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Muddy Waters

Hey I bought a 1495 Stelts at Auction last year.I beleive it was a club out of Pennsylvania.But not quite sure.Does anyone remember this purchase I made???

9/11/2012 7:10:10 PM

Claysburg , PA

Yes , you got it off of the PGPGA auction .

9/11/2012 7:20:05 PM

Muddy Waters

Thanks I checked with Dave it sounds like a authentic seed.

9/11/2012 7:57:46 PM

Torrance, Ca.

So some seeds aren't authentic???????


That wouldn't be nice :(

9/11/2012 8:59:01 PM

Piqua, Ohio

So.Cal.
It happens, if people are willing to pay $100 plus for seeds, a dishonest person could make a killing! I often wander just how much of this goes on.

9/11/2012 9:15:22 PM

Torrance, Ca.

wow!

:(:(:(

9/11/2012 9:19:05 PM

Northern Cambria, Pa.

If that is the one you got from the PGPGA auction it is authentic. It came directly from Dave Stelts and no one else but me and the USPS ever handled it before it got to you as is the case with all of the seeds in our auction. All of our seeds come directly from the growers.

9/12/2012 8:21:50 AM

Frankfort Ohio

It bites but nothing anyone can do to stop it

9/12/2012 11:40:56 AM

Muddy Waters

Thanks Larry I was just verify for a trade.I knew it was good,but wanted to prove it to my recipient.

9/12/2012 4:45:00 PM

Colorado

Having been involved with club auctions and three or four years of gpc auctions- I've never seen a faked or missrepresented seed.I have heard of one fake in a private trade.So be careful who you trade with.

9/17/2012 5:08:47 PM

Cologne Brescia Italy

cojoe you say right, but some years ago I got a fake one it was a 1385 Jutras I want not to say the name of auction the time is passed now, but in this silence autin was only one 1385 but during the last second of bid I was bid $250 but someone arrived some second before me so the auctioner told me:
Sergio if you want I have one more I can give you for the same price$250 I told ok! but the thing was strange......
when I got the bubble I called via e mail Joe Jutras he tol me to send a picture of the seed, and after Joe told me Serg it is a fake one, send it to me and I will send one really to you I never will stop to thanks Joe for thisin the joe seed wre write 1385 in the one I got no!
So I know all the auctions are right but sometime someone want to be clever
Ask Joe Jutras if you don't believe me
Sorry fro english
in 15 years of auction it was the fisth time I got a fake seed never happen before and after
Sergio

9/18/2012 1:11:36 PM

Massachusetts

almost the same story here sergio, 1385..... :( , only once though,,, thank god.... its a chance you take, after spending so much money on patch prep, it would stink to think ya got the wrong seed.....

9/18/2012 1:29:31 PM

Cologne Brescia Italy

I know all auctions are good thanks God!!
You are right you can't spend money and money for preparing patch and after plant a seeds that is not what you want to grow, and also after you make a cross and excange your seeds with other guy, but the cross is a fake one also, so, many people think to grow a seed that is not what thay want to grow.....

9/18/2012 1:51:01 PM

virginia

Thats so sad. All hard work people put in this hobby.,,,,,,Greg

9/18/2012 2:09:19 PM

virginia

Thats so sad. All hard work people put in this hobby.,,,,,,Greg

9/18/2012 2:09:22 PM

canal winchester ohio

Bottom line is always keep your guard up. When you have seeds that go for the extreme prices we have you are always going to have bad apples. This site is a microcosm of life, you have good-bad-givers & takers and it's up to you to try your best to deal with those you can trust.
When this thread first started I was waiting to see where it went because I was afraid the PGPGA was going to get dragged in the mud & that bothered me. I've been on this site for 12 years & have watched ( and respected) the work the PGPGA have done with their auctions. I believe they and the Ohio valley have the longest running auctions in the pumpkin community & They should be commended for the way they have handled it over the years.
I know this may have went off topic but I didn't like their club being mentioned in the same thread as fake seeds. I'm very sure that was not the intent when it started but their are many new people on the site & I wanted to make sure every new member here knows they are very well run.
Paul

9/18/2012 4:10:09 PM

Torrance, Ca.

Thanks Paul.

9/18/2012 5:12:22 PM

Michigan,up North

yeah it would suck if some one sent you minie pumpkins seeds. and u dint know any better ,

9/18/2012 6:32:12 PM

Rhode Island

1. dont trade with anyone you dont know. a few kooks out
there.
2. auction off only seeds your club gets from the grower.

9/18/2012 11:59:45 PM