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Blake09
10-11-2009, 09:54 PM
Ive herd some people talk about Ty Ty nursery, what is so bad about that place? Ive nevar bought from them before... atleast not yet...


PM me if you want

Abnshrek
10-11-2009, 11:32 PM
beats me.. I know they are partnered with Aarons Nursery so they go hand-in-hand. I got an almond tree and a olive from them... No Banana's though..
I do know TyTy is like a dirty word to some folks here... lmao

Patty in Wisc
10-12-2009, 12:24 AM
Not only here but just about everywhere LOL. If you look above here on that long blue bar - at far right, click on 'search' and type in Ty Ty & you'll find a bunch of stuff about them. Their ads are hilarious.

planetrj
10-12-2009, 01:22 AM
you have to admit that their scantily clad photos are at the least ...'interesting'

lol!

Is this going too far? hmmm...
Carolina King Banana Tree, Banana Tree Varieties from TyTy Online Plant & Fruit Tree Nursery (http://www.tytyga.com/product/Carolina+King+Banana+Tree)
Golden Rhino Horn Banana Tree, Banana Tree Varieties from TyTy Online Plant & Fruit Tree Nursery (http://www.tytyga.com/product/Golden+Rhino+Horn+Banana+Tree)

:D

mbfirey
10-12-2009, 06:22 AM
I've never bought from them either but it's impossible to take them seriously because of the "risque" pics- seems to be a stupid marketing move to try to sell landscape plants with sex...I just can't see the connection. Plus their prices aren't exactly "wonderful"

sunfish
10-12-2009, 07:54 AM
Do an internet search. The scoop on tyty nursery.

coast crab
10-12-2009, 08:33 AM
Funny, the same discussion is going on in the ornamental forum "Red stripe ensete/red ensete".

Russell

Abnshrek
10-12-2009, 10:38 AM
Sounds like another Burgess if they suck.

Jananas Bananas
10-12-2009, 11:37 AM
One of the members here, I believe it was Ron, actually went to the nursery. You need to read his account of what happened. I think you can view it under Texas Star and a Carolina King search.

Abnshrek
10-12-2009, 12:05 PM
I think they are Hilariously retarded..

LilRaverBoi
10-12-2009, 12:59 PM
Basically, all you need to know is that they use photo-shopped pictures in all their advertisements, rely on sex/glamor/status to sell their merchandise more than legitimate/truthful marketing. They also have prices that are higher than they should be, incorrect information in their listings and honestly, I really don't know if you'd actually receive correctly what you ordered from them. I would highly advise against ordering from this nursery if I were you.

That's my two copper Lincolns, anyway.

planetrj
10-12-2009, 01:44 PM
Basically, all you need to know is that they use photo-shopped pictures in all their advertisements, rely on sex/glamor/status to sell their merchandise more than legitimate/truthful marketing. They also have prices that are higher than they should be, incorrect information in their listings and honestly, I really don't know if you'd actually receive correctly what you ordered from them. I would highly advise against ordering from this nursery if I were you.

That's my two copper Lincolns, anyway.

I agree... How could you take it that seriously, given the hordes mal information. I've found more errors in their listings than I've found correctness. Probably the worst offense, is the ad for Guava, when it's a Feijoa. It looks to me more like there's quite a disconnect from the person who grows, to the person who's in charge of their marketing plan. All that said, when I looked up their business profile in public records, they were pretty profitable, so chances are, there's enough ignorant/uneducated banana buyers out there to keep them in business after all of these years. And... reality is.. .sex sells, whether we like it or not. Though I am not trying to defend anyone, I personally have found much more offensive marketing ploys than this with other retailers including people using god as their 'safety/trust shield', soooo...

