Hello Friends,
I am not sure if some of you Remember, but I was going to put together a goup order like this about a year ago. They had the Myrica Rubra, Maha Chanok Mango tree, No Mai Tze Lychee, and various other cultivars that are largely unavailable in the US.
However, there were many Red Flags that resulted in me canceling the order. The biggest being that the only method of payment he would accept was Western Union. He claimed to be the biggest exporter of Fruit trees in his region to the rest of the World, and on the other hand said that his business didn't accept Credit Card payment, nor Paypal. I obviously thouht this to be pretty wierd that for a business of that size, or at least what he claimed it to be, not to accept Credit Card payment was pretty hard to believe.
He also began with something like a 500 tree minimum order, and some other exorbitant import Fee. When I told him I couldn't buy 500 trees, nor pay the ridiculously high import fee, we parted ways. Then he miraculously got back to me, and told me that because of some new trade agreement, the import fee was no longer required, and that there was only a 100 tree minimum order. I thanked him for the information and told him that 100 trees was still too many and that I wasn't interested. Again, we parted ways. Shortly thereafter he got back to me and told me that he now had a new minimum order. He said that he would ship to me with a $250 minimum order.
After that discussion, I thought $250 would be doable with a Group order. So, I proceeded to speak with the Forum folk to see who was interested. During this time, he became very impatient and very insistent that I send the money right away and would accept payment via Western Union. Again, I found it hard to believe that a business his size, or what he claimed it was, did not use Credit Cards, and only accepted payment via Western Union. I mean come on, he claimed to ship 1000's of trees all over the world and was one of the biggest suppliers around. So the fact that he was really sweating me over a measly $250 also seemed strange for a business that was supposedly so big. Also, there is that thing about bringing trees into California, so even if he was legit, that was no guarantee that they wouldn't be seized at Customs
All of these were Red Flags for me and a bit too big of a risk with other peoples' money so I decided not to move forward. Hopefully, the group that has ordered from Jason Nursery has good luck and will receive the trees. That would be so Great! I just thought I would share my experience I had dealing with this Nursery.
Jacob