Multi coloured tomato seeds a scam?

Kayleonie · March 1, 2017

Has anyone seen the ads on Facebook for multi coloured tomatoes on website consignmenter.com? I'm sceptical, very sceptical but intrigued. They also advertise purple and blue tomatoes.

Starlight · March 1, 2017

Definitely not a place I would shop. Their not a specialty seed store. If your looking for rainbow colored tomatoes and the blue ones, lots of excellent Tv sellers here and some even ship internationally.

KC.Sun · March 1, 2017

There is a dwarf tomato called rainbow dwarf. It's supposed to give multicolored tomatoes. I'm not sure what color the seeds are though.

charline · March 1, 2017

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Originally Posted by Starlight

Definitely not a place I would shop. Their not a specialty seed store. If your looking for rainbow colored tomatoes and the blue ones, lots of excellent Tv sellers here and some even ship internationally.

Kayleonie is in Australia. I dont think we can send seeds to Australia. ...

sjamesNorway · March 1, 2017

I had a look. http://www.consignmenter.com/multico...free-shipping/ That's just plain impossible!

Steve

KarenO · March 1, 2017

just photoshopped colours. Not real. don`t buy from them for sure they are scamming people.
KarenO

**carolyn137** · March 1, 2017

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Originally Posted by sjamesNorway

I had a look. http://www.consignmenter.com/multico...free-shipping/ That's just plain impossible!

Steve

Steve, that's from a chinese site,I've seen it before, and yes photo shopped.

Carolyn

**carolyn137** · March 1, 2017

And I remember when you could buy one pack of seeds,the seeds were colored differently and IDed as to variety by the color of the seeds.

I Googled to see if I could find something similar, and this was all that I found.

https://www.seedsnow.com/products/to...w-mix#chapter4

Carolyn

Worth1 · March 1, 2017

It isn't a scam anymore than any other advertising like this.
Even big corporations do it.
When was the last time you walked into a burger joint and got a burger that looked like the pictuer?
It is also no more right than what the big corporations do.
Nowhere in that advertisement does it say these are what the tomatoes will look like.
It lets you make that decision/assumption in your mind.

Worth

AlittleSalt · March 1, 2017

Groovy

Cole_Robbie · March 1, 2017

Maybe they will throw in some blue strawberry seeds with your order:

https://www.reddit.com/r/gardening/c...y_seeds_being/

The beauty of it all is that it takes months before you realise you have been ripped off, long enough beyond the ebay/paypal feedback periods to expire beyond you being able to get your money back. Not to mention growing anything from tiny seeds is always tough, many people will just fail and give up, or realise the fake and not do anything about it.
Please avoid falling for the same scam I did.

NarnianGarden · March 1, 2017

Yep, the blue strawberry scams still go on.. and wait, they have blue watermelon seeds too!!

March 1, 2017	#1
Kayleonie Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Sep 2016 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 8	Multi coloured tomato seeds a scam? Has anyone seen the ads on Facebook for multi coloured tomatoes on website consignmenter.com? I'm sceptical, very sceptical but intrigued. They also advertise purple and blue tomatoes.

March 1, 2017	#8
carolyn137 Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Upstate NY, zone 4b/5a Posts: 21,169	And I remember when you could buy one pack of seeds,the seeds were colored differently and IDed as to variety by the color of the seeds. I Googled to see if I could find something similar, and this was all that I found. https://www.seedsnow.com/products/to...w-mix#chapter4 Carolyn __________________ Carolyn

March 1, 2017	#2
Starlight Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: AL Posts: 1,993	Definitely not a place I would shop. Their not a specialty seed store. If your looking for rainbow colored tomatoes and the blue ones, lots of excellent Tv sellers here and some even ship internationally.

March 1, 2017	#3
KC.Sun Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: 6a Posts: 322	There is a dwarf tomato called rainbow dwarf. It's supposed to give multicolored tomatoes. I'm not sure what color the seeds are though.

March 1, 2017	#5
sjamesNorway Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Norway Posts: 1,049	I had a look. http://www.consignmenter.com/multico...free-shipping/ That's just plain impossible! Steve

March 1, 2017	#6
KarenO Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Vancouver Island Posts: 5,931	just photoshopped colours. Not real. don`t buy from them for sure they are scamming people. KarenO

March 1, 2017	#9
Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	It isn't a scam anymore than any other advertising like this. Even big corporations do it. When was the last time you walked into a burger joint and got a burger that looked like the pictuer? It is also no more right than what the big corporations do. Nowhere in that advertisement does it say these are what the tomatoes will look like. It lets you make that decision/assumption in your mind. Worth

March 1, 2017	#11
Cole_Robbie Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Illinois, zone 6 Posts: 8,407	Maybe they will throw in some blue strawberry seeds with your order: https://www.reddit.com/r/gardening/c...y_seeds_being/ The beauty of it all is that it takes months before you realise you have been ripped off, long enough beyond the ebay/paypal feedback periods to expire beyond you being able to get your money back. Not to mention growing anything from tiny seeds is always tough, many people will just fail and give up, or realise the fake and not do anything about it. Please avoid falling for the same scam I did.

March 1, 2017	#12
NarnianGarden Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Finland, EU Posts: 2,550	Yep, the blue strawberry scams still go on.. and wait, they have blue watermelon seeds too!!