Re: [APD] Plants from US to Canada update

["Louis Lin" <lhclin at tickquest_com>]

Wow.  I always thought it is virtually impossible due to custom
regulation.

Pete, do you mind sharing with us which mail order company
did you order from and how much does you shipment cost?

It sounds like something worth doing in spring.

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Louis Lin
TickQuest Inc    www.tickquest.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pete" <peteal at sympatico_ca>
To: <Aquatic-Plants at actwin_com>
Sent: Friday, January 16, 2004 11:36 PM
Subject: [APD] Plants from US to Canada update


> Hello, posted a little while ago about getting mail order plants from the
US
> to Canada and the problems I had with delays and insurance (or the lack
of).
> Well things turned out better than I thought.  The plants did take 5
> workdays to come, so with Jan 1st being a holiday that meant 7 days travel
> (Mon shipping, Mon received) due to the weekend.  Due to the excellent
> packing and warm weather (why I ordered for that week) 90% of the plants
> survived, pale but alive ;).  After talking with the company they
explained
> why plants can't be insured for cross boarder orders and said that they
will
> be changing their website to make that more clear (I was freaking out for
a
> while when I thought the whole shipment was lost).  They did offer to ship
> replacement plants at their cost (plant cost and shipping cost) which was
> great.
> The replacement shipment also took 5 days.  So ordering from the US seems
a
> viable option but I would make sure that the order is shipped on a Monday
> only, and that it's a week of warmish weather coming up.  The plants do
tend
> to get cold from that last trip from the truck to your door when any
> included heatpack has run out but handle the extended darkness, little
> water, pretty well.
>
> So I got my big batch of new plants I've never tried before as the local
> shops never had them ;)  Finally got some Riccia growing on driftwood (man
> does that stuff pearl)!
>
> Cheers
> Pete.
>
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