How about this: I have a friend that wants to plant some peach trees, so I ordered him an Intrepid & an Elberta (My Son-In-Law planted an Elberta and it’s made peaches the last two years - he has a tendency to neglect things too, so I figured why not get one for this guy - if it grows for my SIL, it’ll probably flourish at my friends place…)
So when I placed my order they showed an expected arrival date of the 8th. So I get on the site yesterday and see it’s pushed back to the 14th. This begins to appear like deja vu all over again (as Yogi Berra would say) Last time they started pushing an order back I called and was told it was out of stock and they were sourcing it, etc. Yet the item was still shown in stock and you could place one in your cart and check out.
Well I called and asked the gal why they pushed my order back, that I’d only recently ordered a couple apple trees and some Rhubarb and they shipped out next day.
She pulled up the order and said the Intrepid was in stock and the other was on back order until spring and that was what was holding up the order. She said “Let’s see what we can use as a substitute…, you had a Standard Elberta…” And I’m like “Yeah and I’d be okay with a Dwarf for that matter” and she goes “Great we have it in Dwarf and I’ll adjust the price to the $9.99 and change it on your order and they’ll ship out soon”
But the Standard had been on sale for $9.99 while the Dwarf was and is still $26.99.
I’m happy.
Edit: I just checked my order and she’s placed a Dwarf Elberta Supreme in there for the $9.99. That Supreme version is $32.99 before any price adjustment!
