terrible Dr. Chronic experience

[allrollsin21]

I ordered two packs of Mr. Nice Shark Shock seeds. I sowed them all. Have over twenty females and they are on day 39 of bloom. They stopped stretching a few days ago.

EVERY PLANT is a HEAVY SATIVA. They will need to go at least 90 days. The buds are tiny after about 40 days of flowering. Otherwise the plants are completely healthy.

Shark Shock is supposed to finish in about 55 days. I know that the Shock has a lot of sativa genetics in it, but also has Skunk. If i was mailed the correct seeds i am sure i would have had at least one that looks like all the Shark Shock advertisements.

THEY SENT ME THE WRONG SEEDS AND REFUSE TO MAKE THINGS RIGHT

told me that they cannot discuss such things because they only sell collectables. Also told me not to lose my head.

I spent over a month vegging them, well over a hundred dollars purchasing them, lots of top quality nutrients feeding them, and 1800 Watts growing them. I am a caregiver for three sick medical M patients.
They did not care to do anything other than give me a wise ass response.

Don't risk your money, they don't give a shit about their customers.

allrollsin21 Reviewed by allrollsin21 on 02-15-2009. terrible Dr. Chronic experience I ordered two packs of Mr. Nice Shark Shock seeds. I sowed them all. Have over twenty females and they are on day 39 of bloom. They stopped stretching a few days ago. EVERY PLANT is a HEAVY SATIVA. They will need to go at least 90 days. The buds are tiny after about 40 days of flowering. Otherwise the plants are completely healthy. Shark Shock is supposed to finish in about 55 days. I know that the Shock has a lot of sativa genetics in it, but also has Skunk. If i was mailed Rating: 5

[DieselRyderGrow]

"They did not care to do anything other than give me a wise ass response."

-The last time that you told this story you mentioned that Dr. Chronic had checked with the breeder and that they didn't have any recalls on their seeds. You also said that he offered to give you a free pack of feminised Great White Shark from Green House Seeds on your next order. It seems to me like he did more than give you a wise ass response.


"told me that they cannot discuss such things because they only sell collectables."

-It is absolutely true that he cannot discuss the germination of seeds.


Do you really think that he picked out some random sativa seeds and replaced your Shock Shark with those?

Instead of making multiple posts about your issue, why don't you try contacting the breeder directly. I am sure that they would love to know if Dr. Chronic is using their name to sell bunk seeds.

P.S. You failed to mention that you also ordered Dutch Passion's Power Plant and DNA's Purple Wreck. I assume that these were fine? So it's not like your entire order was screwed up, one strain that you ordered did not turn out like you expected. I would also go so far as to say that by the pictures you posted in a previous post, the plants look fine and don't look like "some 90 day sativa".

[allrollsin21]

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-The last time that you told this story you mentioned that Dr. Chronic had checked with the breeder and that they didn't have any recalls on their seeds. You also said that he offered to give you a free pack of feminised Great White Shark from Green House Seeds on your next order. It seems to me like he did more than give you a wise ass response.

-incorrect, I said, they responded referring to Green House Seeds and that they would have already told them if there was aproblem with their seeds. Yet my email to them never mentioned GHS. It was not their product. They did not pay enough attention to my concerned email to even know who bred the seeds i tried to purchase. Thanks anyway though.

"told me that they cannot discuss such things because they only sell collectables."

-It is absolutely true that he cannot discuss the germination of seeds. Well he did. He mentioned what i just typed above. That is 'discussing'.


Do you really think that he picked out some random sativa seeds and replaced your Shock Shark with those?
Not intentionally, but i do believe there was a mix-up, as do all others who have both read my post, and grown Shark Shock.

Instead of making multiple posts about your issue, why don't you try contacting the breeder directly. I am sure that they would love to know if Dr. Chronic is using their name to sell bunk seeds. Nobody is accusing anyone of this.

