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Comments (21)Hope everyone is having good luck with their J&P's....I have been a J&P customer for over 20 years and have never had a problem with their roses or service--until this year...I even used to grow Test Roses every year (back when it was free in the 1980's)for these folks.... Having moved to a new residence in a rural area, I am starting over with a blank canvas....I decided to plant a few of my old tried, but true favorites like Our Lady Of Quadalupe, Black Magic, Outrageous, and ordered a few of the new roses...I have mixed reviews on all of it.... I ordered my roses way back in February and due to poor planning, management or whatever they are doing at the "new" J&P, I just plopped my final rose into the ground about 2 weeks ago (early June)...Like many of you, they could never tell me when I was going to get my roses or provide Tracking info...and, the roses always came later rather than sooner...In the old days, most, if not all, of my roses would have arrived together in one or two boxes...now, they come sporadically, not when you expect them, and some are less than expected compared to what J&P used to ship out....not liking the new J&P too much...I was sent 2 roses (New Generation roses) that were only 4 inches tall....a couple others had canes that had cuts, gashes, peeling on them....another was a tree form instead of the shrub form I had ordered...a couple had cane dieback already which, after pruning, resulted in only 2 healthy canes.....some of the roots were covered in mold when they arrived....some canes were completely broken but still attached to the bush...one had a gaping hole at the graft site....the list goes on......*sigh*.....Living in the country, my options for roses and variety are severely limited unless I want to plant Lowe's offerings (which were not being taken care of properly and were already exhibiting Blackspot, Mildew and some Rust)...I opted for mail order from J&P since I've had good luck in the past... When I called about all the problems I was having, I was told by the "new" people that I should go ahead and plant what I had and to report any problems within 30 days....apparently, the guarantee has shrunk...lol...in all fairness, though, they did send me out a replacement for the rose tree that was supposed to have been a bush and they replaced one of the 4 inch bushes with another bush...I have to laugh though....the replacement was not much better...it was about 6 or 7 inches tall leafed out...and, by the way, my "free due to error" tree rose is puny, puny, puny...60 days after planting, still hasn't set buds and is barely larger than a softball...With 3 more roses still out on the table and waiting, I decided to call and cancel those last 3 because they still were not showing as shipped early June....too hot, humid and brutal to try to plant any later than Memorial Day here...I had to fight with the Rep to get the order cancelled even though their transition of ownership and computer system had already occurred the week before...I just flat out refused to pay if the roses arrived anyway and warned the Rep that I would Refuse Shipment if she doesn't cancel the order....after a few back and forth comments, she finally found a way to cancel the 3 roses... Anyway, report any problems ASAP or I suspect you will have a battle on your hands....As of this writing, I have one rose that is questionable on thriving...it's just sitting there, green but not growing in height, yet the rose of the same variety and next to it is gaining height and blooming just fine....two others are still so small in statue that I wonder if they will make it through the winter....one seems to be finally awakening and leafing out after 2 months of just sitting there naked....90 degree heat helps I guess....All roses have been fed and watered as I have done for the last 20 years, but it just seems that everything I received this time from J&P was much, much smaller, less hardy, and maybe even a little sickly....it appears the folks who harvest the bushes are not careful at all...Very disappointed and will be looking for a more reliable mail order supplier for my purchases next year.....It's a shame because J&P really used to have great roses, variety, and customer service.....Not now! Good luck!...See MoreYou Know You're Remodeling When.... - A Classic
Comments (18)This is a great thread. We're not remodeling but building a new house, and man, can I relate to a lot of these. ...you know every lighting fixture, faucet, sink, appliance by memory because you have endlessly researched each one. you freak out your own GC because you can discuss minute details about your house/kitchen from memory down to the 1/8". you have more e-mails from your GC/subs than you do from your friends. you wake up in the middle of the night in a cold sweat about some critical detail and then go downstairs to e-mail your GC about it right at the moment before you forget....See MoreOT: moving, disposing of, and guilt.
Comments (52)I don't have any advice, but just wanted to say, I feel your pain! I can totally relate to what you are saying. We have a very hard time throwing things out too. And not because we pat ourselves on the back either, it is because we just can't! Sometimes I am jealous of those that can. I don't mean something like hoarding...I mean changing something out because we are tired of the old. We have two behemoth tube-style televisions. We do not watch much tv so we will never wear these stupid things out. One of them my DH won in a raffle with a $3 ticket before we were married. They are so annoying, but I just can not, even with great sales and deals, go buy a new one just because I don't like the old ones. None of our furniture (which most of it is previously used) "matches" but apparently it is going to last forever, so I will forever have mismatching furniture. That is the kind of stuff I can't get rid of. I try not to bring too much other clutter into the house, knowing I have a hard time throwing things in the garbage. I even cringe when I have to throw broken toys away, not because I think they aren't garbage, I just think of the space in the landfill a worthless broken toy is going to take and it seems so wasteful. Over the years we have really become way more selective in what the kids can bring into the house too, because of my dislike for things that break easily and have to be thrown out. Dedtired, where do you get stuff that you can put in paint cans to dry them up? Now THOSE I would love to get rid of!...See MoreUpdate from me....also
Comments (23)I am sure my husband probably wished I just bought shoes. I am wearing a pair of sneakers from the thrift shop, that cost $3.99, and my horse, Val, is wearing (or will be again as soon as I can get the farrier out) a set that costs $175. And he gets new shoes every 6 weeks. I get "new" ones when I completely wear out my old ones, and back to the thrift shop I go for them. I am not complaining. My shoes aren't important to me....although, I am wearing some pretty high dollar shoes, but I wouldn't pay that much for them new. I am happy that I can put shoes on Val. My horses mean everything to me....See Moresunnyca_gw
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