eBay My World: kaowinston( 1063)

I am a part time school teacher who considers growing and selling plants as a hobby. Although I have a profound interest in succulents, I also love exotic tropical plants. My favourite plants are pereskias. My other important hobby is travelling.

pereskias, baobabs, jathropas, opuntias, adeniums, pachypodiums, uncarinas, aloes, cacti, euphorbias, caudiciforms, agaves, hoodias, hoyas, olive trees and tropical plants.

rare pereskias, caudiciforms, seeds, cacti, adeniums and tropical plants.

Cacti and succulents, art books, travel literature.

English

Very interesting year so far. Visited Morocco, Mexico, and Japan for the first time, and thoroughly enjoyed myself. Also visited New York, and Los Angeles. Exceptional Gardens: Huntington BG, and The Los Angeles Arboretum in California. Kyoto BG in Japan. Mexico City University BG, New York BG in New York. In Europe: Kew Gardens in London. Hortus BG in Amsterdam. Nice BG in south of France. Parc Phoenix in Nice. Pallanca Garden in Bordighera, in Italy. Just returned from visiting Trinidad, and Florida. And naturally, I spent a lot of time visiting gardens with interesting plants.

Although I registered with Ebay in 2001, I did not actually start selling till more than two years later. Generally, I grow my plants from seeds, and also propagate via cuttings from my own specimen plants. I also buy a few, mainly when I am visiting abroad.

Would prefer most sellers to us the Paypal system, but would accept cheques or postal orders in the UK. For foreign orders, Paypal is the accepted form of payment.

Delivery in four days is the norm for all customers. Of course, all this still depends on the effectiveness of the Post Office. Depending on where you live, some customers get their package in one day, since I do not charge extra for quick delivery. Generally, you will pay the cost of the stamp in keeping with the recommendations of Ebay. Will not post in the UK on Friday and Saturday, in order to avoid packages getting stuck in the mail over the weekend.

Generally, I do not accept returns. But that does not mean you cannot complain. I always send a note to my customers that state very clearly if there is a problem, please let me know. In extreme cases, I will gladly refund payment for damaged or lost goods, or if I am found lacking.

I expect customers to use the Ebay letters system to contact me.

In the last eigthteen months, I have developed a great interest in Agaves. I am currently growing loads of them hoping customers also be interested. Before now, I aways deem them too large to bother, but nnow I realise there are quite a lot of agaves of reasonable size. The variegated ones truly fascinate me, and I am trying to grow as many variations as is possible. Keep a look out on the auction block.

Will be away visiting the US till APRIL 21. Expect almost no auctions during most of this period. Will start early auction posting by APRIL 15. Regards, Winston.