Trees, Shrubs and Conifers: Burp(ee)?, 1 by Soferdig

Soferdig wrote:
Bucksmba I know this thread is long and you didn't have time to read it all but: 1 Dan and Bob when they owned it and ran it for a profit, quite successfully. 2. When Burpee bought it they had to pay for all the hard work, travel, marketing, unique style of presentation, large amount of genetic material, ..........etc. This caused the profitability to drop out of the nursery in the corporate bottom line Mr Ball is describing. 3.Dan and Bob, by Mr Burp, were directed to alter almost all of the successful methods that made the nursery unique. Marketing, plant collection, choice of selected items to sell, number of employees, catalog lay out, and most importantly the only thing that Dan and Bob had responsibility for was the quality of product arriving at their customers door. Which is the only thing that remained at the high quality of Herronswood. It shall be interesting just what the product you recieve now will look like after the removal of Dan and Bob. Just a thought. I agree anyone who buys a business should expect a profit from their purchase. I too am a capitalist. But when you buy a successful business you should continue to utilize the components that made that business successful. Mr Burp did not, in my opinion, do this. I don't know how well this will turn out but this is Dan and myself a few hundered years ago as "The Nature Boys" who went around Michigan to study plants and trees. Dan is picking his nose and I am the little guy in stripes on the left.

This message was edited Aug 1, 2006 12:36 PM