Chinese seeds

[jfkbengals]

(07-28-2020, 11:21 PM)BengalHawk62 Wrote: What is this all about?  Random people are receiving seeds from China?  

https://www.kcci.com/article/officials-warn-iowans-over-unsolicited-seeds-through-the-mail/33447782


Have any one of you heard of this in your parts of the country?

I heard about it, but didn't know where it was happening.

From what I've seen, the authorities believe it is being done by an online retailer(s).  It happens frequently on Amazon and other platforms, where a seller sends out items addressed to people who didn't buy the item, and then writes a review pretending to be the person who received the item.  If you contact Amazon (or whatever service it came from), they track the package and inform you that it was definitely intended for you to receive, but you weren't charged for it.  They'll tell you to give it away or throw it away if you don't want it.  Meanwhile, the unscrupulous seller can consider it a verified purchase and get a review written for it.  This happened to a buddy of mine.  He got an office VOIP phone system with 6 phones.  He begged Amazon to take them back, to no avail.  I'll have to ask him if he was able to get rid of them in a way other than a trash can.