MR. NICE STRAINS AND SEEDS

@goldberg71b

What the longest delay between payment and contact from the crew at MNS? I ask because I sent them payment via Western Union on Feb 6th and it still shows as available for pickup and the auctions are unpaid.

I know they can be a bit slow at times, so I've just tried to stay patient and give it some time, but I think it's getting a bit much at this point.

socaljoe said:

@goldberg71b

What the longest delay between payment and contact from the crew at MNS? I ask because I sent them payment via Western Union on Feb 6th and it still shows as available for pickup and the auctions are unpaid.

I know they can be a bit slow at times, so I've just tried to stay patient and give it some time, but I think it's getting a bit much at this point.

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damn I just got my order and sent cash probably on the 6th G13 Skunk, Medicine Man, G13 Widow, Critical Mass, Nordle and Master Kush x Skunk costed just under $150.

You are probably going to want to contact them they don't take that long probably just don't know about the payment though I always just sent cash.

They aren't real fast at getting back to you but, I've always sent cash and I've always got my order, although , a few took over 4 weeks.

I've ordered from them in the past and paid with Western Union without issue. I am going to contact them, I just wanted to give them some time.

socaljoe said:

I've ordered from them in the past and paid with Western Union without issue. I am going to contact them, I just wanted to give them some time.

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You should, for your own peace of mind, they've always gotten back to me, sometimes fast (a day or two) most times within 4 days. Good luck, but I know you'll get your items. Oh, and when you get them, look real hard, I almost threw away my first one because I couldn't find them.

Angry Pollock said:

You should, for your own peace of mind, they've always gotten back to me, sometimes fast (a day or two) most times within 4 days. Good luck, but I know you'll get your items. Oh, and when you get them, look real hard, I almost threw away my first one because I couldn't find them.

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Yeah, I fired off an email. I'm not too worried about not getting my items, just the timeframe to get my OD plants started.

I know exactly what you mean...They do a good job with concealment.

socaljoe said:

@goldberg71b

What the longest delay between payment and contact from the crew at MNS? I ask because I sent them payment via Western Union on Feb 6th and it still shows as available for pickup and the auctions are unpaid.

I know they can be a bit slow at times, so I've just tried to stay patient and give it some time, but I think it's getting a bit much at this point.

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OK first off let me say I have no inside info.

I have however been a member paying attention to what goes on over there since since 2013. Actually before but that's when I joined.

The answer in a nutshell is more often than not they'll take longer than many other places. Payment methods play a role. They also just changed bank accounts and addresses. So there has been some confusion and lately it's been taking longer than usual. There have been a few guys blowing up the forum over there about this. They just hired a guy to run the auction online and watch the forum. His name is J and seems to have help get those guys straight. So I'd suggest when in doubt contact him via PM. He's got a direct line to Simone. All orders go through her. I think she does this part time. So if she just went down to western union. Which she must do to pick up any payment sent that way. Then she's got to bring the payment info and match it to the template that was emailed in. Once this is done shipping is almost automatic. Most times 24 hrs but could take 48. Now if your payment was to arrive at WU 10 minutes after she left. Your payment will sit there until she gets back to pick up another batch of payment. I've never sent bank payments but I'd imagine the only difference here is that she can access the bank account 24/7. But still needs to match payment to templates ect. I've only sent cash once and turn around was 10 days tops. Unfortunately the last time I wanted to send my cash in registered mail. The USPS computers don't have the city zip in the computer. And that area is odd it has dual everything which makes it hard. 2 city names 2 zip codes and 2 countries. For some reason Switzerland and Italy both have postal systems there. The only reason I know this is because when I sent in my payment info I inquired about it. But didn't get any helpful info for the future. Now I see that they changed the address but I believe it is still in the same city so I'd expect problems to still exist. I'm sure if I put it in regular mail it would have been received but my order was over 600. I trust my order to come without registered mail and tracking they ALWAYS have. However I don't trust the mail services to deliver my payment.

I also think there's a language challenge. Sometime I think my emails get translated by google or something. Because if there's anything out if he ordinary or I'm asking a question. It usually takes a few emails to get the actual info I wanted. So I suggest everyone keep it as basic as possible and keep it short. I tell everyone to plan a cycle ahead and you'll never have a problem. I'm usually happy if I hear back from Simone in less than 2 weeks. I can't recall a time it's taken longer than 4 weeks from the time I sent payment to receive the order. I have had emails sit longer than that. Many places including these guys in Europe take holidays around Christmas /New Years. They can be off from 4-6 weeks. I hope this helps. I'll also say if they know you're waiting they usually throw in extra beans.

I picked them up first-hand at the LA Cup. They are beautiful seeds. They overheard me telling my wife about the Black Widow/White Widow name change. They looked amused.

goldberg71b said:

OK first off let me say I have no inside info.

I have however been a member paying attention to what goes on over there since since 2013. Actually before but that's when I joined.

