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I bought some product from Central florida farms. It gave a statment that it woudl take 3 to 5 weeks.
In the end I received the product and commmunicated with the owners.I am neutral on them as a buisness, they in the end fulfilled the tranfer of product and had legitimate excuse as for the time span going over, and are honest people.
Thank you,
On Mar 2, 2009, jimmy2 live oak, TX (Zone 9a) wrote:
i orderd from this company,email them first if they had the items, they email back yes, the plants arrive sm,ok,even gave a free extra, the delivery was a little slow, but recieved ,hopefully better change for the future,
Scam artists. I find Angels's rebuttal to be beyond bold! My order never arrived, I have left many phone messages and emails, now their paypal accounts have been closed. I did find an address for them but an arial view reveals that it is not a nursery, just a small building, no plants to be found.
On September 15th, 2008, leahrenee1 changed the rating from negative to neutral and added the following:
*Update, 8 weeks after my order was made it arrived at my house. David wrote me a letter explaining his actions and asking me not to blame his wife, along with a discount offer if I ordered more plants. They were healthy plants but I think I there were way too many excuses.
I was just getting ready to find out what happened to my order when it arrived today, with two extra plants for the delay. These are my first bananna plants, I will update as the season goes on. If it weren't for their great website and obvious love of the plants, I'd be ticked off with the delay and no communication, but I'm feeling optimistic ;)
On Jun 17, 2007, racerjeff Seattle United States wrote:
ordered from dave a few years ago, and my banana plant arrived fine. a friend ordered recently, and his never showed up. i guess the company's having some problems. i'd wait to order from them until they either fix their issues or refund peoples money.
I ordered two banana trees from CFF and the paypal account cleared May 17, 2007. CFF's site says to allow 7-10 business days for the order to arrive.
As I had not received anything by June 6, I e-mailed "info@centralfloridafarms.com" asking for an update on my order status and got an automated reply which essentially promised a personal response, which had not materialized by June 16th. So, today, the 17th, I sent a second request, along with a message to "paypal@centralfloridafarms.com" outlining the above as well as giving my paypal receipt number. However, that e-mail bounced, which prompted me to Google the company, and that is how I found this site, which, upon reading the reviews, made me a little more concerned to say the least.
I rated CFF "Neutral" here because in my mind there may well be a reasonable explanation for the delay and I am not yet ready to denounce the owner(s) or the company. I represent many small businesses in my practice and can understand the many problems that can come up that can cause delays. I am willing to give CFF more time to either deliver the banana trees, or otherwise refund my money.
However, if after allowing a reasonable time to pass I still hear nothing, I will have to assume that CFF is a fraudulent operation and will proceed accordingly, and I will make every effort to recover my paypal payment as well as my fees and costs.
Ted A. Avellone, Esq.
Tallahassee, Fla.
(850) 519-0785
Florida Bar No.: 0093106
On September 10th, 2007, oblofusc added the following:
Follow up--
I did finally receive my banana plants order and also received an apology for the delay. They came via overnight mail and were professionally prepared for shipping. I am very pleased.
As far as I can tell this outfit is not a scam, but is probably just a small business run by one or two people who are very busy and are probably a lot better at growing things than managing the books and orders.
I do note that the site, which by the way is a great and informational site, now indicates that no new orders are currently being taken. At least there appears to be an acknowledgment of a need to get caught up etc. I hope they get up and running soon as I want to get some more banana plants. On September 30th, 2008, oblofusc added the following:
Update--September 2008: As my post above indicates I did receive my banana plants order last summer. One of the varieties I ordered was a Ladyfinger. Well, the "Ladyfinger" is just now fruiting--except that it is clearly not a "Ladyfinger" variety but a "Praying Hands" variety, which has an unmistakable "fused fruit" characteristic. Not what I ordered or wanted! Arrrrrgh! To their credit, the Red Iholene does appear to be a Red Iholene, and the Dwarf Cavendish and Kru Sunset look right too, but I have no idea if the "Misi Luki" is really a Misi Luki, or if the "Ice Cream" is really an Ice Cream. I suppose if the fruit tastes good, I won't complain.
I had really hoped they had straightened everything out by now, unfortunately in looking at the posts it doesn't look that way. It's a shame, their web site is fantastic.
If they are truly good hearted people who want to make a go of this business, my recommendation would be to scrap the PayPal payment mode and go to a personal-checks-only payment system.
Will I ever order anything again? After my experiences, and in looking at the posts here tonight, I don't think so. There are other places that sell banana plants.
