Plants from eBay. Oh dear!

How disappointing Merlot. At least you have put some life back into them. Here's hoping you get a refund, and here are some virtual ones

I too have had some good plants from ebay - it may be the courier who is at fault. Hope you get your money back.

It's so disappointing, isn't it? I've had the same happen with 'well known' companies, too. Hope eBay sorts it out for you, though that won't help with plants for this year.

What a disappointment for you! I have had only good plants from Ebay. They are sometimes smaller than those sold in garden centres, but that is reflected in the price and always mentioned in the description. I hope you get satisfaction from the seller.
After this season I am going to change my veg plot into a flower/shrub circular bed. I plan to use Ebay plants to stock it to keep the cost down. I think I will do it in the autumn, after the heatwave is over, so hopefully they won't look like your sorry specimens.

At least you can put some negative seller feedback to warn others.

That’s dreadful. I wonder if they’re from the same source I recently bought from eBay?
I bought some Red Dragon Pericaria as I couldn’t get them elsewhere, sold out on line.
I knew they would be shoots, but they also did not turn up until I emailed the seller. There was no communication from him, but they did eventually turn up posted after I complained. They were almost invisible shoots. All doing well now after I repotted and cared for them.
I left neutral feedback he left no feedback for me! Says it all.
I won’t by plants from eBay again.

*Persicaria

*buy

Good news. I've had a full refund from the seller. The condescending message on how to care for plants during hot weather made me laugh. Obviously he doesn't follow his own advice.

So, now I'll pot them on, cut them back and see what happens. They've been waterlogged at some time as there is no real root system but hopefully I'll have some flowering heleniums…..next year.

Gosh they look pathetic, poor mites. I always end up buying the plants from the discount section that need some TLC as I feel sorry they'll never find a 'forever home'. Hope the seller refunds you, and you reap some results with those sorry specimens!