BananaLee
10-12-2009, 02:40 PM
Ty Ty are flipp'n porn crazy thieves! They cheat you and never return your money!
At Dave's Garden Watchdog, their reviews stunk so bad, Ty TY deleted all of their complaints! NEVER buy from them!!!!

planetrj
10-12-2009, 03:05 PM
Ty Ty are flipp'n porn crazy thieves! They cheat you and never return your money!
At Dave's Garden Watchdog, their reviews stunk so bad, Ty TY deleted all of their complaints! NEVER buy from them!!!!

WOW! Really? This is crazy. I didn't know that DG would allow someone to delete complaints. I would have guessed that they would be a little more business and info fair than that. If a business could delete all of the complaints, then it seems as though DG isn't really a great place to go to find out the good OR bad on a business. Hmmm.. now I'm perplexed about DG. Shame on them too!

supermario
10-12-2009, 04:23 PM
Ty Ty are flipp'n porn crazy thieves! They cheat you and never return your money!
At Dave's Garden Watchdog, their reviews stunk so bad, Ty TY deleted all of their complaints! NEVER buy from them!!!!

Yes. I heard that Ty Ty sicked the lawyers on Dave's Garden and forced them to remove all of the feedback. You can find feedback for Aaron's(same owners) though. Im pretty sure a business cannot delete any feedback from Dave's Garden... taking legal action is another story.

Here is some feedback I found from Amazon:
Amazon.com: Customer Reviews: TyTy Nursery (http://www.amazon.com/TyTy-Nursery/product-reviews/B00006GPJL/ref=cm_cr_dp_all_recent?ie=UTF8&coliid=&showViewpoints=1&colid=&sortBy=bySubmissionDateDescending)

One of many threads discussing Tyty:
http://www.bananas.org/f9/everyones-favorite-nursery-posting-tons-videos-8479.html

I don't think I've ever seen any company with such an incredibly high percentage of negative feedback.

I stumbled upon their joke of a site a while back while looking for information on the 'quince'. I saved their site as a source of entertainment. How they have made a single penny over the years is completely beyond me! You can't even email them!!

Abnshrek
10-12-2009, 04:47 PM
Well there's plenty of them on the Amazon page... Jeez

Nicolas Naranja
10-12-2009, 05:10 PM
Ty Ty has a wholesale side to their business as well and their ads in the trade magazines look nothing like their website. I was quite surprised when I checked out their site.

mike
10-12-2009, 07:10 PM
My family and I decided one weekend to drive a little over two hours to TyTy to visit the nursery. My thinking all the time put into the web page and all different items they have this would be a treat. I never was so disappointed in my life. I first started thinking this is just where their office is and they kept some of their plants here. There is no way this could be it. I think I counted maybe ten banana plants none of them appeared to be in that good of shape to be the middle of the summer. I did not know what they were selling because there were no pups the grounds were very poorly kept. There were a lot of potted plants that did not look very uuuummmmm nice. The hole nursery was maybe an acre. My visit lasted about five minutes and I have seen all I could see and was afraid to look any were else. I am no pro and have not visited many nursery's but after months of looking at the web site I was crushed. I could not think about nothing else on the two hour trip back but WTF just happened. I still wanted to say that their plants must come from other places until I read all the negative reviews.

coast crab
10-12-2009, 08:27 PM
After looking at that website you decided to take your family there???? Did you watch any of the videos??? You are a brave man.

supermario
10-12-2009, 10:03 PM
After looking at that website you decided to take your family there???? Did you watch any of the videos??? You are a brave man.

LMAO!!!! I too am amazed anyone would take them seriously. The first time I stumbled upon the site.. I found a pic under the "shade tree" category that had to be out of a playgirl magazine. It was some shirtless guy, sitting in a chair with a santa hat on, and pointing at his crotch. The crotch area was covered by a maple leaf!! LOL!!

