Comments regarding Bluff View Nursery

I ordered $43 worth of plants in June. They notified by email me that they shipped them. In July I realized they never arrived, and I notified them. No answer. I sent another email weeks later. No answer. I started a dispute on the PayPal resolution center. No reply even then. I have now escalated this to a claim, which PayPal will mediate.

I wish now I had read the reviews on this forum before sending them money. Never again!

"On Nov 21, 2013 1:03 PM, Bluff View Nursery responded with:

we at Bluff view nursery are honest people and have never scamed anyone this customer did recieve there items the reason the shipment was late was because of paypal having a problem on there end showing some customers had not completed there transaction this was caused when paypal updated there system "

Posted on July 20, 2013, updated August 4, 2013
I ordered from bluffview 6/22 and today is 7/20. The only information I've received is usps telling me they have been notified to expect a package from the shipper. I'm getting the same run around as everyone else on this page, but I do believe I will get my order now seeing that they haven't actually stolen anyones money (that I've read of). I'm a small grower and I was really looking forward to finding someone to buy bulk trillium from. Luckily I made a small first order. When I spoke to them on the phone they were very nice, but now I cant get hold of anyone. It would of gone a long way if they had just told me that it would be a while until it shipped, instead they made up this excuse about the weather and said it would ship the next day. If you want repeat customers you should try to earn theyre respect.honesty goes a long way. I'll update this if I ever do receive my plants.

I ordered from Bluffview Nursery on May5th, 2013. I waited a month anxiously for my plants and nothing was delivered. I contacted Todd and the woman that answered the phone was very pleasant and assured me that they were working on my order and would send it the next week. That was during the first week of June. I sent emails and have called with no response. I ordered through PayPal and this business immediately charged my account so I wish I would have read the reviews before I ordered. I see the responses that they say they are honest people but I just want my order. I am not sure if I am ever going to receive it. They must be so busy in the fields they don't have time to fill their customers needs. I am wondering why they would treat their valued customers so poorly. I hope they will still send my order but I am losing hope.

"On Nov 21, 2013 1:13 PM, Bluff View Nursery responded with:

Hi we at Bluff view nursery are truly honest people and our customers are top priority but sometimes we do have delays in shipping that's out of our hands when in the plant business it can be hard to ship ontime sometimes because of massive amounts of orders and mother nature,but this order was shippied with usps tracking number 9405503699300494068509 "

Like many of the posters here I experience poor communication and delayed shipping. In my case, about a month after ordering I'd still not received the plants - despite calling twice to be told that the plants either would ship the next day or that they had shipped. However, the tracking number they provided only showed that the electronic entry had been made but not the the plants had shipped. The man on the phone kept telling me that he'd shipped (he told me this before but plants never came) and that for the second time it must be the post office's fault and that they were late in updating the tracking. By then I'd lost faith that I was being told the truth and to avoid the issue of trying to get money back post 45 days I asked for my money back. The gentleman tried to talk me out of this repeatedly - then said that if he gave my money back I'd have to ship back plants. I said fine, as long as he sent me a shipping label. I insisted on money back with him still arguing with me until a woman broke in and said to the man, just quit talking and send her money back (clearly she'd been listening on the line without my knowing about it). I was then hung up on but I did receive a notice from paypal that they'd returned my money. I've been watching to see if the post office tracking number is 'updated' as the man claimed it would be and there's been no change in it indicating any plants were ever shipped (either time), so I'm pretty sure I was just being strung along. I don't care at this point if their plants are good or cheap - I simply don't want to do business with a company that is willing to give false info about orders. It came out ok for me because I did get my money back but it was a completely frustrating experience. Buyer beware.

"On Nov 21, 2013 12:56 PM, Bluff View Nursery responded with:

we at Bluff view nursery are honest people and have never scamed anyone this customer did recieve a full refund we apologize for any trouble and we always try and work with our customers
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I ordered on April 10th and received it April 22, 2013. It left TN on the 19th and had USPS tracking.
I really was not concerned with speed, or I would have asked about that when I called.
When I did call the woman was friendly and helpful.
I bought 240 Vinca Minor and 5 bramble type berries. My neighbor who knows her stuff took a look and was quite happy with the way the plants looked and were packed. She was concerned with one of the berry varieties... but it turns out that that they had included a marginal plant at no charge.
I was happy with my purchase and intend on ordering from them again.

Posted on April 14, 2013, updated April 17, 2013
I ordered plants nearly a month ago (3/16) and still have not received anything. They said on 3/26 that they would be shipping the very next day, but nothing was shipped. It would have arrived by now from TN to GA.

On 4/2 they sent a tracking number, but it does not indicate that the post office has received the package yet.

