Bananas.org

Welcome to the Bananas.org forums.

You're currently viewing our message boards as a guest which gives you limited access to participate in discussions and access our other features such as our wiki and photo gallery. By joining our community, you'll have access to post topics, communicate privately with other members (PM), respond to polls, upload photos, and access many other special features. Registration is fast and simple, so please join our community today!

If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please contact us.

Go Back   Bananas.org > Banana Forum > Banana Economics Forum
Register Photo Gallery Classifieds Wiki Chat Map Search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read

Banana Economics Forum Bananas are the number one exported fruit in the world, and the number one fruit eaten in nearly every country. This forum is for discussions of the economics of bananas involving producers, economists, consumers, transporters, wholesalers, and governments.


Members currently in the chatroom: 0
The most chatters online in one day was 17, 09-06-2009.
No one is currently using the chat.

Reply   Email this Page Email this Page
 
LinkBack Thread Tools
Old 10-12-2009, 10:30 PM   #21 (permalink)
More bananas less stress
 
mike's Avatar
 
Location: Savannah Georgia
Zone: Zone 9
Name: Mike
Join Date: Aug 2007
Posts: 289
BananaBucks : 14,602
Feedback: 2 / 100%
Said "Thanks" 0 Times
Was Thanked 57 Times in 40 Posts
Said "Welcome to Bananas" 0 Times
Default Re: Ty Ty nursery?

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.
mike is offline   Reply With Quote Send A Private Message To mike
Said thanks:
Old 10-12-2009, 11:01 PM   #22 (permalink)
Banana brain
 
supermario's Avatar
 
Location: Miami, FL
Zone: 10A
Name: Mario
Join Date: May 2009
Posts: 298
BananaBucks : 59,479
Feedback: 0 / 0%
Said "Thanks" 251 Times
Was Thanked 348 Times in 139 Posts
Said "Welcome to Bananas" 4 Times
Default Re: Ty Ty nursery?

Quote:
Originally Posted by mike View Post
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:



TyTY the family friendly nursery! LMAO!!!



Last edited by supermario : 10-12-2009 at 11:11 PM.
supermario is offline   Reply With Quote Send A Private Message To supermario
Said thanks:
Old 10-12-2009, 11:25 PM   #23 (permalink)
un-Retired
 
Richard's Avatar
 
Location: Vista, CA
Zone: USDA 10b
Name: Richard
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 9,674
BananaBucks : 500,878
Feedback: 9 / 100%
Said "Thanks" 3,636 Times
Was Thanked 12,543 Times in 4,721 Posts
Said "Welcome to Bananas" 1,685 Times
Default Re: Ty Ty nursery?

I hear they are still looking for models ... Wanted: Models for Ty Ty Nursery

Quote:
Originally Posted by mike View Post
... 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.
__________________
Back in business at plantsthatproduce.com
Richard is offline   Reply With Quote Send A Private Message To Richard
Said thanks:
Old 10-13-2009, 08:32 AM   #24 (permalink)
garden variety plant nerd
 
coast crab's Avatar
 
Location: Lovely Mobile, Alabama - The Heart of Dixie
Zone: 8b
Name: Russell
Join Date: Jul 2009
Posts: 427
BananaBucks : 65,785
Feedback: 0 / 0%
Said "Thanks" 29 Times
Was Thanked 418 Times in 182 Posts
Said "Welcome to Bananas" 5 Times
Default Re: Ty Ty nursery?

Quote:
Originally Posted by supermario View Post
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:



TyTY the family friendly nursery! LMAO!!!


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!
__________________
Click for Mobile, Alabama Forecast
coast crab is offline   Reply With Quote Send A Private Message To coast crab
Said thanks:
Old 10-13-2009, 08:55 AM   #25 (permalink)
More bananas less stress
 
mike's Avatar
 
Location: Savannah Georgia
Zone: Zone 9
Name: Mike
Join Date: Aug 2007
Posts: 289
BananaBucks : 14,602
Feedback: 2 / 100%
Said "Thanks" 0 Times
Was Thanked 57 Times in 40 Posts
Said "Welcome to Bananas" 0 Times
Default Re: Ty Ty nursery?

