Re: rude or dishonest vendors
McBlunder,
I hadn't assumed that I was the nursery in question. And I didn't witness your exchange with the vendor. I just wanted to temper the discussion a little before it got a little too far. There are always two sides to an exchange, and it is often hard to tell, second hand, who or what was the issue and/or problem.
I enjoy almost all of my customers, especially the ones who have the opportunity to visit, when we can have deeper discussions and demonstrations (with abundant visual aids in the nursery). I have been a CRFG member for 25 years, and we members are all about educating, and sharing experieinces and plants, etc. More often than not I bring too much of that element to the the business and not enough of the "business" of business. Fortunately, I do not live or die (or starve) by my business (I still have a "real" job), so I can afford to be a little less business oriented, at times. I very much enjoy the community aspects of gardening, and for me, especially with fig and banana collectors/growers.
But we are all human, and sometimes we just don't "click" with everyone. I want to enjoy my business, but with some people, that just doesn't happen, as outlined in my previous post.
If I do business with someone, and it works out well, I really want an opportunity to recommend them, but if it was a really bad transaction, I want to protect my friends from a similar problem. That goes for plants, plumbers, or whatever.
Am I up to 10 cents yet?
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