The answer in a nutshell is more often than not they'll take longer than many other places. Payment methods play a role. They also just changed bank accounts and addresses. So there has been some confusion and lately it's been taking longer than usual. There have been a few guys blowing up the forum over there about this. They just hired a guy to run the auction online and watch the forum. His name is J and seems to have help get those guys straight. So I'd suggest when in doubt contact him via PM. He's got a direct line to Simone. All orders go through her. I think she does this part time. So if she just went down to western union. Which she must do to pick up any payment sent that way. Then she's got to bring the payment info and match it to the template that was emailed in. Once this is done shipping is almost automatic. Most times 24 hrs but could take 48. Now if your payment was to arrive at WU 10 minutes after she left. Your payment will sit there until she gets back to pick up another batch of payment. I've never sent bank payments but I'd imagine the only difference here is that she can access the bank account 24/7. But still needs to match payment to templates ect. I've only sent cash once and turn around was 10 days tops. Unfortunately the last time I wanted to send my cash in registered mail. The USPS computers don't have the city zip in the computer. And that area is odd it has dual everything which makes it hard. 2 city names 2 zip codes and 2 countries. For some reason Switzerland and Italy both have postal systems there. The only reason I know this is because when I sent in my payment info I inquired about it. But didn't get any helpful info for the future. Now I see that they changed the address but I believe it is still in the same city so I'd expect problems to still exist. I'm sure if I put it in regular mail it would have been received but my order was over 600. I trust my order to come without registered mail and tracking they ALWAYS have. However I don't trust the mail services to deliver my payment.

I also think there's a language challenge. Sometime I think my emails get translated by google or something. Because if there's anything out if he ordinary or I'm asking a question. It usually takes a few emails to get the actual info I wanted. So I suggest everyone keep it as basic as possible and keep it short. I tell everyone to plan a cycle ahead and you'll never have a problem. I'm usually happy if I hear back from Simone in less than 2 weeks. I can't recall a time it's taken longer than 4 weeks from the time I sent payment to receive the order. I have had emails sit longer than that. Many places including these guys in Europe take holidays around Christmas /New Years. They can be off from 4-6 weeks. I hope this helps. I'll also say if they know you're waiting they usually throw in extra beans.

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Thanks for the reply.

As an update, I received an email back from Simone. She was out of the office for a bit and my payment email slipped through the cracks. I was never concerned about getting ripped off, but I did feel it was necessary to get things sorted. So now I believe everything is good to go. I'll report back with some pics later.

Funny one of the guys blowing up their site. Came back today and let everyone know his order arrived. Honestly over the years everyone before him has had to do the same thing. Standard mail is usually good. But we all know there's times they suck! And that's WITHIN the USA. No less from middle of Europe over the ocean and through god knows how many different people and system. I'm sure everytime they see standard mail they roll their eyes. Because it could cause so much grief and they've got no control or info that can help you. But most people blame them because there's no calling a post office to help or their forum to get excited on.

I know their life would be easier if we could trust the mail for efficiency every time. But that simply won't happen. The strange part is most people in the US don't want tracking because they believe you'll have to sign for it. I know the site says you will and maybe in certain places (Europe) you do. But mine get dropped in the box like any other standard mail item. BTW I have tried to track it and it hasn't worked. For some reason I think the usps refuses to assist in tracking and signing.

goldberg71b said:

Funny one of the guys blowing up their site. Came back today and let everyone know his order arrived. Honestly over the years everyone before him has had to do the same thing. Standard mail is usually good. But we all know there's times they suck! And that's WITHIN the USA. No less from middle of Europe over the ocean and through god knows how many different people and system. I'm sure everytime they see standard mail they roll their eyes. Because it could cause so much grief and they've got no control or info that can help you. But most people blame them because there's no calling a post office to help or their forum to get excited on.

I know their life would be easier if we could trust the mail for efficiency every time. But that simply won't happen. The strange part is most people in the US don't want tracking because they believe you'll have to sign for it. I know the site says you will and maybe in certain places (Europe) you do. But mine get dropped in the box like any other standard mail item. BTW I have tried to track it and it hasn't worked. For some reason I think the usps refuses to assist in tracking and signing.

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Really you don't have to sign for it? I've had to sign every single time and I'm in the US but I never even have had my ID checked or nothing my wife has signed before the only thing that sucks is when it arrives on Saturday and I'm not home cause then I need to wait until Monday to get my beans.

tampee said:

Really you don't have to sign for it? I've had to sign every single time and I'm in the US but I never even have had my ID checked or nothing my wife has signed before the only thing that sucks is when it arrives on Saturday and I'm not home cause then I need to wait until Monday to get my beans.

