So, my Dr Seeds journey started like this:
Mar-18-2019
Just tried to send this through your "Contact Us form" and got an error, saying try again later, Grrrr...
Hi Rebecca,
I just came back to the site after 2 days, ready to purchase and I don't see the 3for2 offer on the front page, is it over?
FYI, I found you in Maximum Yield magazine, that I got for free from my local grow shop, Yield of Dreams, in Newmarket.
Besides that, I wanted to contact you about my new grow operation. I am keeping a grow journal on 420Magazine.com. Currently growing from known and unknown bagseeds. One of my goals is to keep purchases as Canadian as possible going forward, I understand you are a wholly Canadian operation? In line with your Free Tin offer, I would like to go further and use your seeds exclusively. I find your selection to be incredible, especially for the price! I spent the 2 days looking and I found you are the best value in Canada. So, I thought, why not showcase what can be had with your product. I'm reviving my YouTube channel, "HighTechRasta" and wanted to ask what you could provide in stickers, banners, posters for my grow room background. T-Shirts?(with purchase of course) I haven't started on YouTube yet, just has an old intro video, but could make a good startup with your product as a showcase.
Have a look at my grow journal to see what I'm about,
Grow Space: 4x3x6 2in1 Tent Lights: 1000w China LED, 2x 100w China LED Medium: COCO in Fabric Pots Watering: Hand Feed Strain: Bruce Banner, 5yr Bagseed, 10yr Bagseed Nutes: Advanced Nutrients 3 part Welcome all! Happy to be here sharing my first grow in 25yrs. Although I'm licensed for 25...
www.420magazine.com
Look forward to hearing from you, hope we can build something going forward...
Regards,
Keith
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I get this in return...
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Mar-18-2019
Hi Keith,
We can give you free seeds if you are promoting us. Need your address to send seeds to, which strain you want to feature, and where you plan to mention us.
Thanks,
R
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Wow, did they not read my whole email or what,
I'm sure I clearly stated where I was going to mention them
and that I was going to promote them and where
Like, what in the actual F, was that a bot?
You'll notice, my initial email was to purchase and promote, was not looking for any handout.
At this point I also did not know they were a sponsor here, I found that out after when I checked
the sponsor thread before posting about them in my journal. But seeing them there made me
even more confused as to how they didn't notice my 420magazine mentions in my initial email!
I'm laying this all out because I want to be understood fully...
So, now I ignore the free seed offer and place my legit order first on Mar-19.
Then I get this...
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Mar-20
Hi Keith,
We expect to receive backorders tomorrow (Thurs. March 21). Your order will be completed and ship out Thursday evening or Friday.
Thank you for your patience,
Rebecca
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I respond with...
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Mar-20
Does that mean the whole order was held back because of the 1 backorder? Why did I get a shipment notification on Tuesday? If it was held back due to a backorder, please confirm, and I will never make that mistake again.
Regards,
Keith
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This comes back...
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Mar-21
Because we generated the shipping label on Tuesday. The entire order ships today.
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Then I send this...
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Mar-21
This first interaction is not off to a good start.
First I send you a detailed email about me, asking for your support in showcasing your products. You respond with 2 sentences offering free seeds. I did not take the offer and purchased my first order. I paid a little extra for express post even. At the end of the order I see the backorder notice, so I go back to the site and now see the small line that says stock/backorder. But, I thought that's ok, I paid for Express Post so I'll get 2 really quick and the other will come later by regular post or something... Nope...
Anyway, let me try this part again... I would love free seeds, who wouldn't. But what I want to do is showcase/advertise your business and seeds. You have all this wonderful artwork on the tins, do you have anything more than just "Dr. Seeds", a logo, stickers, hats, shirts, posters, banners, something I can show your business with? Can we help each other?
Thanks
Keith
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Then I get this...
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Mar-21
Hi Keith, I am sorry if you did not get the answers you were looking for. We're short staffed this week and training someone new and this is also busy week due to being beginning of Spring.
Your order did have a backordered item, Northern Lights. It was a very short backorder and your seeds shipped today. I sent our girl to post office about 30 minutes ago. So this is resolved.
As far as promotional items, we do not have any in stock right now but we do do them for giveaways from time to time. Usually mugs or hats. I will be getting more made up soon, probably after the release of a few new strains we have been working on which will be coming out over the next 2-3 weeks.
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And that's where it ended until I got my order yesterday on the 25th...