I've had several good laughs at their expense. Their photo-shopped banana pics are hilarious!

mike
10-12-2009, 10:30 PM
At the very lease I believed they would have a lot different plants and trees to look at. It appeared that a lot of people took them seriously by looking at all the complaints. Without the complaints I am sure a lot more would have to. They are some how still in business so there are a lot more taking them seriously. Behavior not marketing makes you a joke to me. I like the site it was interesting to look at and different fake but interesting.

supermario
10-12-2009, 11:01 PM
At the very lease I believed they would have a lot different plants and trees to look at. It appeared that a lot of people took them seriously by looking at all the complaints. Without the complaints I am sure a lot more would have to. They are some how still in business so there are a lot more taking them seriously. Behavior not marketing makes you a joke to me. I like the site it was interesting to look at and different fake but interesting.

To each his own. I'd rather not see soft core porn when shopping for plants. I find the very idea to be incredibly silly and quite funny. I've always had a thing for dumb jokes! ..although they do seem to have removed the pictures though... now there are a bunch of videos that aren't quite as funny.

I don't know.. I kind of prefer to find useful information and actual pictures of the plants I will be purchasing on a nursery site...
Instead of this:

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b158/damethod/rediculoustytypics.jpg

TyTY the family friendly nursery! LMAO!!!


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Richard
10-12-2009, 11:25 PM
I hear they are still looking for models ... http://www.bananas.org/f9/wanted-models-ty-ty-nursery-5544.html?highlight=models

... They are some how still in business so there are a lot more taking them seriously. ...

"Still in business" does not equate to "a lot more taking them seriously". For example, if the land is a family inheritance and they have rental income, then they don't need much in the way of customers. Instead, the nursery would make a good tax write-off.

coast crab
10-13-2009, 08:32 AM
I don't know.. I kind of prefer to find useful information and actual pictures of the plants I will be purchasing on a nursery site...
Instead of this:

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b158/damethod/rediculoustytypics.jpg

TyTY the family friendly nursery! LMAO!!!


:0517: :0517:

Wow. That's some creative marketing. I know that "sex sells" but I would have never thought to combine sex with nursery stock. Of course, if I had a body like that I'd walk around half naked most of the time too!

mike
10-13-2009, 08:55 AM
People that some people think are beautiful had been used to sell any and everything forever turn on the TV. I dont care about that. To me it shows people feeling good and enjoying their plants fake or not that is what I got. For me this is what growing plants is about. I love nanas because the fast growing habits and the challenge. It along with me going to the gym relieves my work related stress and make me fell good. As far as porn I know porn LOL. Ok maybe not funny on this site. I dont see porn when I see these pictures. Is it because these people on the site are fit? You are in Miami I am sure u see people in swim suits and with there shirts off all the time. I see it here in Georgia all the time people that work on their body likes to show them off but like you said to each his own. I have not visited their site after visiting their nursery about two years ago. All the people that they have scammed should land their butts in jail.

Richard
10-13-2009, 10:18 AM
Hey Mike,

Just for the record: are you employed or otherwise associated with Ty Ty Nursery?

supermario
10-13-2009, 10:46 AM
Hey Mike,

Just for the record: are you employed or otherwise associated with Ty Ty Nursery?

I thought the same thing at first... but his posts seem to be negative towards the nursery itself. He's just defending their marketing strategy.

Mike, I didn't mean to offend you. Coast crab's post just echoed exactly what I was thinking after I read your post...so I couldn't resist! You are correct about Miami.. There's probably more half naked women and men walking around here than anywhere in the U.S.! However, there are absolutely no nurseries in Miami that use sex to promote their product(and there are HUNDREDS of nurseries). The two things are so unrelated it's comical!

