Re: Ae-Ae on eBay
 

I THINK THE ONLY SOLUTION IS TO BUY THE SO CALLED AEAE SEEDS AND THEN LEAVE HIM A BAD COMMENT THAT THE SEEDS ARENT TRUE AND BLAH BLAH :p BUT THEN AGAIN I DONT THINK ANY OF YOU WOULD LIKE TO WASTE YOUR MONEY ON THAT

Re: Ae-Ae on eBay
 

You need to be able to prove they are not true by growing them really and you have 90 days to leave feedback. The chances of getting what ever musa he is selling to germinate in 90 is pushing it.

Had I not joined this forum I would have been another sucker and bought some from him.

He is well known on here now and word of mouth will spread so maybe less people will buy from him.

There must be something ebay can do to stop sellers like him ripping off buyers.

I tried to sell a rubber M16 rifle from a film set and they were on me like a ton of bricks.

Re: Ae-Ae on eBay
 

I was checking on the supplier of Variegated Banana "Florida" and found out that someone had bought a plant from him recently. And at a very good price, too! Just $49. I couldn't believe the winner of the auction - "mbee52"! And he has a whopping 100% positive rating for 2 feedbacks. Does that name look familiar?

Here is the link:
*****MUSA VARIEGATED "Florida Vol.1" Banana Leave Rare! - eBay (item 370055519652 end time Jun-01-08 08:56:22 PDT)

So maybe his seeds are actually from these bananas? Variegated, though not Ae' Ae.

Re: Ae-Ae on eBay
 

By the way, (as far as I could find) "Mantisbee" is NOT a registered eBay user any longer.

Am I correct?

Re: Ae-Ae on eBay
 

Yes, as far as the name "Mantisbee" is concerned. So, do you think that "mbee52" is just a coincidence?

Re: Ae-Ae on eBay
 

It says Mbee52 is from NYunited states. Is that where mantisbee came from?
he has only been trading 8 months:rolleyes:

Sounds like one and the same to me

Re: Ae-Ae on eBay
 

'Mantisbee' is the guy who sold all the AeAe seeds. I even asked him personally, but I guess messages on eBay get deleted after a certain period of time?

eBay My World - mantisbee
"No longer a registered user"

His feedback rating went to 92.8%, so I guess he figured it was his time to go!!! :rolleyes:

Re: Ae-Ae on eBay
 

. . . . . . and be re-born as "mbee52"? ? ? This is just too much to be a coincidence.

Re: Ae-Ae on eBay
 

You are confusing the seller of this plant which comes from thailand with somebody that purchased it and lives here in the U.S. If he has plants that produce seeds why would he purchase this plant and then have to wait until it fruits to sell seeds (if the plant even produces seeded fruit). Maybe this buyer only wants to grow a variegated banana plant.

Re: Ae-Ae on eBay
 

I don't see the confusion here. There is nothing in my statements that says that I am implying that the Seller of this plant is the same one as the Seller of the Ae-Ae seeds. On the contrary, I am specifically suggesting that the Buyer of this plant is the same as the Seller of the Ae-Ae seeds. And I am not suggesting that he bought the 2 Florida bananas in order to obtain seeds from them.

On the other hand, if he does get seeds from his new plants, wouldn't he now be able to vindicate himself with a proof that his seeds were possible by showing a cross section of the variegated fruit that contained the seeds?

Over the past couple of years, he has been alleging that he has Ae-Ae seeds. The notion that he has seeds from the Ae-Ae is absurd. I would think that most of the members of this organization will agree with me on that. I will not argue with the notion that he wants to grow a variegated banana plant. I will argue that the Buyer of the Florida plant is the same as the Seller of the purported Ae-Ae seeds.