Andrew Posted March 22, 2003 I probably knew what would happen if I questioned Izmir oil and spices about their Tassy poppy seed prices,but could,nt help myself.I asked if he was the scammer or if he,d been scammed ($23.00 U.S.per gram)and got this reply:waaa,go home and cry to your momma.Its customer service like this,that will insure,s your business thrives,not.What a fool. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
waterdragon Posted March 23, 2003 if you'd have researched a little you'd have discovered that izmir is not famous for customer service. PM me for taz strain avaiability. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Torsten Posted March 23, 2003 Robert is a little unbalanced I think. Of the 100 or so ethnobot retailers in the world that I know, I've only had a problem with 2 or maybe 3 - Izmir being one of them. Here are some quotes in regards to a 'lost shipment'. Hemmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm?????? Gosh, Torsten this is a mystery '//:>)) O--- Pondering???????????????????? (thinking quietly aloud...hemmmmmm, lets see, customer VERY important, customer getting snotty, we have TONS of seed, why don't we just send him another pkt? I don't know, do you think he's shittin us, yeh, probably, so what, people do this sometimes, yeh, but this guy must think we are really dumb, I know, here is what we'll do). HEY TORSTEN, why don't you and try this crap on someone else? or this one as an example of 'follow up customer care': your shit just gets thicker, now you want me to look at it. Thank God for delete keys. I must stress that i was polite and factual throughout my correspondence... even after this crap. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mesq Posted March 23, 2003 God why would people bother with that guy! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andrew Posted March 23, 2003 I dont know why I bothered to reply. Was told Robert hasnt worked here for some time and that I was looking for cheap,lmfao,online drugs and was not welcome on their site.Apparently I am "as out of touch with reality as the fools (heroes)who think control of our world is at hand".He finished with this,"all praise be to Allahu ta ala and his prophets"What a strange person.Still I should have known better,I knew he could be difficult I was just so insulted by his prices,oh well. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rev Posted March 23, 2003 Anyone that thinks being stingy with poppy seed gives them a good image has rocks in their head i mean really what does it cost to make a packet of poppy seed - nothing - almost the entire cost comes from the sellers overheads and banking on the desire based value from the buyer $23/g! shite problem is theres always a new crop of newbies and hopeless collectors who just must have that new strain! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VINS Posted March 24, 2003 i don't want to defend izmir since i have bad experience with us but sometime the price could be justified by a work. creating and develloping a strain is surely a long work. collecting rare strains from particular places and providing them fresh could also be a difficult mission who justify the prices. anyway the market is auto regulate by offers and requests. the price is a free thing that choose the seller, you don't have to be offend by that. in my opinion the problem is customer hospitality and attitude. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sobriquet Posted October 25, 2006 Is Izmir connected with poppies.org? The Izmir site seems to get some praise from members there. The whole poppies.org site is somewhat bizarre though. They have a closed door policy and haven't allowed new registrations for many months. I stopped visiting them when I read a thread there, which was the absolute epitome of mutual masturbatory self congratulation that I have ever seen by forum members. I can't find the thread but here's an example: http://forum.poppies.org/index.php?showtopic=12962# What's the point of a forum that has become stale and doesn't accept new members? Isn't that what happened at the old EBA and killed that incarnation off? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oxydiser Posted October 25, 2006 EBA got hacked a bunch of of times and patched up, the security of the site was compromised and members got disillusioned, the founder of EBA was MIA and to compound these problems new members had a hard time signing up. The whole thing snowballed which is why the forum stagnated. ... but it's all good now LONG LIVE EBA! That place is a goldmine of information, I love reading through all the old DMT posts. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tripitaka Posted October 27, 2006 I love reading through all the old DMT posts. Fond memories here too. They were the early days of working with Acacias and some great rants by the then Carpedmt, Elfspice and Mulga. Ahhhh ethnoboatany memory lane, how the plants have taken over the tracks! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