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.
mike is offline   Reply With Quote Send A Private Message To mike
Said thanks:
Old 10-13-2009, 10:18 AM   #26 (permalink)
un-Retired
 
Richard's Avatar
 
Location: Vista, CA
Zone: USDA 10b
Name: Richard
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 9,674
BananaBucks : 500,878
Feedback: 9 / 100%
Said "Thanks" 3,636 Times
Was Thanked 12,543 Times in 4,721 Posts
Said "Welcome to Bananas" 1,685 Times
Default Re: Ty Ty nursery?

Hey Mike,

Just for the record: are you employed or otherwise associated with Ty Ty Nursery?
__________________
Back in business at plantsthatproduce.com
Richard is offline   Reply With Quote Send A Private Message To Richard
Said thanks:
Old 10-13-2009, 10:46 AM   #27 (permalink)
Banana brain
 
supermario's Avatar
 
Location: Miami, FL
Zone: 10A
Name: Mario
Join Date: May 2009
Posts: 298
BananaBucks : 59,479
Feedback: 0 / 0%
Said "Thanks" 251 Times
Was Thanked 348 Times in 139 Posts
Said "Welcome to Bananas" 4 Times
Default Re: Ty Ty nursery?

Quote:
Originally Posted by Richard View Post
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


supermario is offline   Reply With Quote Send A Private Message To supermario
Said thanks:
Old 10-13-2009, 12:16 PM   #28 (permalink)
Muck bananas
 
Nicolas Naranja's Avatar
 
Location: Pahokee, FL
Zone: 10
Name: Nick
Join Date: Nov 2008
Posts: 2,217
BananaBucks : 458,859
Feedback: 7 / 100%
Said "Thanks" 66 Times
Was Thanked 5,662 Times in 1,562 Posts
Said "Welcome to Bananas" 7 Times
Send a message via AIM to Nicolas Naranja
Default Re: Ty Ty nursery?

Quote:
Originally Posted by supermario View Post
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


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.
__________________
Some people go bananas, I went plantains.
Weather Underground PWS KFLCANAL7
Nicolas Naranja is offline   Reply With Quote Send A Private Message To Nicolas Naranja
Said thanks:
Old 10-13-2009, 12:21 PM   #29 (permalink)
 
Location: Pageland SC- Zone7b/8a line
Zone: 8
Name: Mike
Join Date: Sep 2009
Posts: 340
BananaBucks : 89,866
Feedback: 3 / 100%
Said "Thanks" 4 Times
Was Thanked 261 Times in 125 Posts
Said "Welcome to Bananas" 8 Times
Default Re: Ty Ty nursery?

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.
__________________
www.nstarleather.com
North Star Leather Company
Quality Leather Goods-Made in USA!
mbfirey is offline   Reply With Quote Send A Private Message To mbfirey
Said thanks:
Old 10-13-2009, 12:34 PM   #30 (permalink)
Nanner Time!
 
LilRaverBoi's Avatar
 
Location: Cedar Rapids, IA
Zone: 5
Name: Bryan
Join Date: Mar 2009
Posts: 2,937
BananaBucks : 113,320
Feedback: 0 / 0%
Said "Thanks" 534 Times
Was Thanked 2,243 Times in 1,245 Posts
Said "Welcome to Bananas" 855 Times
Send a message via AIM to LilRaverBoi
Default Re: Ty Ty nursery?

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!!!
__________________
BANANA RAVE!
Feel the beat from start to stop, dancin' and movin' from bottom to top!
lilraverboi@genxglow.com
RIP Tog Tan. We love you and will always remember you!
I'm Bryan with a Y! There is no 'I' in BRYAN!
LilRaverBoi is offline   Reply With Quote Send A Private Message To LilRaverBoi
Said thanks:
Old 10-13-2009, 12:43 PM   #31 (permalink)
Banana brain
 
supermario's Avatar
 
Location: Miami, FL
Zone: 10A
Name: Mario
Join Date: May 2009
Posts: 298
BananaBucks : 59,479
Feedback: 0 / 0%
Said "Thanks" 251 Times
Was Thanked 348 Times in 139 Posts
Said "Welcome to Bananas" 4 Times
Default Re: Ty Ty nursery?

