The first 'cuckoo' this year?

Good news is that no one has placed a bid - lets hope it stays that way, and then the "cuckoo controller" will have to pay the insert fee anyway <evil grin>

rip off merchants

If you look at the reviews you'll see that someone has already bought a Perpetual spinach plant for £1.99 and the postage is £2.99! They must be cuckoo!

£5 for one tiny plant that might or might not make it. They must be totally cuckoo.

What about the aubergine Aubergine three different varieties! (3 plug plants) | eBay
They look awful - but a "bargain" at £3.99 for 3 + £1.99 postage!

“There is nothing in the world that some man cannot make a little worse and sell a little cheaper, and he who considers price only is that man's lawful prey.”
John Ruskin 1819-1900

I would like to re-write that quote...

“There is nothing in the world that some man cannot make a little worse and sell a little dearer, and he/she who doesn't bother to shop around and do his/her due diligence is that man's lawful prey.”

I mean, if you are able to make a purchase on ebay then you have access to the interweb, in which case you have access to a wealth of information (it isn't referred to as the 'information super-highway' for nothing) so there's no excuse to pay over the odds for something.

I do, however, agree that it is a rip-off but it takes two to tango. You could only rip me off if I foolishly allowed you to, unless you deliberately deceived me i.e. offer a packet of 500 seeds, knowing that no-one would ever count them, but only put 400 in the packet.

Would anyone like to buy a tomato plant? If so, I'll pop a seed costing....we don't have currency small enough, so let's call it nothing...into about 3p worth of compost. I'll then add the cost of a plastic pot, so that's another 10p, so....erm....you can have it for a fiver, delivered too at that price. Any takers?

Here's another "bargain" - a mushroom growing kit for 99p + p&p £3.89.
Mushroom growing kit grow your own veg fruit seeds plants garden | eBay
Maybe the packaging looks familiar? Yes, its the ones they sell in Poundland for, guess how much?

I don't hold out much hope for those plants now, let alone after 8 to 10 days awaiting delivery!

Not quite the same mark up, but aren't these the same as those available in a well known £shop?