P.S. You failed to mention that you also ordered Dutch Passion's Power Plant and DNA's Purple Wreck. I assume that these were fine?
Why would you assume this? The P. Wreck have not been germed yet. The power plant are doing well.

So it's not like your entire order was screwed up, one strain that you ordered did not turn out like you expected.
Of the 3 packs of seeds i have germed, two of them are the wrong seeds. That's 2/3 of my order so far.

At best I would also go so far as to say that by the pictures you posted in a previous post, the plants look fine and don't look like "some 90 day sativa".

This last statement is ridiculous. Either you are a close associate of Dr. Chronic, know nothing about different types of Cannabis, or are A CLOSE ASSOCIATE OF DR. CHRONIC.
You have refuted everything i have written in both posts. You seem to be about as concerned with this situation as me. hmmm....

ps. i will continue to post pictures throughout the 90+ day growth period.
pps. they seem to have stopped stretching now, at day 40.

[DTRave420]

Sorry to hear you're having probs with your SharkShock grow...Sure would like to see pics...I've done biz with the doc many times and always got what I ordered...If I was you,I would've taken his GWS offer...I grew it out and it was awesome...

(pics)
GWS from Dr.Chronic

[DieselRyderGrow]

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He must be affiliated with Dr. Chronic too.

P.S. I didn't refute anything that you said the first time around. But when you got to the third thread about the same issue I started to speak up. I again suggest that you start contacting Mr. Nice about your seed 'mix up'. Dr. Chronic simply sends seeds directly from the breeder to you. He risks quite a bit to do that too.

[DieselRyderGrow]

"incorrect, I said, they responded referring to Green House Seeds and that they would have already told them if there was aproblem with their seeds. Yet my email to them never mentioned GHS. It was not their product. They did not pay enough attention to my concerned email to even know who bred the seeds i tried to purchase. Thanks anyway though."

-The guy is very hard to communicate with, but I think that that is because our languages are a little bit different (and he is most likely stoned out of his mind most of the time). I didn't keep any of my messages from him so I cannot cite examples. You are correct though, Shark-Shock does not come from Green House Seed. But again, I don't think that it was because he didn't pay close enough attention to your e-mail, I think that there are certain communication errors that come from talking to people in other countries.

"He mentioned what i just typed above. That is 'discussing'."

-Did he discuss the germination of seeds in the sentences above? I don't see anything regarding plant growth in the first couple of sentences. Are companies not allowed to recall messed-up souviners?

"Either you are a close associate of Dr. Chronic, know nothing about different types of Cannabis, or are A CLOSE ASSOCIATE OF DR. CHRONIC.
You have refuted everything i have written in both posts. You seem to be about as concerned with this situation as me. hmmm...."

-Obviously I deny this claim, but you are going to think what you want anyways. I do have more experience growing than you might think though, and I definately know quite a bit about the different 'types' of Cannabis.

"ps. i will continue to post pictures throughout the 90+ day growth period. pps. they seem to have stopped stretching now, at day 40."

-I would be very interested to see this if you could be honest about the time in the pictures. If you have access to a newspaper, it would be cool if you could hold up the date to the camera as well.


The reason that I defend Dr. Chronic is that I have had many many many good experiences with his seedbank. I want other people to be as happy with his service as I am. The problem is that a lot of people assume things that are simply not true. You accused him of sending you Haze seeds instead of the Shark-Shock, correct? There are a couple of problems with this statement and I would very much like to point them out to you.

1. You are claiming that you can identify the strain as Haze just by looking at it. The truth of the matter is that nobody can identify a strain by the way it looks. Anybody who claims to is denting their reputation.

2. You accused him of sending you Haze seeds instead of the Shark-Shock seeds that you ordered. When you say this to him, you are shooting down every possibility except for the one where he screwed up; not the best way to open up dialog with the man.


If you end up having a Sativa that takes over 13 weeks to flower than you could assume, and be almost 100% correct, that Dr. Chronic was not the one who screwed up. Look through every strain that he sells and count how many take 12+ weeks to flower. There might be one or two, but I doubt it (someone correct me if I am wrong here). So that really begs the question, where did he get ahold of the 12+ week flowering seeds to mix up with your Shark-Shock?