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Well I guess I rest my case you can't even expect the USPS to be consistent. No I've never signed. At first I asked for standard shipping. Once I didn't bother and didn't have to sign. So this last time I didn't bother again. And again didn't have to sign.

so im growing mr. walkabout right now....started with a 15 pack and lost a couple. They are in week 4-5 of veg. I've been trying some training with the ones that look strong enough to handle it. So far ive topped most of them at least twice and a few three times....im looking to hopefully get at least 8 main colas if possible. So far they are almost all looking pretty healthy and strong.

anyway, so i want to talk to those who have grown the walkabout packet and ask if there were any really good ones in there.....any that were super potent? Did you figure out if any of the strains were the same as those sold under different MNS names? Did you use any of the Walkabout stock for breeding?

I've got mine in 1 gallons right now and in another week or two will transfer to ten gallons in coco for another two weeks of veg then into flower.

Any experiences with Walkabout would be greatly appreciated, hope this is the right place

Thanks in advanced!

weirdingway said:

so im growing mr. walkabout right now....started with a 15 pack and lost a couple. They are in week 4-5 of veg. I've been trying some training with the ones that look strong enough to handle it. So far ive topped most of them at least twice and a few three times....im looking to hopefully get at least 8 main colas if possible. So far they are almost all looking pretty healthy and strong.

anyway, so i want to talk to those who have grown the walkabout packet and ask if there were any really good ones in there.....any that were super potent? Did you figure out if any of the strains were the same as those sold under different MNS names? Did you use any of the Walkabout stock for breeding?

I've got mine in 1 gallons right now and in another week or two will transfer to ten gallons in coco for another two weeks of veg then into flower.

Any experiences with Walkabout would be greatly appreciated, hope this is the right place

Thanks in advanced!

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I've never run them. If I ever needed to add to my order to get free shipping I would have added this one. Those are the sativa mixed seeds. I look at the mix haze, Thai ,India ,New Guinea , Mexican and early skunks and my mind wonders on where they could lead! Keep us posted. I'm highly interested!

MNS came through for me. It was a bit delayed, but they sent a pack of Dreamtime to make up for it. I ended up with a pack each or Nordle, Ortega, Devil and NL5xAfghan for around $120. MNS auctions can't be beat, especially since these straws look to contain more than 15 seeds.

socaljoe said:

MNS came through for me. It was a bit delayed, but they sent a pack of Dreamtime to make up for it. I ended up with a pack each or Nordle, Ortega, Devil and NL5xAfghan for around $120. MNS auctions can't be beat, especially since these straws look to contain more than 15 seeds.View attachment 3905530

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I'm running Ortega now. Beware of the devil. I found it to be exactly what they said. Better outside. I got them for someone else. But ran the female cuts. Poor yield. Outdoors they loved it.

Most straws contain 18 but they say 15

goldberg71b said:

I'm running Ortega now. Beware of the devil. I found it to be exactly what they said. Better outside. I got them for someone else. But ran the female cuts. Poor yield. Outdoors they loved it.

Most straws contain 18 but they say 15

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My runs will be outdoors, I'm not set up to do indoors...Maybe someday. Not sure I'll run Devil this year, if not I'll definitely run it next year.

When I picked up G13SKUNK a few years ago, I think there were like 20 seeds in the straw, awesome bargain for killer genetics. Who needs breeder packs when you can get a better deal from the source?

socaljoe said:

My runs will be outdoors, I'm not set up to do indoors...Maybe someday. Not sure I'll run Devil this year, if not I'll definitely run it next year.

When I picked up G13SKUNK a few years ago, I think there were like 20 seeds in the straw, awesome bargain for killer genetics. Who needs breeder packs when you can get a better deal from the source?

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Yes. I've gotten more than 18 many times. But from all the straws I've bought more often than not it's 18. I've gotten more than 18 more than I've gotten 15. But I wouldn't want anyone expecting more than 18.

As long as I get 8 females I think I got my money's worth. I expect to lose 1/2 to be males.

BabyAndaconda420 said:

Dam that sucks I really wanted to try some shark shock but a couple people on this thread say it sucks. I thought GWS was some fire?

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I hate GHS as much as anyone but their GWS must be the original cause I found a fire keeper I accidentally let go. One of the best varieties I've had.

socaljoe said:

MNS came through for me. It was a bit delayed, but they sent a pack of Dreamtime to make up for it. I ended up with a pack each or Nordle, Ortega, Devil and NL5xAfghan for around $120. MNS auctions can't be beat, especially since these straws look to contain more than 15 seeds.View attachment 3905530

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Haha...you know that's the real deal from them with the colored straws....
I have to be honest...I stole that method from them..seal it, stuff with cotton add seeds add cotton seal it, send it.
Absolutely cannot go wrong with their afghan haze....
His bank is great for off the wall once in a lifetime finder stuff, as some of their packs are absolute pheno hunts which makes the auction part of his site the best as you can get 50-100 seed packs to bid on etc.....
I ran alot of mns gear back in the 2000-2007-2010 era memory eludes me at times as far as time consistencies.