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Fantasy » alt.fan.pratchett » [I]Garden Tokens - USA
| [I]Garden Tokens - USA [message #251077] |
Fr, 07 April 2006 21:34 |
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My wife wants to send a plant, or the moral equivalent, to a friend in
the USA. Most Garden Centres in the UK offer a token scheme, whereby you
can buy vouchers valid in a large number of such centers across the
country, which are therefore suitable for this sort of purpose. I would
have thought that US Garden Centres (or equivalent) would not miss out
on such a lucrative scheme. But she has been unable to find any on line.
Do any USA-nians know of any such scheme, for which the vouchers can be
bought on line? I suppose it may be that the US is too big for a
nationwide vouvher scheme: I think the intended recipient is Southern-
ish.
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| Re: [I]Garden Tokens - USA [message #251080 ] |
Fr, 07 April 2006 21:46 |
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On 2006-04-07 14:34:31 -0500, Alec Cawley <alec [at] spamspam.co.uk> said:
> My wife wants to send a plant, or the moral equivalent, to a friend in
> the USA. Most Garden Centres in the UK offer a token scheme,
Token scheme?...a cunning plan to pull the wool over somebody's eyes,
but it's the only plan of the sort we got, and we're just going through
the motions because we've been told we had to?
> whereby you can buy vouchers valid in a large number of such centers
> across the country, which are therefore suitable for this sort of
> purpose. I would have thought that US Garden Centres (or equivalent)
> would not miss out on such a lucrative scheme. But she has been unable
> to find any on line.
Oh. Gift cards. Ya, we got them:
http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=giftCard&view=home for instance.
> Do any USA-nians know of any such scheme, for which the vouchers can be
> bought on line? I suppose it may be that the US is too big for a
> nationwide vouvher scheme: I think the intended recipient is
> Southernish.
There's a Lowe's or Home Depot in almost every city of relevance.
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| Re: [I]Garden Tokens - USA [message #251081 ] |
Fr, 07 April 2006 21:48 |
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"Alec Cawley" <alec [at] spamspam.co.uk> wrote in message
news:MPG.1ea0cf1823dddd08989bca [at] news.individual.net...
> My wife wants to send a plant, or the moral equivalent, to a friend in
> the USA. Most Garden Centres in the UK offer a token scheme, whereby you
> can buy vouchers valid in a large number of such centers across the
> country, which are therefore suitable for this sort of purpose. I would
> have thought that US Garden Centres (or equivalent) would not miss out
> on such a lucrative scheme. But she has been unable to find any on line.
>
> Do any USA-nians know of any such scheme, for which the vouchers can be
> bought on line? I suppose it may be that the US is too big for a
> nationwide vouvher scheme: I think the intended recipient is Southern-
> ish.
not sure if it's the same sort of deal, but there are several online flower
shops where you can purchase an arrangement to be sent anywhere in the US.
The online shop then contracts a local shop near the recipient to make and
deliver the arrangement. Not always entirely identical to the one you
thought you were ordering, but as close as they can come with whatever they
have in stock... www.1800flowers.com is one of the big ones and really
the only one i can think of off the top of my head...
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| Re: [I]Garden Tokens - USA [message #251190 ] |
Sa, 08 April 2006 02:13 |
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On Fri, 7 Apr 2006 20:34:31 +0100, Alec Cawley <alec [at] spamspam.co.uk>
wrote:
>My wife wants to send a plant, or the moral equivalent, to a friend in
>the USA. Most Garden Centres in the UK offer a token scheme, whereby you
>can buy vouchers valid in a large number of such centers across the
>country, which are therefore suitable for this sort of purpose. I would
>have thought that US Garden Centres (or equivalent) would not miss out
>on such a lucrative scheme. But she has been unable to find any on line.
>
>Do any USA-nians know of any such scheme, for which the vouchers can be
>bought on line? I suppose it may be that the US is too big for a
>nationwide vouvher scheme: I think the intended recipient is Southern-
>ish.
Florist Transworld Delivery used to be the big network; one could
place an order with any FTD florist, and the one nearest the
destination would fill it and deliver it. They're still around, and
may still be your best bet:
http://www.ftd.com/home1/
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| Re: [I]Garden Tokens - USA [message #251253 ] |
Sa, 08 April 2006 11:20 |
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In article <5tvd32ht6pngeev7tim6hgrd6e3ni29tcr [at] 4ax.com>, rault00
[at] earthWEEDSlink.net says...
