Re: [APD] Re: Buying mail order plants in Canada

["JAMES PURCHASE" <jppurchase at rogers_com>]

I'd advise extreme caution when dealing with Ottawa Aquatics. The owner, 
Robert Morrison, chased me all over the web for weeks in order to get me to 
order Dupla products from him. On April 28, 2005, I sent him a money order 
for $ 307.02 to cover the cost of what I wanted.to buy.

Once he had my money, he fell silent.

He doesn't have stock on hand - he accumulates orders and when he has enough 
(I never figured out the definition of "enough"), he places the order. I 
don't know if he orders from Germany or from somewhere in the US.

He lists himself as a source for Dupla, Hobby, and Aqua Medic and the prices 
he quotes (in Canadian dollars) are VERY attractive - IF he every actually 
SHIPS what you order from him. For the past 2 weeks, I have sent him daily 
e-mail messages asking what is going on with my order. I have yet to hear 
back from him. I don't know if he is on vacation or maybe he is in hospital 
but as a businessman, he should have SOME way to communicate with customers.

There may very well be a legitimate reason for this delay. Then again, he 
may be just another con man. The jury is still out on that.

IF and WHEN I receive what I ordered, I'll post here on the APD. But until I 
have the products in hand, I'd advise anyone to be very careful about 
placing an order with Ottawa Aquatics, especially as he doesn't accept 
credit cards. An order placed using a credit card can always be disputed 
with the credit card company.

James Purchase
Toronto



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "William Lynn" <wlynn at telus_net>
To: <aquatic-plants at actwin_com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2005 7:54 PM
Subject: [APD] Re: Buying mail order plants in Canada


> I personally have not tried this place yet....they do not take credit 
> cards(money orders, etc)
>
> http://www.ottawaaquatics.com/cat18_1.htm
>
> Hey they sell Dupla products....(get your wallets out)...
>
> Bill
>
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