Dr Chronic vs Seed Boutique

[unclebob]

This is just one expeirence and I do not suggest making decisions based on one experience. Anyway, here is cousin's experience this year:

1. Seed Boutique - order placed on 3/1. Sent money order the same day. Waited two weeks and order still says awaiting payment. Sent e-mail inquiry and zero response other than auto response. Waited another week or so and sent another inquiry. No response. Cuz would have had the same result if he had placed his order and sent his check to Santa at the north pole.

2. Dr Chronic - Sent order arounf 3/10. Sent money order the same day. Approx 6-7 days later got an e-mail saying "shipped today" 6-7 days later cuz recieved all. None missing, none damaged, no problem.

Peace.

bob

unclebob Reviewed by unclebob on 04-02-2007. Dr Chronic vs Seed Boutique This is just one expeirence and I do not suggest making decisions based on one experience. Anyway, here is cousin's experience this year: 1. Seed Boutique - order placed on 3/1. Sent money order the same day. Waited two weeks and order still says awaiting payment. Sent e-mail inquiry and zero response other than auto response. Waited another week or so and sent another inquiry. No response. Cuz would have had the same result if he had placed his order and sent his check to Santa at the Rating: 5

[Megatron]

I have been ordering from SB since before they were SB and gypsy called it seeds direct. I have always had good orders from them, and once they even gave me a 20% discount and 10 free seeds of breeder steve sk#1. I plan on ordering some seeds from dr.chronic soon just to test out the qualify of his genetic stock. Some times a seed co can have the best genetics, but if they dont store them properly, there mailing out duds. laterz..

[stinkyattic]

Seed Boutique has an online orderform - if you place the order online AND print out the order form to send you money in with (which has the order number on it) you shouldn't have any problems with SB either..

This is what I have done. Print order form, send US cash, no problems. I think 3 orders from SB proper and 2 from their auction site seedbay. All 5 arrived complete within 3 weeks of order placement, a couple in just 10 days. I consider it a solid site.

[gg5]

I have ordered from both and both have come through for me. The person talking about germination above posted some good info, but sometimes it is out of the growers hands. If you get some bad beans, there isn't a whole lot you can do about it. I ordered some kc's from the doc (cali orange) not a single one of them sprouted, but the other pacs all sprouted fine and they were all germed at the same time. Another time I won an auction from the doc, and sent the money but apparently someone in customs opened the letter and took out the funds, but the doc did send me back my letter and explained to me that this is what it looked like when he recieved it. I won't use doc anymore after those two situations. I realize that sometimes things are out of a persons control and give the doc the benefit of the doubt, but I took my business to SB and I am currently a pretty happy camper.

[dboy]

Agreed. The good Doc Chronic has always done fine by me. No reason to deviate from present course.

Dboy

[c of green]

tryed both....got both.i question the docs stealth

[nitepharmer]

keep us posted on seed boutique, if they screwed you, I won't use them again
thanks

[unclebob]

Hey nitepharmer,

I gave up on SB. It was only a fairly small order, and it's not worth my time to try and chase them down. I probably won't order from them again though, just because I don't like the fact that they don't even read or respond to inquiries about pending orders. I am not saying they screwed me. Perhaps the check never got to them, I don't know. They could have taken 1 minute to reply and say "I am sorry but we did not get your money order, please complete a lost / stolen form to the issuing company" If they had taken that 1 minute, I would have re-placed the order and sent them another check. Instead, I just placed a second order with Doc Chronic. I am glad I split the original order between the two though. I am not crazy over the way the Doc packs them either, without going into detail here, I guess you know what I mean. From all I have heard many, many times, people have been happy and have recieved what they ordered. Its just a little different. At least he is upfront about it. If you look at his site he explains his packing and shipping methods so you know what to expect. I think he is on the level with it. We will see what the fall brings cause most of 07 is going to be from his stuff.

bob

[nitepharmer]

If you got that ice from female seeds, and you bust ass prepping your sites like I know you do, you are going to be one happy customer come fall. I learned from you too, sites of fifteen BIG plants are just too intense come harvest time, this year I'm cutting way back in the amount per site department. Five or under is a misdomeanor, in my state at least.

[Markass]

tryed both....got both.i question the docs stealth

"I WANT A SIGNATURE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!SOMEONE SAY SOMETHING COOL SO I CAN USE IT AS MY SIG!!!!!!!!!!DO IT NOW!!!!!!
DAMN I AM BORED" lol, we have this chick that works with us...Her first name is Lesby and her middle name is Ann...Lesby-Ann. What a name, huh?