Yeah, they sometimes send old seeds but I would say out of the 5 or 6 times I have ordered from them, only a few times have I had low germination. I will say though that it is frustrating when you buy $20 worth of seeds just to have none of them sprout, but that has only happened to me a few times, as unfortunate as that is. The guajilote actually sprouted nicely for me though. Any seed that said 'new' or 'plant asap' has had good germination in my experience has been decent.