Quote:
Originally Posted by mbfirey View Post
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!
supermario is offline   Reply With Quote Send A Private Message To supermario
Said thanks:

Join Bananas.org Today!

Are you a banana plant enthusiast? Then we hope you will join the community. You will gain access to post, create threads, private message, upload images, join groups and more.

Bananas.org is owned and operated by fellow banana plant enthusiasts. We strive to offer a non-commercial community to learn and share information. Receive all three issues from Volume 1 of Bananas Magazine with your membership:
   

Join Bananas.org Today! - Click Here


Sponsors

Old 10-13-2009, 01:14 PM   #32 (permalink)
un-Retired
 
Richard's Avatar
 
Location: Vista, CA
Zone: USDA 10b
Name: Richard
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 9,674
BananaBucks : 500,878
Feedback: 9 / 100%
Said "Thanks" 3,636 Times
Was Thanked 12,543 Times in 4,721 Posts
Said "Welcome to Bananas" 1,685 Times
Default Re: Ty Ty nursery?

At least they could use someone respectable like Dr. Phil !

__________________
Back in business at plantsthatproduce.com
Richard is offline   Reply With Quote Send A Private Message To Richard
Said thanks:
Old 10-13-2009, 03:06 PM   #33 (permalink)
Happy Growing
 
Abnshrek's Avatar
 
Location: Beaumont Texas
Zone: 8b, but 9b weather..
Name: Migael / Michael
Join Date: Aug 2009
Posts: 9,492
BananaBucks : 194,406
Feedback: 45 / 100%
Said "Thanks" 10,447 Times
Was Thanked 16,440 Times in 5,237 Posts
Said "Welcome to Bananas" 2,318 Times
Default Re: Ty Ty nursery?

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..
__________________
Click for Haughton, Louisiana Forecast

I'm a Nannerhead :^)
Abnshrek is offline   Reply With Quote Send A Private Message To Abnshrek
Said thanks:
Old 10-13-2009, 10:20 PM   #34 (permalink)
More bananas less stress
 
mike's Avatar
 
Location: Savannah Georgia
Zone: Zone 9
Name: Mike
Join Date: Aug 2007
Posts: 289
BananaBucks : 14,602
Feedback: 2 / 100%
Said "Thanks" 0 Times
Was Thanked 57 Times in 40 Posts
Said "Welcome to Bananas" 0 Times
Default Re: Ty Ty nursery?

Richard now that pic is funny and no I have no affiliation in any way.
mike is offline   Reply With Quote Send A Private Message To mike
Said thanks:
Old 11-23-2009, 05:04 PM   #35 (permalink)
 
gadget's Avatar
 
Location: tempe, AZ
Zone: 9
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 214
BananaBucks : 32,051
Feedback: 1 / 100%
Said "Thanks" 113 Times
Was Thanked 199 Times in 52 Posts
Said "Welcome to Bananas" 27 Times
Default Re: Ty Ty nursery?

my new favorite ty ty vid

__________________

gadget is offline   Reply With Quote Send A Private Message To gadget
Said thanks:
Sponsors

Old 11-23-2009, 07:24 PM   #36 (permalink)
Nanner Time!
 
LilRaverBoi's Avatar
 
Location: Cedar Rapids, IA
Zone: 5
Name: Bryan
Join Date: Mar 2009
Posts: 2,937
BananaBucks : 113,320
Feedback: 0 / 0%
Said "Thanks" 534 Times
Was Thanked 2,243 Times in 1,245 Posts
Said "Welcome to Bananas" 855 Times
Send a message via AIM to LilRaverBoi
Default Re: Ty Ty nursery?

