Public asked to report receipt of any unsolicited packages of seeds

Re:Public asked to report receipt of any unsolicited package... by londons_explore on Saturday July 25, 2020 @11:14PM (#23954141)

Yeah - I'd totally plant them... In fact, I have.

My seeds arrived about 2 years ago, from China, entirely unannounced, and directed to my address in London, but with no name.

They turned out to be strawberries. Nothing unusual about them as far as I can taste...

They inspired me to make a service for other people to get random gifts from China... [1]

[1]: https://erraticpacket.com

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Re:Public asked to report receipt of any unsolicited package... by Scoundreller on Saturday July 25, 2020 @11:24PM (#23954182)

I find a lot of the Chinese eBay sellers have a... bizarre... assortments of items for sale. I fear, one day, I'll order some USB cables, and get stuck having to explain to someone why child-sized lingerie has been shipped to my name.

So far, the only gross error I've had was a getting sent hairclippers instead of a Dreamcast controller. Could've used the clippers, but wrong voltage :(

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Re:Public asked to report receipt of any unsolicited package... by 1996 on Saturday July 25, 2020 @11:21PM (#23954169)

Can you make it be about seeds? There's something fun and magic about not knowing in advance what you will get.

The examples you give like a bike repair kit are not really enticing.

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Re:Public asked to report receipt of any unsolicited package... by londons_explore on Sunday July 26, 2020 @05:08AM (#23955599)

Easter egg: Put "seed" after your surname on the sign-up form and it'll use a seed whitelist I just made.

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Re:Public asked to report receipt of any unsolicited package... by Firerouge on Sunday July 26, 2020 @07:16AM (#23956211)

I believe this now makes you the cheapest subscription monthly order seed service. You might have some trouble marketing this angle though, what with the hysteria over seeds from China right now.

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Re:Public asked to report receipt of any unsolicited package... by 1996 on Sunday July 26, 2020 @12:45PM (#23958295)

Can you please recommend other similar services?

I only need that from spring to summer. My greenhouse isn't setup yet.

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Re:Public asked to report receipt of any unsolicited package... by Firerouge on Sunday July 26, 2020 @01:36PM (#23958659)

I'm afraid I can't, I haven't used any of them.

From googling there appears to be quite a few, both curated and otherwise, what I saw ranged from $3 per shipment to $15+

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