I too have been getting LOTS of e mails but if I don't recognize the e mail I just delete it without having a look. Generally I have had less than nice GW trade experiences.

The *very* nice people in the carnivorous plants forum are OUTSTANDING with the things they trade! All beautiful, healthy and very cool kinds of plants.

Two very nice and generous people in the Tropical and Brommie forums have fantastic plants and give far more than what would be normally considered as a trade. More gift giving! :-)

Other people ....... I have sent plants o' plenty to several people and although they did e mail me a thank you and how great my plants were and promised me seeds and or plants they had promised .... YEARS later I am still waiting. (Not really) but they did promise many times and there was always some excuse for the delay.

I sent someone many very nice orchids, some were even either in spike or bloom, and in return I go a banana plant that was severely damaged admittedly by the sender due to poor technique in digging the pup. It wasn't even the kind of banana I had been promised! :-(

I do have lots of plants but have severely limited the people to whom I will send them. I'm not even doing the planty trade thing any more. Just sharing some interesting plants with people who I consider friends.

I think other people have had less than great trades too but there are very nice and honest people out there. Sometimes ya just gotta get lucky.

Hope you find someone who is honest and you get nice healthy plants from your next trade!

C3D