Wow...gotta love the porno music in there! LOL *poolboy enters from stage left*
__________________
BANANA RAVE!
Feel the beat from start to stop, dancin' and movin' from bottom to top!
lilraverboi@genxglow.com
RIP Tog Tan. We love you and will always remember you!
I'm Bryan with a Y! There is no 'I' in BRYAN!
LilRaverBoi is offline   Reply With Quote Send A Private Message To LilRaverBoi
Said thanks:
Old 11-23-2009, 10:25 PM   #37 (permalink)
Been nuts, gone bananas
 
harveyc's Avatar
 
Location: Isleton, Calif
Zone: 9b
Name: Harvey
Join Date: May 2007
Posts: 5,117
BananaBucks : 258,853
Feedback: 5 / 100%
Said "Thanks" 6,024 Times
Was Thanked 4,453 Times in 1,894 Posts
Said "Welcome to Bananas" 1,785 Times
Default Re: Ty Ty nursery?

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.....
__________________
harveyc is offline   Reply With Quote Send A Private Message To harveyc
Said thanks:
Old 11-23-2009, 10:30 PM   #38 (permalink)
Happy Growing
 
Abnshrek's Avatar
 
Location: Beaumont Texas
Zone: 8b, but 9b weather..
Name: Migael / Michael
Join Date: Aug 2009
Posts: 9,492
BananaBucks : 194,406
Feedback: 45 / 100%
Said "Thanks" 10,447 Times
Was Thanked 16,440 Times in 5,237 Posts
Said "Welcome to Bananas" 2,318 Times
Default Re: Ty Ty nursery?

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
__________________
Click for Haughton, Louisiana Forecast

I'm a Nannerhead :^)
Abnshrek is offline   Reply With Quote Send A Private Message To Abnshrek
Said thanks:
Old 11-24-2009, 01:09 AM   #39 (permalink)
Senior Member
 
chong's Avatar
 
Location: Seattle, WA
Zone: 8-9
Name: Chong
Join Date: Nov 2006
Posts: 1,851
BananaBucks : 96,746
Feedback: 6 / 100%
Said "Thanks" 1,309 Times
Was Thanked 1,701 Times in 758 Posts
Said "Welcome to Bananas" 991 Times
Default Re: Ty Ty nursery?

Quote:
Originally Posted by harveyc View Post
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.

Last edited by chong : 11-24-2009 at 02:00 AM.
chong is offline   Reply With Quote Send A Private Message To chong
Old 11-24-2009, 07:49 AM   #40 (permalink)
Northern Tropics
 
sandy0225's Avatar
 
Location: Muncie, Indiana zone 5
Zone: zone 5
Name: Sandy
Join Date: Nov 2005
Posts: 1,718
BananaBucks : 353,674
Feedback: 31 / 97%
Said "Thanks" 38 Times
Was Thanked 1,801 Times in 682 Posts
Said "Welcome to Bananas" 9 Times
Default Re: Ty Ty nursery?

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...
__________________
Sandy Burrell



Northern Tropics Greenhouse
1501 East Fuson Road
Muncie, IN 47302
www.northerntropics.com


specializing in bananas, heirloom tomatoes and water gardening plants~
check out our new online store at our website!
sandy0225 is offline   Reply With Quote Send A Private Message To sandy0225
Said thanks:
Reply   Email this Page Email this Page






Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
 
Thread Tools


Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Surprise Texas Star Banana shipment from Ty Ty Nursery chong Main Banana Discussion 92 05-07-2011 07:43 PM
nursery landzt Member Introductions 2 10-10-2009 10:06 AM
Awesome Producer- Ty Ty Gold Ron Main Banana Discussion 24 07-09-2009 09:27 AM
Wanted: Models for Ty Ty Nursery Richard Tiki Hut 9 08-08-2008 12:53 AM
Gingerwood Nursery Taylor Main Banana Discussion 0 10-20-2006 06:14 PM


All times are GMT -5. The time now is 05:32 AM.





All content © Bananas.org & the respective author.