My goal here is not to just piss you off or call you a liar. I am sorry that you are having a bad experience with this strain, and I would like to see you resolve it. I do not believe that the issue lies with Dr. Chronic though.

[allrollsin21]

First off DTrave those plants are gorgeous. That is the type of plant i was assuming i was going to receive. I did not take him up on his offer because the first order was NOT fulfilled. Instead of working with me on the first order i was told to place ANOTHER order and he would send me FIVE seeds. Not replace the 36 incorrect seeds.

As for diesel's comments, how do you know it is a 'HE'? Sounds like some top secret knowledge. Woman can be Dr.'s as well.

I have actually had plenty of correspondence with them when i was ordering to know that they understand English just fine. I was told that "Greenhouse seeds would have notified them if there was a problem with seeds." Greenhouse? Who the hell is concerned with them?

Are companies not allowed to recall? Uh yeah. I think they give refunds when they sell faulty items, right? They dont say, sorry we cannot do anything for you. As for discussing germination, that is not necessary. I posted links to many pictures. No discussion necessary. An acknowledgment and refund is all i was looking for.

I think i will be continuing to post the pictures of my grow as i have been. I have a log on another forum and will update this thread as well. As far as newspapers are concerned, i believe the people on this forum will take me on my word. you believing me, i am less concerned with, but i am glad you are making sure i explain everything thoroughly and are keeping this thread alive.

Wow so you are familiar with every strain they sell? Intimate knowledge you have of HIS scene. I never said it was haze. I said it seemed hazey from what i have read, and i have NEVER grown haze. Never do i claim that it is HAZE. But thanks for attempting to discredit me. You are just so caring towards Dr. Chrons business.
I dont care if your goal is not to JUST piss me off...

The truth shall reveal it

"incorrect, I said, they responded referring to Green House Seeds and that they would have already told them if there was aproblem with their seeds. Yet my email to them never mentioned GHS. It was not their product. They did not pay enough attention to my concerned email to even know who bred the seeds i tried to purchase. Thanks anyway though."

-The guy is very hard to communicate with, but I think that that is because our languages are a little bit different (and he is most likely stoned out of his mind most of the time). I didn't keep any of my messages from him so I cannot cite examples. You are correct though, Shark-Shock does not come from Green House Seed. But again, I don't think that it was because he didn't pay close enough attention to your e-mail, I think that there are certain communication errors that come from talking to people in other countries.

"He mentioned what i just typed above. That is 'discussing'."

-Did he discuss the germination of seeds in the sentences above? I don't see anything regarding plant growth in the first couple of sentences. Are companies not allowed to recall messed-up souviners?

"Either you are a close associate of Dr. Chronic, know nothing about different types of Cannabis, or are A CLOSE ASSOCIATE OF DR. CHRONIC.
You have refuted everything i have written in both posts. You seem to be about as concerned with this situation as me. hmmm...."

-Obviously I deny this claim, but you are going to think what you want anyways. I do have more experience growing than you might think though, and I definately know quite a bit about the different 'types' of Cannabis.

"ps. i will continue to post pictures throughout the 90+ day growth period. pps. they seem to have stopped stretching now, at day 40."

-I would be very interested to see this if you could be honest about the time in the pictures. If you have access to a newspaper, it would be cool if you could hold up the date to the camera as well.


The reason that I defend Dr. Chronic is that I have had many many many good experiences with his seedbank. I want other people to be as happy with his service as I am. The problem is that a lot of people assume things that are simply not true. You accused him of sending you Haze seeds instead of the Shark-Shock, correct? There are a couple of problems with this statement and I would very much like to point them out to you.

1. You are claiming that you can identify the strain as Haze just by looking at it. The truth of the matter is that nobody can identify a strain by the way it looks. Anybody who claims to is denting their reputation.

