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Those K-Mart Delbards
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Posted by Anna_B Sydney, NSW (My Page) on Wed, Jul 13, 05 at 0:02
| A month ago I bought a Delbard, Camille Pissaro, from K-Mart, the price then being $15.00. Today I was in K-Mart, had a look at the Delbards and they are now only $5.00....if only I had waited. Even when I bought the first one I was not aware of the price, the ticket for the Delbards was nowhere to be seen but there was a ticket for other roses at $6.95, so the $15.00 price took me by surprise at the checkout.
I did buy another one today, Nahame. |
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RE: Those K-Mart Delbards
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- Posted by rross NSW Aust (My Page) on
Wed, Jul 13, 05 at 2:40
| I was in KMart today and had another look at the roses. The Delbards were still $14.95 and looked a lot deader than before. I'm glad I got mine while it was still less dead. At least it's all leafy now. The lot I saw today wouldn't have been worth $5.00. |
RE: Those K-Mart Delbards
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- Posted by Anna_B Sydney, NSW (My Page) on
Wed, Jul 13, 05 at 14:46
| LOL...K-Mart do have a bit of a reputation of neglecting their plants. It's no use putting some young thing in charge who would rather be on the sound counter. However, I find Hurstville K-Mart generally much better than others, you can notice a difference when the woman in charge is away and it is left to others. Admittedly, they did have a trolley full of roses for only $3.00, not Delbards, which were very tired and dejected looking. I do wish, though, that they didn't have all those dreadful plastic arrangements...ugh. |
RE: Those K-Mart Delbards
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Yes I have just paid $28 for a Chartreuse de Parme ,bare rooted ,only to see the same rose in Kmart for $13 later the same day!!!!!
The rose in Kmart looked ok.
Oh well thats just how it goes ,I guess.
Michelle |
RE: Those K-Mart Delbards
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- Posted by lozza Vic. Oz. (My Page) on
Thu, Jul 14, 05 at 17:16
| Michelle, not quite. It's called impulse buying. |
RE: Those K-Mart Delbards
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LOL Lozza--quite the wag!!
Yes the problem was that I had ordered the rose months before so I couldnt reneg on the purchase!
cheers
Michelle
PS you have to be able to laugh at yourself heh? |
RE: Those K-Mart Delbards
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| I got two Delbards from K-mart - Nahema climber and the one called bordure nacree , a smaller grower suitable for a pot I read. They had a few dollars off too -$8.00 . Good condition but you had to go through the boxes of roses to get the good ones. I think the staff are too lazy to water them which is a shame. |
RE: Those K-Mart Delbards
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| I was originally going to order some Delbards from Rankins Direct, but on seeing them in K-mart bought them there when they had 15% off. Admitted was going to buy standards which you wouldn't of got at k-mart, but since I'd never seen these roses growing opted for the cheaper bushes first to see what there like. I can certainly relate to impluse buying, if I'm getting a bargain will buy any rose I havn't got. Problem is now have 211 bushes and with 7 bushes still to find a home in the ground!!! |
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