It's like going to the produce section of the grocery store... and there you see a cardboard cuttout of Carmen Elektra, on her knees and in a thong bikini, seductively eating a banana. If that's the case, buying bananas would be the last thing on my mind! LOL


:bananas_b

Nicolas Naranja
10-13-2009, 12:16 PM
It's like going to the produce section of the grocery store... and there you see a cardboard cuttout of Carmen Elektra, on her knees and in a thong bikini, seductively eating a banana. If that's the case, buying bananas would be the last thing on my mind! LOL


:bananas_b

I was recently at a produce show and the people from Wholly Guacomole had 2 dallas cowboys cheerleaders at their booth, some other produce company had some hooter's girls signing calendars. One of the mexican fruit producers had some incredibly hot women out in front of their booth. The produce companies hire models for the weekend to stand out in front of their booths to attract traffic.

mbfirey
10-13-2009, 12:21 PM
Scantily clad is one thing, but the part that is more disturbing to me are the phallic references- when they show any "elongated" fruit, tree, or bamboo shoot. Most public marketing doesn't try to invoke the male member as often as they do.

LilRaverBoi
10-13-2009, 12:34 PM
Yeah, TyTy definitely takes it's sexual marketing innovation/creativity to the next level, huh! And LMFAO at that picture above....I dunno about you but it definitely makes ME want to grow some of those flowers!!! :ha::ha::ha:

supermario
10-13-2009, 12:43 PM
Scantily clad is one thing, but the part that is more disturbing to me are the phallic references- when they show any "elongated" fruit, tree, or bamboo shoot. Most public marketing doesn't try to invoke the male member as often as they do.

Exactly. Their photoshopped images were in such poor taste!

Richard
10-13-2009, 01:14 PM
At least they could use someone respectable like Dr. Phil !

http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:i3EIwAZkZujiPM:http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RXuURnAJ-tg/ScVUu5ZIJMI/AAAAAAAAdVQ/uDJKZ6ApsWM/s400/Dr%2Bphil%2B25.jpg

Abnshrek
10-13-2009, 03:06 PM
Dr. Phil doesn't cut it for them I do believe. Jeez why didn't they just go hire long-dong silver... or what-ever those porn people are called these days... Maybe they'd hire my chickens scroggin'? they might do anything to sell plants even if they suck....
All I know is I don't go out into my yard to get turned-on its to relax, and I think they completely missed the point..

mike
10-13-2009, 10:20 PM
Richard now that pic is funny and no I have no affiliation in any way.

gadget
11-23-2009, 05:04 PM
my new favorite ty ty vid

<div><object width="480" height="275"><param name="movie" value="http://www.dailymotion.com/swf/xa30w6&related=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.dailymotion.com/swf/xa30w6&related=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="480" height="275" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed></object><br /><b><a href="http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xa30w6_variegated-banana-plant_school">Variegated Banana Plant</a></b><br /><i>Uploaded by <a href="http://www.dailymotion.com/tytynursery1">tytynursery1</a>. - <a href="http://www.dailymotion.com/us/channel/school">More college and campus videos.</a></i></div>

LilRaverBoi
11-23-2009, 07:24 PM
Wow...gotta love the porno music in there! LOL *poolboy enters from stage left* :ha::ha::ha:

harveyc
11-23-2009, 10:25 PM
Chong has been a supporter of Ty Ty but I have yet to see him show up in one of their ads. I'm still waiting..... ;)

Abnshrek
11-23-2009, 10:30 PM
First of all I second the previous motion.. lol That has to be the most retarded Video I've wasted my time watchin', much less informative on any level.. I think I lost brain cells watching it.. like it sucked some life from me.. I think I'm turning blonde.. lmao

chong
11-24-2009, 01:09 AM
Chong has been a supporter of Ty Ty but I have yet to see him show up in one of their ads. I'm still waiting..... ;)

What are you talking about? I was in the one with the big..... ( I don't know if I can print this). They took it down after several months! Sorry to disappoint you.

