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[RL7836]

Kamil, on 28 July 2012 - 12:14 PM, said:

What I remember, we packaged your parcel for more than 2 hours, and the handing EUR 3 seems to be too costly for you?

While I cannot comment about Eurozone wages, I have received many parcels from BCP and am always amazed at how well the plants are packaged - truly amazing how much care & effort are taken!    

[nadja77]

EDIT: sorry wrong thread!

Edited by nadja77, 15 September 2012 - 04:12 AM.

[RL7836]

nadja77, on 14 September 2012 - 14:23 PM, said:

A sad day for the CP community indeed! Sorry to hear you give up the hobby Alexandre. All the best...

I'm sorry - did I miss a post somewhere??

[31drew31]

RL7836, on 15 September 2012 - 02:54 AM, said:

I'm sorry - did I miss a post somewhere??

See here Ron: http://www.cpukforum...showtopic=47352

[Gaz]

Richard Bunn, on 26 May 2012 - 16:36 PM, said:

I was wondering if anybody has used 'Best Carnivorous Plant Store http://www.bestcarnivorousplants.net/?  If so how was your experience of them/quality of plants.

Some interesting debate going on here but to return to the original question, I ordered D cistiflora (2 portions), and a couple of Pings (2 portions each) from BCP in June of this year. The price of plants was around €37 I recall and then various charges totalling around €19 were added, the total price was €56 (£46). The plants were well packaged and the portions were quite generous, especially the D cistiflora which consisted of a number of plants with stems and a few consisting of just the immature rosettes. I also received some bonus seeds although none have germinated as yet...not giving up though :)

Unfortunately all of the stemmed D cistiflora have since died, probably due to my inexperience with this species. The D cistiflora rosettes are still with me as are the Pings which, although still small, are doing quite well.

If I were ordering from a UK professional CP web site I would expect to pay less than this for the plants and much less for the add-on charges, but on the other hand, in the UK, I would not have been able to find the plants I wanted...so it was Hobsons Choice as they say.

Taking into consideration the generosity of the portions, the bonus seeds, the good packaging and the fact that BCP has such an extensive selection of plants and seeds my overall conclusion was that, on this occasion, it was worthwhile paying what (in my opinion) were rather high postage and other additional charges.

Richard I hope this helps you in your deliberation.

Cheers
Gaz

[Sauro]

anyone know what's going on with this page? two weeks ago they did not respond mails

[Gaz]

Whilst they will ship seeds, gemmae etc, they don't ship plants during the winter. The implication from some of there T&C's is that you could have to wait a while for responses to email, for instance this is an excerpt from one of their pages...."We provide advice in our free time, so it’s possible that you may wait several weeks for a reply". I suppose it depends what the subject of your email was as to whether they will be able to respond promptly or not.

Following on from my post back in September, the D. cistiflora which died back have just this week started showing new shoots making me quite glad I didn't throw them all on the compost heap   . I guess the shock of shipping knocked them back. None of the seeds have germinated yet.

Edited by Gaz, 23 December 2012 - 20:31 PM.