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« on: April 18, 2023, 10:20:53 AM »
I had people reach out to me after posting saying they had received similar unviable product and were faced with aggression when bringing it up. I didnt need to bad mouth you, I just shared screenshots of the conversation to my friends to try and understand if I was in the wrong in some way. If that's something you want to post, then by all means. I haven't said or done anything that would reflect poorly on me.
You would expect someone would package seeds properly in order to survive transit for at least a week, which I was well within when going to sow my seeds. I have not had this problem with other vendors.
Your interpretation of the situation seems to have changed from the time we were on the trip to after the trip. I'm not here to try and analyze what reality you have concocted and are living in, but I know what we talked about and what I was told (which somehow is completely different to your memory). I also know how you responded to me after being ignored two times and then after a third time being more firm with my message but not unreasonable (I literally didn't ask for anything and in my original ignored messages said it wasn't a problem but I wanted to let you know). AFAIK I'm the only one who paid to have the seeds cleaned as Diego asked me to pay and I gladly did. Was I not there when we collected seeds from the wild, when our guides harvested fruit for us, when I picked up fruit off the ground and put into a communal bag?
After your first aggression filled message you said, "Thanks for making my day". Which was something that I heard you say multiple times when dealing with your seed drama on the trip. It kind of clicked that you seem to like to create conflict and stir things up. After hearing from other customers that you have given them the same treatment, it only makes me feel glad that I spoke up. I feel as if people too often are afraid of speaking out against poor service and treatment due to fear of retribution or community ousting, yet they are likely joined by a number of others who have similar experiences.
You were very generous during the trip, yet when you got back and sent the seeds 3 weeks after you said you would. There seemed to be a shift and I was caught off guard saying that I didn't pay for a number of things you freely and generously offered. I can't read minds and if it was a problem, like I said, it is something we probably could have talked about and gotten to the bottom of amicably.
Don't know what to tell you Joe, but when you treat people poorly you should probably expect they are going to talk about it. Hope you are well and can find clarity.
Agreed Rob, but usually when I bring up viability issues it's usually a polite conversation...which is exactly the opposite of my experience with Joe. Even after establishing what I thought was a friendship.
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