporation run by American people with farms located in South East Asia. The company had growing Facilities in Florida but suffered damages in Hurricane Katrina and could not recover. Now the company only maintains a packing house to transship its plants from place to place including retail consumers in the US market. The website has the story for those who are interested. I am not saying we are perfect, and I am sure we have upset customers from time to time. I find that some people have a different expectation than we are prepared to fulfill and there is nothing we can do about it. But if you are fair to us we will be fair to you. We have great Customer Service headed by Miriam, my wonderful wife. If you are not happy about something and if we are in the wrong you can bet it will be fixed. No, we cant control the USPS or how they handle packages, but we are probably the biggest complainers in Florida and have made great progress in working with the USPS to improve package deliveries. That being said, if you send us instructions to ship your plants into a winter storm and the package is delivered to a porch or mail box and/or is left outside over night, how can you expect us to be responsible for that and send you replacements for free? Make sure you have your plants always shipped to a safe location that is not exposed to extreme weather conditions. If we ship the wrong item to you we replace it easily. This does not happen very often. If your plant arrives damaged and you send us digital photos we replace it free of charge. If you can't figure out how to grow it properly and it dies we will not replace it or refund you. OK, on Spikes or Bids, 90% of them will survive and product flowers for you. These plants are normally flowering or blooming sized plants (aka BS or FS). Spikes and Buds are fragile and can easily blast or abort. That is not a reflection on plant quality and it is not something anyone can guarantee any more than the weather. Normally if a bud or spike aborts, the plant will spike or bud again within a few months time depending on the variety. Offspring Hybrid plants from the same parentage do not have the same flowers all the time. They can vary greatly between colors and sometimes shapes. Clone plants (meristem or mericlone) will be 99.7% alike. You can expect these plants to produce the same flowers. On plant sizes, we have several. Flowering, Blooming, Near Blooming, Medium, Small (Plant-S), Compots and Flasks. There is a detailed plant size chart available on all our websites and online sales channels available. No we do not sell blooming sized plants for $4.00, those are small sized plants and you should pay attention to the plant size details in the plant information provided prior to purchase. If you order a small plant we will ship a small plant. Yes, we do have several eBay id's. We have had them for many years and it is not secrete or conspiracy. One id is the account for RoyalOrchidClub on eBay and we sell bare root plants. the other we sell potted orchid plants from time to time which are shipped from a different location. No we do not have retail outlets in the US, but will be opening facilities in Florida and Hawaii in the summer of 2010. We hope to expand as the economy allows in the next few years to most of the major cities in the US. If you want to buy bare root plants you need to make sure you are prepared to care and manage them when they arrive. Beginners should take the time to read the information provided by the grower before you purchase to insure you can properly take care of the plants when they arrive. Most of the plants we sell are hearty and easy to take care of as long as you do it properly. Intermediate and advanced orchid lovers will know what and how to take care of the plants and have finely tuned growing space to handle plants and are rewarded with low cost plants and beautiful flowers. This is a business that I love and it is something I do because it brings pleasure to people. I hope that you enjoy your orchid experience both with our company and other great growers. Each grower is unique with different focus and inventory. Find what you like and enjoy!

Hi...its all as they say walking a thin line, and all advertising and many many low-life do it.... I often google plants in images to see what they look like and there is always lots of pictures from GW...there not GW's pictures there the people on this sites pictures but they are taken from here and used by who ever, because if you click on some it takes you to all different sites, having nothing to do with plants...so whats that.... and the world of words...you can put anything into words and what is discribed is not what you think was discribed...has that ever happen to anyone??? and where do you go to get this undone???? to get your justice???? I agree with you what you post is yours, but there is no respect, there is no keep your fingers off others stuff........... I see lots of so called good people in church every sunday..and I guess that makes up for their actions the rest of the week..... Please don't chop me up for this post.... I grew up when there were no locks and you respected all your neighbors the ones you knew and the ones you haven't meet yet....linda

According to counter at the bottom of the listing, it has had 515 hits! That seems like an awful lot to me, although I'm not used to following antique photo auctions, so maybe that's average. I hope the bidding isn't going to go impossibly high. I can't say that I'm crazy about the picture (I have better ones, although few so large), but I would like to have it.

1) I did not say that I am unhappy with the case. I said that I am concerned about the monitor getting scratched. 2) I did not say to the seller that I wanted to send the item back and get a refund. 3) I asked the seller if all of the cases were like this on the inside; since there is a distinct possibility that they are not. There is an additional protective piece of fabric over the spot where the brand name is affixed to the case, so it is not illogical to think that perhaps there is supposed to be similar additional protective pieces of fabric over the spots where the D-ring and belt loop are affixed to the case. 4) If there are supposed to be additional protective pieces of fabric over the places where the D-ring and belt loop are affixed to the case but they are missing from my case, that would make my case defective, not poorly designed. 5) I did not say that the only place I can find a camera case is on eBay. I said that eBay is the only place where I have found this particular design, and I happen to like this design. 6) I do not have "buyer's remorse." "Buyer's remorse" is when a buyer regrets or feels guilty about spending money for something that they really didn't need or really can't afford. It's when a buyer feels that perhaps they acted too soon -- they should have waited to see if something better might come along, etc. None of those definitions apply to me. I need a case for this camera, and I can well afford it. I have been looking, daily, at and for cases for about 6 weeks; and determined that this particular design is what I want. There are several eBay sellers that offer this exact same case, but eBay is the only place that I have found this particular design. 7) If I send this case back to this seller, it will mean that I will purchase another case of the same design from a different seller. If this rough interior thread is a design flaw it would mean that every case I would buy, no matter if I buy one or one hundred, would have the same rough interior thread. I would certainly hope that you could see how futile that would be. If, on the other hand, the case I have is defective, I would be more than eager and happy to send it back and purchase a new case and receive a great product. 8) It would have been decent of the seller to at least say something like, "every case I have in stock has an identical area inside, so if you wish, I will refund your money and you can return the case." Upon finding out that every case is like this, I would have said, "No, no refund. I'll keep the case, get some soft fabric and cover those spots." I take umbrage at the seller's "no choice" attitude. 9) I have been an eBay member since 2001. I have never sold anything on eBay - I am strictly a buyer. I have 654 positive feedback, ZERO neutral feedback, and ZERO negative feedback. Not exactly the stats of an unreasonable buyer.