Online seed vendors vary dramatically from the largely respectable, to the folks selling "peppers" like those below that I found on the Amazon or Ebay marketplaces.
To you, the botanically savvy purchaser, these vendors stand out as clearly fraudulent. But not everyone is botanically savvy. People who don't instantly know these wonderful colored peppers are just photoshopped versions of a red pepper photo are such vendors intended "customers".
Even among the largely respectable vendors, there are a wide range of philosophical or political stances that may impact your decisions of who to buy from. Does the company support white supremacists? Do they sell patented plant varieties? Do they push pseudo-science in their catalogs?
It can take some digging to be certain you agree with the politics behind any given company. It can take significant effort to bring such considerations into your buying decisions, so I understand if you choose not to do so.
But please, don't buy seeds from vendors selling off-hue peppers, blue strawberries, rainbow roses, rainbow onions, or the many other scams that are out there. If something looks too good to be true, at the very least investigate further. These online vendors rely on people clicking "buy" when seeing something interesting. By the time you've grown up the seeds and realize you were scammed, the time to contest the purchase in the marketplaces the vendors work through will have long since expired.
To you, the botanically savvy purchaser, these vendors stand out as clearly fraudulent. But not everyone is botanically savvy. People who don't instantly know these wonderful colored peppers are just photoshopped versions of a red pepper photo are such vendors intended "customers".
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Even among the largely respectable vendors, there are a wide range of philosophical or political stances that may impact your decisions of who to buy from. Does the company support white supremacists? Do they sell patented plant varieties? Do they push pseudo-science in their catalogs?
It can take some digging to be certain you agree with the politics behind any given company. It can take significant effort to bring such considerations into your buying decisions, so I understand if you choose not to do so.
But please, don't buy seeds from vendors selling off-hue peppers, blue strawberries, rainbow roses, rainbow onions, or the many other scams that are out there. If something looks too good to be true, at the very least investigate further. These online vendors rely on people clicking "buy" when seeing something interesting. By the time you've grown up the seeds and realize you were scammed, the time to contest the purchase in the marketplaces the vendors work through will have long since expired.
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