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Does anyone else think it was a daft idea to nationally publicise this?

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I'm sure it makes for a nice, sensational story.

I wonder how many of the high bids on eBay and the likes are actually genuine (undoubtedly some are). I gather it's a common practice for some sellers to put in very high bids (using a fake account) on competitors' plants to scare off customers. The winning bid is never paid, but meanwhile it takes the competitor out of the race for a time.
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And in the meantime your greenhouse could be raided by opportunistic thieves that now have had a good lead after hearing sensational prices...
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Aiko wrote:And in the meantime your greenhouse could be raided by opportunistic thieves that now have had a good lead after hearing sensational prices...
Just re-label all your Conophytums with the name Echinopsis.
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Hopefully those who are likely to steal plants are not regular readers of this rag!

Journalists are only interested in themselves and the story.
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Unfortunate article.

Prices of a few thousand are genuine enough, these sort of prices and much more are are regularly attained by Haworthias, with Tissue Culture Labs willing to pay 5 figures or more just to rent a plant.

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