I am a patient person, but this (now 4/14) is too long to wait with no definite ship date from the seller. I will post an update if the plants ever arrive.

Posted on May 12, 2012, updated July 9, 2012
I had bought tree seedlings from Bluff View Nursery thru eBay in Jan. 2012 to be planted in the spring. When I asked the seller to send order for a second time early April, he replied they were shipping the next morning. After waiting more than 3 weeks and never receiving them, I contacted the seller and asked for a refund--he replied "I do not care to refund your money". He refused any further replies to my contacting him. Like another post here on Dave's, neither eBay or PayPal could help me recover the payment to him as by now over their 45 day rule. I filed Internet Crime Complaint and a credit card dispute against this seller. Buyer beware!

"On Sep 29, 2012 7:31 PM, Bluff View Nursery responded with:

we at Bluff view nursery are honest people and have never scamed anyone this customer did recieve a full refund and did recieve there product also"

ordered in jan 2012, contacted feb n was told items were being sent that day, never received n couldnt get $ back when contacted pytpal as was beyond 45 days... checked with "bonanza" site order through n they arent even associated with them any more... theft n rip-off

"On Sep 29, 2012 7:28 PM, Bluff View Nursery responded with:

we at Bluff view nursery are honest people and we only ship top quality plants and wildflowers,during late spring we can get behind on orders because of the massive demand for our products and during this time its hard for use to respond right away regarding our customers order because we are in the fields till late hours but we will contact everyone as fast as we can,and for Bonanza the reason we are not on that site anymore was our own decision because there site didnt generate many sales,we have never scamed anyone and never will we are honest hard working people"

Posted on November 28, 2011, updated December 9, 2011
Ordered Daffodil bulbs on the 14th of November.
10 days into it I still did not have a confirmation of my order other than the PayPal auto response.
Calling the place I was assured to get a call back... did not happen.
E-mailing the place was a waste of time as well.
12 days into it filed a dispute with PayPal
14 days into it it got a tracking number from PayPal which indicated the post office still has not received the package.

These are daffodil bulbs which should be planted in New York State before the ground freezes... we are now at the end of November. All my other bulbs arrived within 7 days of the order ...even directly from the Netherlands.
I still do not have an estimated shipping date ...!
Will update if there is some info forth coming.

"On Nov 28, 2011 2:51 PM, Bluff View Nursery responded with:

hi we emailed the customer 4 times about the shipment and we have tried to explain the best we can when and how they would be shipped,when the customer called we where away in the field trying to dig plants,this time of year is starting of our busy seasons and we cannot always ship the product at the time stated on our listing,these items have shipped and not always does the tracking update on time with usps,it also takes us longer on our plants and bulbs because we dig fresh and do not store anything thats why when you recieve them you will be getting the best money can buy"

I ordered 500 "wild daffodil bulbs" from this company through Ebay. All the bulbs were small--very small. These were supposed to be bloom sized bulbs, but I do not believe they will bloom this spring. I paid $112 for the box of 500 bulbs. Only about 1/5 had visible root systems. Some (not a huge percentage, but noticable) were dead--soft and moldy-looking. I also bought a box of 150 tete a tete daffodil bulbs from another Ebay seller and that box was nearly twice as big as my box of 500 regular daffodils. (I paid about $35 for the 150). I checked bulbs at Lowes and they looked great for a comparable price. I feel that this company did not give me a good value and I have no plans to ever order from them again. (And I was planning to order many more daffodils.)

"On Oct 25, 2011 7:56 AM, Bluff View Nursery responded with:

we understand that some of the wild daffodil bulbs seem small but the wild daffodils are the smallest bulbs of the daffodil family and the bulbs hardly ever get bigger than 2-5 cm,all bulbs go thru a very very strict grading system,and what we feel are bad bulbs is sorted out and replanted for our new stock,always at bluffview nursery the customer is top priority and we stand behind our products 100 %,our family has been in the nursery business for over 100 years and the only way we could have done this is from great customer satisfaction,and now for the bulbs at lowes no bulb lowes sales is a true wild daffodil they are marked to indicate they are but the truth is they are grand primo one of the largest bulbs in the daffodil family and will in no way have the same size or color bloom and when you purchase them 99% will have root systems missing also,all the bulbs that where mentioned above in the customers comment except ours are not ever grown in the USA they come from New Zeland and are shipped to memphis,tn where they are distribed to all lowes stores and before this happens they are in storage for months unlike ours that are dug fresh and never ever stored,and when you compare there price to ours you are paying double when buying theres and not getting the true wild yellow daffodil,we also informed this customer if there was a problem with them not growing they would be replaced free of charge "