2019 African Violet Show & Sale!!! Get ready!!!!

Rosie1949

5 years ago

Here is the information for the AV Show and Sale in Ann Arbor. Would love to see you there!
If anyone comes, give me a heads up! I will be wearing a name tag that says,,,,,,da da DAAAA!!!!!
Hi! I'm Rosie! (lol no kidding,,,it says that!) I am there from start to finish.

2019 Michigan State African Violet Society Show and Sale

African Violets, Gesneriads, Supplies, Terrarium and Fairy Garden Plants

Saturday, March 30, 2019

Matthaei Botanical Gardens - in the large room this time

1800 Dixboro Road

Ann Arbor, Michigan

10 am to 3:30 pm

Free Leaf Propagation workshop at 11:00 am

Sorry, we are unable to accept credit cards. Cash or Checks only.

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dbarron

5 years ago

Well unfortunately, this show is a bit off my beaten tracks. Ann Arbor..oh my :)

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Rosie1949
Original Author
5 years ago
Awwww, too bad dbarron! Would have been nice to meet you! Anyone else??? Rosie
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fortyseven_gw
5 years ago
Cool
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Rosie1949
Original Author
5 years ago
ATTENTION!!!!!!! I want to amend my headline. This is not a SHOW in the sense of a judged show of violets and gesneriads. I am sorry to mislead anyone. When I first became aware of this event, I remember someone correcting me when I only called it a sale. They said Show and Sale. I have used that phrase ever since.

I don't think that is correct. SO.............It is a Sale! And we have lots of beautiful things there! Come if you can!!!!!! Rosie
Rosie1949
Original Author
5 years ago
Just a reminder! It is already March and on the 30th of this month, just 23 days from today is the SALE!!! Hope a couple of you can make it! (excited!!) Rosie

PS see above for information!!!!!!!
Paul MI
5 years ago
Really is unfortunate and, IMO, short-sighted that the society doesn't also take either credit cards or PayPal. The cactus & succulent society has the same shortcoming. Puts a very real restriction/limit on sales.

Hope all goes swimmingly!
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Rosie1949
Original Author
5 years ago
I know,,,,,it has been brought up. Because we only have 2 sales a year it just wouldn't pay in fees etc to take credit cards. BUT,,,,,cash or checks will do! And we find that people have left, gone to an ATM and come back to pay for their purchase. But it all works out somehow! Rosie
Paul MI
5 years ago
With credit cards, are there fees just for having access to using them or only on completed sales? If the latter, the amount the society would likely obtain by selling more plants would make it more than worthwhile.

Why not allow PayPal? Again there is a fee if Friends & Family is not used but, again, the amount sales could increase would offset that. While there may have been some folks who went and hit the ATM, a lot of people will not bother doing so. At the orchid shows, if the vendors only took cash or checks a lot of plants would never get sold. Even for myself, this applies though to a lesser extent. I often sell carnivorous plants at the shows as the vendor I help out graciously allows me to use a small area by the register to sell them. I prefer to only take cash (won't take checks), but on several occasions only made the sale because I allowed the customer to use PP.
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Rosie1949
Original Author
5 years ago
I haven't been involved in those discussions for very long, but the powers that be dictate no credit cards. I guess until it is financially good for the sale, status quo will remain. I can see both sides but I am not part of the decision making end of it. Rosie
Rosie1949
Original Author
5 years ago
OK gang! Tomorrow is the day of the Ann Arbor Sale!!!!! Only thing I have trouble with is getting up at 6a.m.!!!!

It is going to be a long day for me but I have so much fun meeting people and talking violets!!! Oh yeah,,,,,I am taking my wish list with me. ALL 198 volumes!!! lol I could get lucky!

WISH ME LUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (happy!) Rosie