GOOD sellers (reasonable policies, responsive, quick, good looking seed), but not yet planted
Australiana Plants & Seed aka deminimus
ecoseeds - terrific seller
flowerangel0607
Jimlsr's Seed Shack aka jimlsr
plantaholics
salvia49 or salvia350
Stacy's Seeds and S'more aka stardrifting
La Tulipe Blanche aka tulipe_blanche
buriedtreasuresnursery - great people

AVOID
exoticflowerseeds4u - refuses to combine shipping - a $1 packet of seeds is $2 to ship. Policy is to combine shipping for wins that are within 2 days - and gee, the postings are 3 days apart. SCAM

The plumeria forums also list buyers to embrace or avoid.

Note: Although I live in CA, which has legal restrictions on sending plant materials, I've never had a problem receiving bare root (mostly bulbs) or seed from these sellers, including several in Oz.

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heirloomvegetables and seedstation sent seeds very quickly and packaged very well; good labelling.

Katz Kuntry Kuttins (I hate that name) was slower - in fact I ordered them the same day as seedstation's (from the UK) and they arrived a week later. But they were fine.

she may have been good for you, but not for me. Didn't answer emails, and none of the seeds ever grew for me.

I bought both tomato and pepper seeds (40 varieties of each) from threebunnys last spring for the 2007 growing season. Each variety of seed came labelled in their own small ziplock bag. Very pleased with quality of seed - germination rate was very high. As it turned out, acurracy of seed identification was perfect. In other words, the seed turned into the plant identified on the label. That's always nice lol! I came across this photo I took last September, showing the days harvest of some of the peppers.

If I need pepper and/or tomato seeds in the future, I would certainly purchase from threebunnys again. Thumbs UP.

Penny

There are some excellent vendors on Ebay that collect their own seed. This includes:

impower56
onaleei
mapundungu
tasteeclectic

And the shipping can be so high. We all know what it costs to send a bubble envelope and some of the Ebay sellers charge too much in my opinion for a few seeds - $2.95 or higher and sometimes they don't even send a bubble envelope. I've gotten crushed seeds when they didn't. Some of them are posters here and should know better!

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Wendy

Some ebay sellers I've had good luck with:

calseeds
janie2011
merlesgardencenter1
purpleorchid51
salvia350
seedsandmore
tony3446

I am glad I tripped across this post. Now I'm going to have to check out some of the other sellers that are recommended here.

Thanks....Heather

Some may be resellers, some are probably harvesters because of the small inventory. We'll see how the growing goes--I ordered vegies, herbs and flowers.

I am an Ebay seller, though a small one. I buy my seeds from a few trusted sources who have never let me down yet. They are mostly 'mom and pop' enterprises from way back. They have helped me with the best seeds to sell and plant, and have consistently delivered seeds with first rate germination.

I do not always sell all of my stock in one year, so I germination test the seeds myself before listing them again the following year. If the germination is less than 70% I plant them in my own acreage.

The seeds are kept in the basement at a pretty constant low temp. The basement is dark and as I live in Idaho it is also dry, perfect for seed storage.

We are growing our own seed but it takes time. We are also transitioning to organic production.

Selling seeds online (selling anywhere) is not easy! I always give the customers full refunds, polite responses, and bend over backwards to accomodate.

Sometimes things go wrong, and it is then that the voice is heard the loudest. For example on Ebay I sell about 20 packets of seed for one feedback, and on Amazon it is about 300 packets of seeds for 1 feedback. The sad thing is for those 300 good sales the one bad sale will leave negative feedback.

With all the charges there is little profit in it, barely enough to make a basic wage but I love what I do so I continue on in the face of constant challenges.

I bought a few packs of well known brand seeds from the store the other day, 50% more exspensive, dissapointed with the quality of seeds (there were dead ones and broken ones to bulk the weight out), and half the weight of what I sell...

Not all of us are vagabonds! but I think my days on Ebay are numbered with the new price changes. It looks like we will go local with organic seeds, and also sell the produce we grow ourselves locally. The big internet world is getting way too greedy. Small and local is the way to go. At least you can pop down the road and have it out 'face to face'...

Happy Planting!

jlatchu