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Welcome to our 2021 update!
This past season was difficult and somewhat unexpected. Mail order has alway played a part in our business, a part that I really enjoy; 2020 changed this rather raddicaly for me. The virus hit just as I was ready to have a "normal" season- a well balanced mix of walk in business, mail order and wholesale. Then, as we all know, everything just went wacky. First, walk in traffic stalled to almost zero as did wholesale- this, though a dissapointment, was to be expected. What I did not see coming was the avalanche of mail order. It was certainly logical but, as is typical of me, I don't notice the piano hanging above my head until it drops on me.
I was simply not prepared for that volume. Not enough boxes, wrapping materials, or man-power. Then, as if that was not enough, our wonderful US Postal service was determined to thwart me at every turn- at my expense! How many of you received notice of delivery and yet it ended up in another state? How does this even happen? Those types of deliveries were far to common and simply not acceptable.
Also, I want to thank all my mail order customers...all of you. I was so overwhelmed I could not even get my billing done. You know what? Almost all of you took it upon yourselves and figured what you owed and sent it to me. I remember each and every one of you who did this. As my past customers know, I have an unusual business style, one built on simple trust. You came thru for me.
I am going to try making ordering online much easier this year for all of you. Jeremy is reworking my site and you should see the results of his work here shortly. In fact, the Tomato section actually makes sense for a change! Thanks Jeremy!
So, on with 2021 and lets keep out fingers crossed that all the crummy stuff we have had slung at us in the past year becomes nothing but a (bad) memory!
I was simply not prepared for that volume. Not enough boxes, wrapping materials, or man-power. Then, as if that was not enough, our wonderful US Postal service was determined to thwart me at every turn- at my expense! How many of you received notice of delivery and yet it ended up in another state? How does this even happen? Those types of deliveries were far to common and simply not acceptable.
Also, I want to thank all my mail order customers...all of you. I was so overwhelmed I could not even get my billing done. You know what? Almost all of you took it upon yourselves and figured what you owed and sent it to me. I remember each and every one of you who did this. As my past customers know, I have an unusual business style, one built on simple trust. You came thru for me.
I am going to try making ordering online much easier this year for all of you. Jeremy is reworking my site and you should see the results of his work here shortly. In fact, the Tomato section actually makes sense for a change! Thanks Jeremy!
So, on with 2021 and lets keep out fingers crossed that all the crummy stuff we have had slung at us in the past year becomes nothing but a (bad) memory!
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