2. You accused him of sending you Haze seeds instead of the Shark-Shock seeds that you ordered. When you say this to him, you are shooting down every possibility except for the one where he screwed up; not the best way to open up dialog with the man.


If you end up having a Sativa that takes over 13 weeks to flower than you could assume, and be almost 100% correct, that Dr. Chronic was not the one who screwed up. Look through every strain that he sells and count how many take 12+ weeks to flower. There might be one or two, but I doubt it (someone correct me if I am wrong here). So that really begs the question, where did he get ahold of the 12+ week flowering seeds to mix up with your Shark-Shock?


My goal here is not to just piss you off or call you a liar. I am sorry that you are having a bad experience with this strain, and I would like to see you resolve it. I do not believe that the issue lies with Dr. Chronic though.

[DieselRyderGrow]

"Not replace the 36 incorrect seeds."

-Out of two fifteen packs, where on earth did you come up with thirty six?

"That is the type of plant i was assuming i was going to receive."

-That is actually the exact plant you should have received. Great White Shark is the exact same plant as Shark Shock.


"As for diesel's comments, how do you know it is a 'HE'? Sounds like some top secret knowledge. Woman can be Dr.'s as well."

-I am being politically incorrect. Not sure if it is a male or a female. I would be willing to bet my left testicle (I could be a girl too, see what I just did there) that it is a guy though.


"Are companies not allowed to recall? Uh yeah. I think they give refunds when they sell faulty items, right? They dont say, sorry we cannot do anything for you."

-He said that there was no recall. No recall; no refund. Although I do give you credit that he could have been checking with the wrong company.


"Wow so you are familiar with every strain they sell? Intimate knowledge you have of HIS scene."

-Absolutely not, which is why I asked someone to correct me if I was wrong. I do know that there are some almost 100% sativa strains that mature in under ten weeks. Any Sativa strain that took longer than twelve weeks to mature wouldn't sell worth a damn so I am assuming that there are no commercial strains that take longer than twelve weeks to mature.


"I never said it was haze. I said it seemed hazey from what i have read, and i have NEVER grown haze. Never do i claim that it is HAZE."

-When you posted your complaint the first time you said the following: "This is the response i was given after they sent me Haze seeds instead of the Shark Shock I ordered." You even capitolized the H in Haze. The link can be found here: http://boards.cannabis.com/basic-gro...ood-bad-7.html


If I worked for the guy I would jump right on this fourm and openly refund your seeds. The publicity that that would produce would more than pay for any loss I would incur. Unfortunately that is not the case.

I am sorry that you got jipped by someone. I again say that you should e-mail Mr. Nice Seeds because they would be more than happy to know if Dr. Chronic is tarnishing their good name.

Please answer me the following question though. If it happens to be a thirteen week sativa, where on earth would he get ahold of such seeds in the first place?


"You are just so caring towards Dr. Chrons business."

-Notice that I said nothing negative towards you after you posted about your problem the first time. The third time though, yeah, I am going to start saying something. That way when someone starts doing research on seed banks they won't see a whole bunch of bad stuff about Dr. Chronic all coming from a single person; and if they do they will see my bad stuff about your bad stuff and possibly take that into consideration.

[FourTwenty4Life]

Look, Dr C works for some people and doesn't work for others. Obviously USA customers will have the most problems. If you look at greenmans seed bank rating that is so famous, it says Dr C only ships to certain countries AND he doesn't have a good rating but has been around a long time due to tons of non US customers(yes i know some US people have still gotten their seeds). Dr C should try more stealthy ways and would have 0 problems. I say...who cares, everyone just pack it up and inhale..:hippy::jointsmile:

[DieselRyderGrow]

I 100% feel for this guy as he got some crappy strain and lost a lot of money due to a mix-up somewhere. I simply don't think that Dr. Chronic is to blame for this one.

Edit: Assuming that the strain ends up taking thirteen weeks to finish flowering.