Oh! And if we are going into this issue, time and again I've not said that I'm a big supporter of them. But if you think that expressing my reporting of the reasonable service I've experienced with them is being a strong supporter, so be it. Though at times, I can get defensive after being put down for expressing this good fortune with them. I do not advocate that anyone go and rush to them. While I can understand the hesitation from many here because of the bad press on them, I don't think there's a need to be crucified for reporting my good experiences with them. I don't think anyone was on my side with my bad experiences with Going Bananas. Matter of fact, some of the comments made me feel that I was more the perpetrator than the victim. I have been doing mail order business since the late 60s, and have been receiving good service from "plagues", the likes of Michigan Bulb Co., Mellinger, The Banana Tree, and yes, Ty Ty Nursery, where with the advent of the internet, you can find a lot bad press on these. Yet, just because some of the more prominent mail order businesses like Stokes, Glasshouse Nursery, Alan's Tropicals, and yes again, Going Bananas!, who might carry more attractive and even rare plants, some people tend to befriend them in the hopes of getting in their favor. Naturally, most do get in their favor. However, there can be a tendency on those business' part to be arrogant, and ignore non-vocal patrons. I have had bad experiences with these latter businesses, and the only thing I can do is stop doing business with them. But they live on with a hero's image because of their valuable inventory. Sure, they probably please more people than they piss off. But I don't make fun of the people that had good experiences with them. Even now, I'm starting to get some unpleasnt experiences with Logee's, with whom I've been doing business since the late 60s. So now, it may be time for me to move away again.

sandy0225
11-24-2009, 07:49 AM
I love the tyty's video! I love it when they pour water on the leaf, what's that about???? I would have cut the sunburned parts off the leaves with scissors before videotaping though. It's so cheezy its like banana porn.....lol...like them or not, you've got to admit, it gets people talking about them...so I guess it works on some level...maybe I should strip down my 13 year old to a bikini and take some pictures...it would definitely work better than one with me in one...lol...

TommyMacLuckie
07-13-2012, 04:38 PM
Ty Ty's specialty is ripping people off. Unfortunately I know of people that are being ripped off from them as recent as a week ago. They didn't know.

The "nursery" is obviously a bunch of frustrated closeted homosexuals that are inbred. Their soft porn videos - obviously the water being sprayed on the leaf with the guy looking around the corner is a play on a rest stop for gay truckers - are teenage intelligence at best.

I'd like to know whose banana plantation they broke into to record video of that stupid kid cutting the bananas down. I bet they were pissed off when they saw the damage.

supermario
07-17-2012, 05:28 PM
After years of scathing reviews and a terrible site, they are still making money. It's absolutely mind-boggling!

Abnshrek
07-17-2012, 05:53 PM
TyTy is bad, but I think Willis Orchard is even worse.

TommyMacLuckie
07-17-2012, 08:40 PM
TyTy is deplorable. Awful. Liars. Scam artist(s). I don't know anything about Willis Orchard. Based on what you can find online about TyTy I would be impressed if Willis had worse reviews.

caliboy1994
07-18-2012, 02:39 PM
At least they don't try to sell plants with soft porn :ha:

The scoop on 'Willis Orchard Company' (http://davesgarden.com/products/gwd/c/6348/#b)

Abnshrek
07-18-2012, 05:27 PM
True but from the matrix they sure do suck and not just for banana's.. :^)

Max363
07-18-2012, 05:45 PM
At least they don't try to sell plants with soft porn :ha:

The scoop on 'Willis Orchard Company' (http://davesgarden.com/products/gwd/c/6348/#b)

wow this thread is so old so the I guess the question really is: Would they still be around all these years later if their "marketing tactics" didn't work? - I mean is it really that hard to google other banana selling sites? lolz

Snookie
07-21-2012, 05:40 PM
[QUOTE=caliboy1994;200511]At least they don't try to sell plants with soft porn :ha:

WHAT?????? Did I miss something:}:lurk:

caliboy1994
07-22-2012, 01:28 AM
You can go check out TyTy's site and see what we're talking about :ha: :ha: :ha:

http://www.tytyga.com/Default.asp

Snookie
07-22-2012, 12:54 PM
[QUOTE=caliboy1994;200707]You can go check out TyTy's site and see what we're talking about :ha: :ha: :ha:


Hummmm???? Now I think know what Ty-Ty means lol

Sorry Homie DON'T Play THAT!