> On Fri, 7 Apr 2006 20:34:31 +0100, Alec Cawley <alec [at] spamspam.co.uk>
> wrote:
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> >My wife wants to send a plant, or the moral equivalent, to a friend in
> >the USA. Most Garden Centres in the UK offer a token scheme, whereby you
> >can buy vouchers valid in a large number of such centers across the
> >country, which are therefore suitable for this sort of purpose. I would
> >have thought that US Garden Centres (or equivalent) would not miss out
> >on such a lucrative scheme. But she has been unable to find any on line.
> >
> >Do any USA-nians know of any such scheme, for which the vouchers can be
> >bought on line? I suppose it may be that the US is too big for a
> >nationwide vouvher scheme: I think the intended recipient is Southern-
> >ish.
>
> Florist Transworld Delivery used to be the big network; one could
> place an order with any FTD florist, and the one nearest the
> destination would fill it and deliver it. They're still around, and
> may still be your best bet:
>
> http://www.ftd.com/home1/
I thing they mostly do cut flowers. This has to be a plant, an addition
to the garden, of a particular species that has come up in the
conversation. Nonetherless, I'll try them.
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| Re: [I]Garden Tokens - USA [message #251893 ] |
Di, 11 April 2006 19:26 |
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Alec Cawley <alec [at] spamspam.co.uk> wrote:
> My wife wants to send a plant, or the moral equivalent, to a friend in
> the USA. Most Garden Centres in the UK offer a token scheme, whereby you
> can buy vouchers valid in a large number of such centers across the
> country, which are therefore suitable for this sort of purpose. I would
> have thought that US Garden Centres (or equivalent) would not miss out
> on such a lucrative scheme. But she has been unable to find any on line.
>
> Do any USA-nians know of any such scheme, for which the vouchers can be
> bought on line? I suppose it may be that the US is too big for a
> nationwide vouvher scheme: I think the intended recipient is Southern-
> ish.
One international scheme which used to exist, perhaps still does, was
Interflora. It has a reputation of being more pricy than warranted, but
then, so do all alternatives I've heard about. A niggling thought in the
back of my mind tells me that they have another name, but I don't know
what.
Richard
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| Re: [I]Garden Tokens - USA [message #251988 ] |
Mi, 12 April 2006 01:32 |
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Richard Bos wrote:
> One international scheme which used to exist, perhaps still does, was
> Interflora. It has a reputation of being more pricy than warranted, but
> then, so do all alternatives I've heard about. A niggling thought in the
> back of my mind tells me that they have another name, but I don't know
> what.
>
They're trading under the Fleurop name in Germany and (IIRC) several
other European countries, if that's what you mean.
Michael
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| Re: [I]Garden Tokens - USA [message #252229 ] |
Do, 13 April 2006 00:30 |
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=?ISO-8859-15?Q?Michael_J=2E_Sch=FClke?= <news0604 [at] mjschuelke.de> wrote:
> Richard Bos wrote:
> > One international scheme which used to exist, perhaps still does, was
> > Interflora. It has a reputation of being more pricy than warranted, but
> > then, so do all alternatives I've heard about. A niggling thought in the
> > back of my mind tells me that they have another name, but I don't know
> > what.
> >
> They're trading under the Fleurop name in Germany and (IIRC) several
> other European countries, if that's what you mean.
It probably is; that does ring a bell.
Richard
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| Re: Garden Tokens - USA [message #252562 ] |
Fr, 14 April 2006 07:40 |
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May I suggest an alternative? You might want to try a gardening
catalog that is available on-line and in print. Most of these will
ship anywhere in the U.S. Your Lady can buy a gift certificate and the
friend can pick out what she likes.
My favorites:
Seeds of Change catalog. Veggies, plants and seeds and tools, but few
ornamentals.
http://www.seedsofchange.com/
Harry & David's
http://www.harryanddavid.com/
gormet nibbles, gift plants, jams, etc.
or does she like Roses? http://www.jacksonandperkins.com
WitsEnd
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