Warm glow

[zazen999]

Well, I've just had a lovely thing.

At the end of each season, I usually divvy up the remaining seeds that I didn't use [the recently bought ones, these are]; and sell them on ebay as packs of 30 or 40; so 5 small packs of toms, plus 5 small packs of peppers - covering all the families etc etc. Enough for an allotment for a year. That sort of thing. I also bung in self saved seeds; when I have too many to swap. Self saved leeks, beetroot, parsnips have featured heavily in these packs

So, I sold a pack the other day, and within 2 minutes of selling, I had a message from a customer from last year saying that they had missed my auction, and was I doing any more as they bought from me last year and in their first year, their allotment was fantastic and everyone was impressed and it was my seeds that did it!

I obviously packaged up another batch for them and sold some to them pronto [at the original listed price], whilst telling them that they obviously are better gardeners than they give themselves credit for - but how lovely was that?

It gave me a warm glow deep down.

[pipkins]

That is really nice Zaz, well done on excellent customer service

[zazen999]

I'm not using this as advertising, I have a completely separate name on ebay that on here; no links at all...just in case anyone is wondering. But it was such a nice thing to say.

[Glutton4...]

Awww - I once had a similar comment from a satisfied eBay customer - it does indeed give a warm fuzzy feeling. Congrats!

[SarzWix]

I'm glad you clarified that, I was just about to delete your thread and berate you for advertising...

Tis nice to get feedback from/about your seeds though And to join in with that; your parsnips are doing grand, and your leeks are the same size as Early Market ones that I sowed a couple of weeks before them

[cardiffsteve]

It must be all the love that you pack with the seeds that make them grow so well

[zazen999]

It must be all the love that you pack with the seeds that make them grow so well

Aw - I shield them from Mr Z's whingeing about them being all over the place when I'm packing them up.

Our very own Grape Lizzy Lemon designed me a picture that goes onto my new packets; which is totally gorgeous and everyone loves the new packaging...swapping as well as any that make it into the ebay bag.

There will be loads in the end of season swap - odds and ends will be put into that bag as well.

[snohare]

Oh, I can believe it. If you think about how important seed selection is, and think of it as distilled wisdom, I can well imagine the difference it would make to someone who has little experience of growing.
In all the massive amounts of reading I've done over the years, one of the things I remember best reading is in "How To Win Friends And Influence People"; the bit where Dale Carnegie says that virtually everyone is starved of praise, that even successful people are like a man dying of thirst in a desert. Since then I have always tried to see something worth praise in what people do, and do you know, it is rare indeed to not find something.
In your case Zazen, I think the problem might be convincing you of the breadth and depth of your own talents. Didn't you know that the green rubs off your thumbs onto the seeds ? In fact, I think your advice has the same quality, even just using electrons...hmm, could you have invented eGreen Thumbs ?

[zazen999]

I'm glad you clarified that, I was just about to delete your thread and berate you for advertising...

Tis nice to get feedback from/about your seeds though And to join in with that; your parsnips are doing grand, and your leeks are the same size as Early Market ones that I sowed a couple of weeks before them

Whoop. Thank you

[zazen999]

Oh, I can believe it. If you think about how important seed selection is, and think of it as distilled wisdom, I can well imagine the difference it would make to someone who has little experience of growing.
In all the massive amounts of reading I've done over the years, one of the things I remember best reading is in "How To Win Friends And Influence People"; the bit where Dale Carnegie says that virtually everyone is starved of praise, that even successful people are like a man dying of thirst in a desert. Since then I have always tried to see something worth praise in what people do, and do you know, it is rare indeed to not find something.
In your case Zazen, I think the problem might be convincing you of the breadth and depth of your own talents. Didn't you know that the green rubs off your thumbs onto the seeds ? In fact, I think your advice has the same quality, even just using electrons...hmm, could you have invented eGreen Thumbs ?

Stop it now!!!

*blushes

We're blessed on here as we've got loads of talent that have found their way onto the Vine. Which is probably why we end up being a community rather than just a forum.

[snohare]

Yes, we have one of life's rarest joys here Zazen - that of being appreciated for our finer qualities, without personal appearance and mannerisms getting in the way. This is why forums are the finest thing on the Web.

[Florence Fennel]

How lovely for you Zaz, well done you and well done to your customer for giving you feedback. If I've requested minor repairs or work in the department, I let the operative's manager/head of department know when they've done a good job. This is sometimes met with shock and I feel they think I'm slightly old fashioned. Either that or all they get is feedback in the form of complaints. I agree with Snohare about starving people of praise. Would you be surprised to know that if I am requesting work to be done, I don't have to wait as long as everyone else?
As for fingers, well I think yours are evergreen Zaz!