Comments on: Worm Weight Loss During Shipping

By: Pat C

Pat C — Thu, 16 May 2013 04:38:51 +0000

If so many people are having this many problems with a particular company, I would think that someone should have filed a complaint with the Better Business Bureau by now. Of course they have been known to give triple A ratings for some that would make you raise your eyebrows in amazement. But I guess they use a different rating scale other than public opinion. Just a thought though if this is a real problem.

My husband and I are business owners and customers are our bread and butter so to speak. We certainly don’t need our customers ticked off with us! We understand that they can certainly shop elsewhere if they choose to.

By: Bentley

Bentley — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 17:03:54 +0000

KRYSTAL – must have missed your comment (sorry about that). So as not to sound too biased (lol), I’ll recommend that you ask this question on the “Vermicomposters” or “GardenWeb” forums. People will help get you pointed in the right direction.
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MILES – volume of worms would be subject to the same issues as poundage. What starts as say 3 cups of worms, could easily be less after being shipped in hot dry weather since a lot of the water volume could end up being released (and then evaporate)

By: Miles Cunningham

Miles Cunningham — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 16:30:59 +0000

Would it not be better to sell worms on volume rather then weight? “I’ll have 3 cups please”. It would make it easier for the sellers don’t you think?

By: Krystal

Krystal — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 00:48:28 +0000

Could someone please let me know where you have bought worms that had great customer service and you recieved what you ordered. I am new to worms and I really need this to work out or I will behearing a BIG ‘I told you so’ from my husband. And is it better to order by the lb or by the count?

By: Bentley

Bentley — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 19:01:13 +0000

PETER – Yikes! That’s sobering. Now I’m really glad I kept things hush hush!
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BEN – thanks for the kind words! I’ve been lucky to connect with an awesome supplier, and I work hard to keep the channels of communication open with my customers.
🙂

By: Ben

Ben — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 18:15:09 +0000

Yeah, not using the name is a good idea. The protective comment I made was because I was going to try to work in another acronym, and then deleted it because the sentence ended up even more fragmented than it already was. 🙂 And I can attest to the fact that Larry is quite outspoken in his hatred of them. I, personally, have never had to deal with shipping worms thankfully. Portland has a number of avenues for procuring worms, but if I did. Bentley would be my guy. I don’t think I’ve EVER heard a complaint about his worms. On ANY forum.

By: Peter

Peter — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 09:05:45 +0000

I don’t know if it’s just the USA due to their Corp/lawsuit laws, but might be best not to name just in case. I saw it first hand with my aquarium hobby. A certain fish supplier sued a few individuals for $15 million due to comments posted. Then sued sites who posted ads for a defense fund. Then sued Google. As the person represented himself, it of course cost him no money. Not sure if the rules of what you can say, or restrictions to lawsuits have changed since then.

http://yro.slashdot.org/story/02/10/03/1239211/google-sued-as-petswarehouse-lawsuit-continues

By: Bentley

Bentley — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 18:04:59 +0000

In reply to The Garbage Guru.

LoL
Hey Larry! Nice to see you ’round these parts!
😉
I can’t imagine ANY supplier literally counting their worms (Red Worms anyway). They would seriously be devaluing their time if so! My assumption has always been that suppliers are simply using the “1000 Red Worms = 1 lb” rule (which MAY be an ok way to estimate numbers, but certainly isn’t close to a set-in-stone law) when they claim to sell by the count.

By: The Garbage Guru

The Garbage Guru — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 17:48:19 +0000

Selling by the count is one way a certain supplier avoids the weight issue.Actually had quite a few count their worms though.It was way short!Lol! Having sort of the same discussion over at a certain forum i’m on.Believe me Bentley,the certain shipper doesn’t like me at all.I got two shipments from them in the beginning.If you can remember that far back you tried to help me with what i thought i was doing wrong.Didn’t know i had gotten Blue worms buddy! Know they give you the willies! Ha Ha!!!!

By: Cindy

Cindy — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 02:14:02 +0000

I just wanted to say…. Thank you. I received my worms yesterday. I have just started this acventure. I was worried how they’d do in this cooooold weather…. Well. They showed up without any problems. Ummm. At least I haven’t heard any worm sneezes yet *’-‘* Thanks again.